All articles by Jo Stephenson – Page 10
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Unions launch next year's pay campaign
Unions are already pushing for a better pay deal for NHS staff next year after 'reluctantly' accepting this year's offer.
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Media Watch: breaking the habit
This week columnists seized on the case of a smoker apparently denied an NHS operation to fix his broken ankle unless he gives up a 20-a-day habit.
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HSJ launches revamped website
HSJ has launched a new-look website featuring extra content and designed to be easier to use.
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Where NHS finance goes wrong
A new report has called for more "honesty" in financial forecasting in the NHS.Health trust chief executives and finance directors are frightened of publishing bad financial forecasts for fear of losing their jobs, claims the report by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)."Understandably, they may delay bad news for ...
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CfH pulls paid-for google link
Typing 'where did all the money go' into Google until recently directed users to the website of the Department of Health's IT programme.
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Deliver dignity calls
Mental health charities have stepped up calls to scrap mixed-sex wards following a government commitment to treat mental health patients with greater dignity.
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Airborne medics save lives claim helicopter charities
A charter for air ambulances is fuelling debate over the future roles of air and land ambulances. Four independent air ambulance charities have signed up to new standards including a commitment to 'pre-hospital care doctors' on flights.
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Agency docs are 'cheaper than locums'
Agency doctors are up to £4,500 a year cheaper than locums from the NHS's own staffing bank, claims new research.
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Agencies cost less
Agency doctors are up to£4,500 a year cheaper than locums from the NHS's own staffing bank, research claims.Independent healthcare analyst Laing and Buisson compared the cost of employing doctors through commercial recruitment agencies with hiring from NHS Professionals (NHSP), the in-house agency used by more than 60 health trusts.It found ...
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A&E 'downgrade' forces trust to trash 10,000 magazines
West Kent primary care trust has had to destroy nearly 10,000 copies of a free patients' magazine because of an embarrassing listings error that has reignited fears over reconfiguration plans.
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EU, Europe
The NHS Confederation this week launched a new unit to help NHS organisations get to grips with European policy and its potential impact on UK health services.The NHS European Unit will be funded by the strategic health authorities and based in London and Brussels.It will be headed up by Elisabetta ...
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children's health
The UK can do more to stop children being harmed by environmental hazards such as air pollution, says a new report by the Health Protection Agency.The document is a first step towards a UK Children’s Environment and Health Strategy, which will be put into action by local and regional public ...
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Pilots making little difference
Pilots designed to drive the government's flagship policy of shifting services from hospitals into the community have made little difference, according to research.
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Pilots making little difference
Pilots designed to drive the government's flagship policy of shifting services from hospitals into the community have made little difference, according to research.
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Finance chiefs confess to burying bad news
Trust chief executives and finance directors are reluctant to publish bad financial forecasts for fear of losing their jobs.