All GP practice management articles – Page 27
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News
The SHA interviews, Candy Morris: 'You need to help others build capacity and capability'
Laura Donnelly interviews the new chief executive of South East Coastal SHA
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Comment
Much-needed campaign brought cheer in the midst of gloom
'Andy Burnham makes some thoughtful points about how managers can improve their own publicity'
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News
The SHA interviews,Mark Britnell: 'I didn't leave a good trust to be a performance management monkey
Laura Donnelly interviews the new chief executive of South Central SHA
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HSJ Knowledge
Data briefing: patients opting for care closer to home
Has there been a change in referral patterns since the start of patient choice?
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News
The SHA interviews, Cynthia Bowers: 'I'm clear and I'm rigorous'
Laura Donnelly interviews the new chief executive of West Midlands SHA
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News
PBC guidance for boards
The Audit Commission has for the first time told primary care trust board members how they can help ensure that practice-based commissioning is a success.
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News
Scottish MSP calls for mass clearout on senior board
The Scottish health minister has been asked to sack the entire senior management team of NHS Western Isles amid claims that it has descended into farce.
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HSJ Knowledge
In search of a blueprint: the PCTs who provide mental health services
Historical circumstances mean some PCTs are in the unusual position of also being mental health providers. Lynn Eaton looks at their options
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News
Blair woos big business skills to foundation cause
Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline Beecham and Cadbury Schweppes are among 12 FTSE 100 business giants that this week considered signing up to help high-performing foundation trusts achieve 'excellence'.
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HSJ Knowledge
Ten points for a big difference in mental health
Mental health: A year and half after the groundbreaking 10 high-impact changes were published comes a new version specifically for mental health services, writes Jackie Ardley
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News
DoH invites private bids for PCT management
Scores of private consultancy and insurance firms are vying to win a place on a list of companies government-sanctioned to manage commissioning for primary care trusts.
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Comment
Harry Cayton on better management
Good management should be invisible, but good managers should be highly visible, argues Harry Cayton
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Comment
Data briefing: Better Care, Better Value indicators
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement recently published the Better Care, Better Value indicators for the second quarter of this financial year. They can be analysed to give some insight into what is happening across the country.
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News
Managers betrayed by outsourcing, says union
The government expects private companies to form consortia to bid for places as approved commissioning support suppliers, NHS acting chief executive Sir Ian Caruthers has revealed.
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Pearse Butler, Eastern: 'I believe in strong, visible leadership'
Leaving the house at quarter to five on a Monday morning reminds Pearse Butler why he won't be looking to fill the role running Eastern strategic health authority on a permanent basis.
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News
Former chief exec calls for more private beds for children
Commissioners should make greater use of the independent sector to stop children from being placed on adult mental health wards, a former mental health trust chief executive has said.
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Comment
Kaiser beacons shine light on NHS practice
A little like 'golden generation' of English footballers', the phrase Kaiser Permanente has all but disappeared from the health policy lexicon as a byword for innovation.
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News
The SHA interviews, Barbara Hakin: 'I've got a very strong sense of fair'
Laura Donnelly interviews the new chief executive of East Midlands SHA
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News
Balance shift tariff pledge
The next 12 months will be a 'difficult' time for the NHS as it tries to get to grips with a tariff system that is still 'unbalanced', the NHS chief executive has admitted.
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News
Good intentions could be disguising a big, bad threat
It is the much-heralded new model for 21st century healthcare provision, but could confusion over its meaning and the lack of safeguards against manipulation leave social enterprise open to abuse from profit-makers? Helen Mooney finds out