All Health Service Journal articles in 9 April 2009 – Page 2
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Care Quality Commission rules lack teeth on patient experience
Proposed registration rules for NHS providers are “far too weak” to make sure they take account of patient experience, the Picker Institute has warned.
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Fears grow over capital for NHS schemes
There are growing concerns about the availability of capital funding for NHS schemes.
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Health observatories dampen plans for commissioning umbrella body
Commissioning Support for London was established last week as part of region-wide efforts to improve commissioning.
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NewsNurses remain under-represented on PCT executive boards
One in five primary care trusts does not have an executive director of nursing with voting rights on the board, a survey has revealed.
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PCT boards risk governance failure over provider organisations
Primary care trust boards risk failures in governance because arrangements for appointing the boards of their arm’s-length provider organisations are unclear.
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LeaderNHS commissioners hold the secret to thriving beyond the recession
With even the chancellor having to admit his forecast was woefully wide of the mark, the NHS could be forgiven for basing its financial planning on sunny spells rather than torrential rain.
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Comment
Richard Lewis and Matthew Bell on healthcare market stimulation
Commissioners will have to sharpen their understanding of healthcare markets and see carefully managed competition as a tool that works for the benefit of patients
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NewsAudit Commission warns that data quality is still too poor
The NHS has made only limited progress in improving its data quality in the last five years, the Audit Commission has said.
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NewsFour foundation trusts on alert for hygiene failures
Four foundation trusts have had their governance ratings set to amber and been ordered to comply with hygiene standards after failing to meet the criteria for full registration with the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsCan integrated care usher in a new age of risk taking?
A speedy selection process has led to 16 projects being picked for integrated care pilots. Can they improve quality and test bold ideas or have we seen it all before, asks Helen Crump
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Community
Advertising guilt
There is nothing like parenthood for laying on a massive guilt trip - something the Department of Health harnessed for a series of adverts in which small children talk about how they are not as scared of the dark or monsters under the bed as they are of their mum ...
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CommentHumble Servant bids the Healthcare Commission adieu
‘We will all miss the traffic lights and star ratings, its mission to condemn and flagellate, and the valuable role it has fulfilled for the Department of Health in shutting stable doors after horses have bolted’
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Just 299 comment on Department of Health quality metrics
Just 299 people and organisations responded to an NHS survey on which metrics should be used to measure quality of care.
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Strategic health authority advice to PCTs when planning for 2011-12
HSJ contacted the following primary care trusts to ask them what advice their strategic health authorities had given them regarding planning for 2011-12.
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HSJ KnowledgeDomestic violence: its cost and the success of prevention
The NHS has long been used to treating the results of domestic violence but targeting the causes and perpetrators is a new avenue in preventive healthcare. Stuart Shepherd reports
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East of England trust offered up for merger
NHS organisations are being invited to bid to merge with a trust in the East of England.
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Diagnostic test waiting times fall sharply
Diagnostic waits have fallen sharply over the last month, Department of Health statistics show.
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Study reveals three-fold cost variation in GP out of hours services
GP out of hours services are costing more than three times more per patient in some parts of England than in others.
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VAT changes prompt concern over NHS staff costs
Tax changes have sparked fears NHS trusts will be hit with significant increases in agency staff costs.
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Severe personality disorders service consultation launched
The South East Coast, East of England, South Central and London regions are set to jointly launch a consultation on how to improve services for people with severe personality disorder.
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