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    Statutory control on decisions is not enough to allay fears

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    All over the country, primary care trust chief executives are sitting hot and sweaty in their best suits, fighting for their future careers.

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    HSJ barometer: public health June 2006

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Directors of public health tended to be less confident about hitting their local targets for 2006-07 than they were for last year, with scores falling against drug treatment and alcohol dependency, although scores for smoking cessation rose slightly.

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    Noel Plumridge on questioning commissioning

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    As HSJreaders will be aware, the Department of Health is keen to improve standards of commissioning in the NHS.Much has been written in recent months about demand-management techniques (or rationing, as we used to call it) being the route to financial happiness. About the ...

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    Data briefing

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    A&E admissions by diagnosis and SHA

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    Emma Dent

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'I had my cards stolen once but the culprits were not the most ambitious thieves'

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'All's fair in love and politics and Labour used to say 'Tory cuts' when it really meant smaller increases'

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    In my youth the old Liberal Party could squeeze into Margate or magnificent Scarborough

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    Sophia Christie on challenging acute trusts

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'A trust has never pointed out where the tariff gives a generous cross-subsidy to other activity'

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    Get reform back on track and finance will follow

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The NHS financial crisis was not caused by too much reform too quickly, but by too little too late, argues Keith Palmer. Efforts to restore balance should not be allowed to delay it further

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    Why binning bad habits will take the fudge out of finance

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Audit Commission's recommendations on redesigning the NHS's management of finance marks a fundamental shift in accountability, culture, planning and spending, argues Andy McKeon

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    Noel Plumridge on disinvestment and decluttering

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    What would NHS managers dump on the hospital lawn ready for the crusher or eBay?

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    Michael white on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'NHS managers planning new hospitals or services might start thinking greener than they have done up to now'

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    HSJ Barometer: PCTs Oct 2006

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    There were significant rises in a number of key indicators in the latest Barometer survey of primary care trust chief executives. Faith in the national IT programme has continued to rise, and there has been a big boost in optimism on keeping a grip on elective activity. The only noticeable ...

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    Data briefing: prescribing variations by PCT

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    In 2004-05, prescribing cost nearly £8bn in England - over 681 million items at an average of nearly 13 per GP list patient and £150 per year.

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    What made me flinch wasn't those weekend reports that UK cancer patients are turning to Canadian online pharmacies for drugs they cannot yet get on the NHS.

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    Variation in A&E admissions

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Across England the rise in emergency admissions to hospital shows no sign of abating. Alongside it, bed days also continue to rise. The year-on-year rise in emergency admissions in the first quarter of 2006 was 7 per cent, while the corresponding rise in bed days was 5.9 per cent.

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    Michael white on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Don?t think, Mr or Ms Finance Director, that you can force Ms Hewitt out by hiring some extra doctors or buying a fleet of scanners'

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    Mike White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'The Lansley policy is that an independent body should allocate resources to each PCT according to need, largely age-related; that health inequality budgets should be paid to directors of public health; and that the shift to a new weighted capitation formula should be done over several years to prevent budget ...

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Ding dong as hospital bans carollers,' said The Daily Telegraphas it revealed that the Torbay Gospelaires had been banned from entering Torbay hospital wards.

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    Mediawatch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    New year, new resolutions, and even the media is backing smokers on their quest to kick the habit.