Mental Health – Page 194

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    Barometer - Mental health April 07

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    With the start of the new financial year comes a new record in this Barometer survey of mental health chief executives. The highest result has been recorded, with a confidence score of 9.47 for achieving break even by the end of the financial year.

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    In defence of e-patient records

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    It hasn't been often over the last few years that I have found myself agreeing with ITRichard Granger (News, 3 May) but here here!

  • News

    Report condemns 'information overload'

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Trust boards are drowning in 'Amazonian' levels of useless information, the latest Intelligent Board report from Dr Foster has found.

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    Michael white on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Devolving power to the front line is a crucial test for Brown, an instinctive centraliser.

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    Media Watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    What Gordon Brown's premiership will mean for the health service has yet to be seen, but one thing is certain: the NHS is bound for more tumultuous times.

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    Anna Donald on consumer information

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Patients must indeed be patient. The term 'patient-led' invites disbelief that patients are going to lead the NHS'

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    Michael white on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Mr Dorrell cited that withering phrase used in school reports that Ms Hewitt is 'too easily satisfied with her own work''

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    Wanted: doctors to help redesign services

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The need for more doctors to take on a management role has almost become a mantra, yet progress has been painfully slow. Penny Dash and Pam Garside examine the challenges and opportunities

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'One insider said Gordon Brown is obsessed with the NHS and he'll have his hands all over it. That figures'

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    Forging ahead with lessons from the future

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Imagine being able to see the future and assess health needs and the repercussions of policy initiatives. Windmill 2007 did that and found some valuable pointers, as Alasdair Liddell and colleagues explain

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    Anna Donald on lessons from Australia

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'The NHS can't avoid political controversy, because what it does is too important, complex, and subject to debate'

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Alan Johnson's been put there to talk to staff and take people with him, explains one ally'

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Get together

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    A new inspection regime - the comprehensive area assessment - is to be rolled out for a range of local services. HSJ and sister title LGC collected the great and the good to discuss how it will affect their work

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Labour MPs like Johnson, indeed they would have made him deputy leader'

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    Simon Stevens on engagement and alienation

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Clinical engagement has to be approached critically. It cannot be pursued as an end in its own right'

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    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Alan Johnson is keen on neglected causes like stroke so his startling brevity in the debate implies no disrespect'

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    Noel Plumridge on PFI passions running high

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Call a handyman to fit a notice board? Oh no, you'll need a quote from the PFI company'

  • News

    Target-chasing managers suffer 'pathological' levels of stress

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Too many new policies, a lack of coherent strategy and invasive performance management are creating 'pathological' levels of stress among NHS middle managers, an NHS Confederation report has warned.

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    Laura Donnelly on the art of delegation

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'If ministers want a decent view, they need to stand back'

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    Michael white on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'The GMC last month took the historic step of abandoning the principle of self-regulation. It has yet to do so officially'