All Health Service Journal articles in 9 July 2009 – Page 3
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NewsSpending pressures spark call for NICE restraints
Primary care trusts could increasingly abandon national treatment guidance unless it is made affordable.
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NewsCall for debate on redundancies as data shows where cuts will fall
NHS leaders are calling for the third year of the pay settlement to be renegotiated to avoid mass redundancies.
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Cost cap on top managers' pay review
A Department of Health shake-up of NHS senior managers’ salaries will only go through if it can be shown not to push up their overall pay bill.
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NewsManager jailed for CV lies joins care trust
An NHS manager who was jailed for lying on his CV has started another job at a care trust.
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NewsDiscrimination claims likely to rise in recession, trusts warned
Trusts are being told to expect a flurry of potentially expensive discrimination claims from employees “putting down the markers” in case they are made redundant.
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LeaderOur mission is clear: to help our readers
Last weekend the Mail on Sunday ran a full page article claiming an HSJ reporter (Sally Gainsbury) wrote a news story in the magazine as part of a Labour “sting” to undermine Conservative health policy.
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NewsPublic and patient group members face conduct hearing
Several members of the patient and public involvement group for Staffordshire have been summoned to investigatory hearings about their conduct. It comes amid rifts between members over the way it should be run.
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NewsFinance directors plan to renegotiate supplier contracts
NHS finance directors are increasingly pessimistic about the financial outlook for their organisations and plan to address their concerns by renegotiating contracts with suppliers.
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NewsCost of regulation merger reaches into millions
Health regulators have spent millions on failing IT systems, empty offices and redundancy payments.
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CommentMediawatch: swine flu... it could be you
We’ve all got guilty pleasures that are bad for our health and this week there is another one to add to the list.
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Pay freeze is warmer prospect than thousands of job losses
HSJ’s interviews with a panel of finance directors have begun to flush out where managers are planning to make savings as the financial noose tightens.
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CommunityA nasty shock to the Googles
Hsj.co.uk, is all for responding to web users’ demand for content, but some requests will probably never be fulfilled.
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CommunityMoyes not so happy to be in two places at once
Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes claims he supports the decision to separate his post into chief executive and chair on his departure.
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NewsNPSA says investigations would be unhelpful
The government should be wary of MPs’ calls for thorough investigation of all serious safety incidents, the National Patient Safety Agency has said.
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CommentMichael White: on patient safety and savvy spending
I had an odd experience at the weekend. Reading the Commons health select committee’s depressing report on patient safety, I kept thinking of the more visible drama now being played out over public expenditure and pay.
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NewsPathology service shake-up starts to take shape
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has approved in part proposals to reorganise pathology in Lincolnshire.
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NewsWatchdogs rap two health boards
Maladministration by two NHS health boards, one in Wales and the other in England, led to “unremedied injustice and hardship”, according to a joint watchdog’s report.
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NewsCare for elderly 'not good enough'
Funding for long-term NHS care costs for the elderly has been subject to “procrastination and delay”, according to former Tory health secretary Stephen Dorrell.
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NewsNHS boss issues swine flu vaccine warning
The head of NHS Scotland has warned it could take almost a year and a half to vaccinate everyone north of the border against swine flu.
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Audit Commission publishes finance guide for doctors
The Audit Commission and Academy of Medical Royal Colleges have issued a guide to finance for hospital doctors, saying it is “essential” they understand how money works in the NHS.
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