All articles by Alison Moore – Page 79
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NHS vocational training: branching out
A mental health and learning disability trust has helped one of its rehabilitation schemes become a social firm. Alison Moore reports
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Birkdale Clinic was 'in tolerable range'
A private provider whose contract with a leading trust was suspended did not have significantly poor outcomes, an investigation has found.
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Surge of acute contracts puts strain on PCTs' spend targets
Primary care trusts are battling to stay clear of deficit as their finances come under pressure from a surge in secondary care work.Many PCTs overspent on their commissioning budgets for the first three months of the financial year and some are now looking to make savings in other areas to ...
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National service: health policy performance across the UK
A&E attendances and emergency admissions have shot up in recent years - but only in England. Alison Moore asks why the record is so inconsistent across the UK
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Emergency units traumatised as Darzi plans develop
The next phase of reform will see major trauma go to regional centres, leaving smaller A&E units facing an uncertain future. Will they become unviable? Alison Moore finds out
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Spring surge in GP referrals leaves managers mystified
Referrals by GPs shot up in spring - putting extra pressure on trusts battling with December's 18-week referral to treatment target.
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Reconfiguration panel is left kicking its heels
The independent reconfiguration panel has been left with no referrals to examine after delivering three reports to the health secretary.
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Trusts warned C difficile probe decision sets no precedent
The decision not to launch a criminal investigation into deaths at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust will not set a precedent, NHS managers have been warned.
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Managers losing sleep as 48-hour week nears
The clock is ticking on the European working time directive, with only a year until junior doctors’ hours are cut. Alison Moore asks if trusts are ready to make the change
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West Sussex refers reconfiguration decision to health secretary
Major changes to hospitals in West Sussex have been referred to the health secretary after councillors said there was 'insufficient clarity' about which services would be provided where.
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No prosecutions over Maidstone deaths
No-one will face prosecution over the deaths of 90 patients from C difficile at a Kent trust, it was announced today.Kent police and the Health and Safety Executive said they would take no further action after a review prompted by the critical Healthcare Commission report into Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells ...
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Darzi drives doctors to scale the dizzy heights
The next stage review makes a priority of getting more clinicians into leadership roles. Alison Moore explores the implications of the workforce strategy for clinical professionals
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HSJ Knowledge
Recruitment questions: overseas staff in the NHS
A few years ago, the service was in the spotlight for plugging staffing gaps with overseas workers. Now restrictions have been imposed as vacancies evaporate. Is the NHS right to aim for a 'self-sufficient' workforce?
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HSJ Knowledge
Service improvement: dignity by design
One trust's training programme around respect and sensitivity towards the patient is reaping rewards. Alison Moore explains how it works
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Board members resign from troubled Scarborough trust
Three board members have resigned from the troubled Scarborough and North East Yorkshire trust.
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Trust ends contract after pay nightmare
University Hospital of North Staffordshire has withdrawn from its contract with a payroll provider after months of mistakes in the pay packets of hundreds of staff.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS60: Retrospective
Former chief executives and health authority leaders compare their challenges and ambitions with the picture they see emerging for managers today. By Alison Moore
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Former trust chief suppresses pay details
The former interim chief executive of a hospital trust has stopped it publishing details of his pay.
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Inquiry into manslaughter case criticises care
An independent inquiry into the treatment of a paranoid schizophrenic with delusions about prominent politicians and the royal family has criticised mental health services.
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Regions braced for change as plans put Darzi's vision on map
The strategic health authorities have set out their stalls but is there anything new in the proposals and are they likely to make regional variations in care inevitable? Alison Moore investigates