All Health Service Journal articles in 5 June 2008 – Page 3
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Leader
DH must step in to protect the vulnerable
The government needs to rethink its plan to exclude sectioned mental health patients from the protection of the Corporate Manslaughter Act for up to five years.
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News
Welsh merger trust on the rocks say former directors
Five former non-executive directors have gone public with their fears for the future of a newly merged Welsh trust. They claim Hywel Dda trust, which serves three counties in south west and west Wales, is floundering because the organisation launched without a proper leadership team in place.
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Leader
Monitor survey shows distance still to travel on FT governance
A survey of foundation trust governors by regulator Monitor reveals the distance still to travel to develop effective governance.
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News
Patient records at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole
The figures quoted for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals foundation trust in your article 'Missing: the notes of more than a million outpatients' are misleading, writes Jackie France
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News
Private providers and human rights
You report that a question mark remains over whether private providers in the NHS are subject to the Human Rights Act. Any attempts to narrow the scope of the act need to be robustly challenged, because this would leave people vulnerable to abuse, writes Jean Candler
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Comment
Michael White on private vs public
The detail I am most likely to remember from this week's events is the revelation that when Harold Macmillan was chancellor in 1956 he suppressed evidence of the link between cancer and smoking.
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News
Darzi review: East Midlands opts for local focus
NHS East Midlands has focused on localism in its regional Darzi vision.The strategic health authority said it had divided its patch into smaller areas to make sure its proposals reflect the diversity of its residents.
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HSJ Knowledge
Understanding the new NHS standard contract for acute services
A new contract has tightened the rules governing interactions between acute care providers and commissioners. Johanne Smith explains the new requirements
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HSJ Knowledge
Bringing a troubled PCT back from the brink
After forming from smaller trusts in 2006, Cambridge PCT found it owed £70m and needed to make some serious changes to avoid disaster. Gail Newmarch explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Change of focus for Primary Care Contracting
After NHS Primary Care Contracting lost its national funding, it had to ask each primary care trust to subscribe to its services. Despite positive feedback on its performance, it had to adopt a more practical focus to win support, say Helen Northall and Roy Greenhalgh
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HSJ Knowledge
Suspending trust chairs and non-executives
New legislation coming into force this month gives the Appointments Commission the power to suspend trust chairs and non-executives. However, suspension is unlikely to occur often, as Janice Scanlan explains
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Comment
Paul Jennings on listening to staff
Improving communication with staff took Walsall Teaching primary care trust from the bottom 10 per cent to the top 10 per cent in the national staff survey
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