All articles by Helen Mooney – Page 3
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NHS career development: moving to the private sector
The NHS offers many managers a career for life, but what is it like on the other side of the fence? Louise Hunt and Helen Mooney spoke to six long-timers who escaped their comfort zone and made the switch to the private sector
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Mental health foundation trusts: F marks the spot
Just under half of mental health trusts have achieved foundation status. Helen Mooney looks at the options for those that may not be able to make the grade
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NHS Counter Fraud Service: watching the detectives
The NHS loses tens of millions of pounds a year to cheating, but some observers are asking if the Counter Fraud Service is getting too tough. Helen Mooney reports
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Workforce planning - six steps for success
Using national guidance to plan its whole workforce has been a trust-wide ambition for a South West PCT. Helen Mooney reports on how the work has paid off
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Hospital franchises - quantum leap
The Royal Marsden is pioneering a satellite cancer unit at another hospital. Will the franchise model play a big part in the era of choice and competition? Helen Mooney finds out
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Treatment centres get Treasury nod
Three more independent sector treatment centre schemes worth a total of £50m have been given the go-ahead by the Department of Health and the Treasury.
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Royal Marsden to launch cancer franchise
The Royal Marsden foundation trust is to open a unit at Kingston Hospital trust as the first step in a plan to roll out its cancer service across the South East.
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Tee calls for cash incentives
NHS Direct could be paid extra to focus on taking calls from patients living in deprived areas or with specific health needs, its chief executive Matt Tee has revealed.
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'Overburdened' staff put mothers and babies at risk
Too little focus on maternity services and safety by some trust boards is leading to problems, an independent inquiry is expected to warn tomorrow.
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HSJ masterclass
Trust boards should examine their governance structures and the partnerships between different agencies, according to a paper published this week.The paper "Governance between organisations" calls on NHS trusts to look outside their organisations and ensure that their partnerships between ambulance trusts, commissioners, local authorities and social services departments are up ...
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What a carve-up: the future of SHAs
After 18 months, the role of reconfigured strategic health authorities still does not seem clearly defined. So what does that mean for the future, asks Helen Mooney
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GUM target
The NHS is likely to hit next month's national target to offer patient access to a genitor-urinary medicine clinic within 48 hours, but public health experts predict there will be wide variations across the country.By March the government expects GUM clinics to provide all patients with an appointment within 48 ...
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Cardiac target to cut deaths met early
The NHS has made 'outstanding progress' in managing cardio- vascular disease, according to two reports published this week.
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Private sector deals face audit office scrutiny
The National Audit Office is to investigate the Department of Health's decision to cancel a large swathe of its independent sector treatment centre programme.
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Act now to avoid crisis, says RCN
The Department of Health must recognise the need to train thousands more nurses now to meet 'unprecedented' demand by 2030, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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self-certification reviews
Foundation trusts must accurately "self-certify" on all healthcare targets under a system which allows them to monitor their own performance or risk "significant financial and regulatory penalites", Monitor has warned.In December the regulator decided to scrutinise 11 foundation trusts which had failed to hit performance targets they had claimed they ...
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Trust defends repainting to greet prince
Birmingham Children's Hospital foundation trust has defended using government funding to repaint hospital wards and a conservatory used by patients and visitors ahead of a royal visit.
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NHS reforms have hardly begun, claims think tank
The government's reform of the NHS remains 'embryonic' and in some cases is in 'full retreat', the think tank Reform has claimed.
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Decision on ISTCs 'pivotal', says Confederation of British Industry
The Confederation of British Industry has challenged the government to give the go-ahead to a further wave of independent sector treatment centres.
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Decision on ISTCs 'pivotal', says Confederation of British Industry
The Confederation of British Industry has challenged the government to give the go-ahead to a further wave of independent sector treatment centres.