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Modernisers go back to front line
Members of the NHS Modernisation Board are heading 'back to the floor' in a bid to give themselves a taste of life on the front line and to help engage staff in the process of change in the health service.
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Happy returns
IN PERSON: From top managers to nurses to play specialists, many health professionals, including those listed here, had their roles rewarded in the Queen's Birthday Honours
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Leading health figures rear political heads
The decision of two leading health service figures to speak at a Labour Party news conference, two days before the election has been criticised as conflicting with NHS Executive guidance on remaining impartial during the election.
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GP wins redundancy claim after hospital closure
A GP who was employed by a trust to provide cover at a hospital elderly care ward has won an employment tribunal claim for redundancy payments after the sessions were ended due to the ward's closure. Dr John Campbell, who practises in Ashington, Northumberland, had been employed as a hospital ...
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This Page is not for turning
Northumbria Healthcare trust and its chief executive, Sue Page, are hailed nationally as a model of co-operative working, yet grassroots staff tell a different story. Paul Stephenson finds out why
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Honour high
Many of those who have played a key role in delivering the NHS modernisation agenda found their work recognised in the new year honours.
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New year honours give nod to key modernisers
Key players in the drive to modernise the NHS have been rewarded in the new year's honours list, with CBEs going to several senior managers for their work in driving forward reforms.
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Moderniser Page faces tribunal showdown
A clinical director of Northumbria Healthcare trust, whose chief executive, Sue Page, is a member of the NHS modernisation board, has resigned and is taking the trust to an employment tribunal.
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Modernisers are just the usual suspects
The NHS modernisation board seems, as the DoH admits, to consist largely of 'the people you would expect'. But, asks Claire Laurent, can they be truly independent? Why the overpowering emphasis on acute hospital issues? And what happened to partnership wi
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Blair and Milburn split on criteria for new chief executive of NHS
Health secretary Alan Milburn is caught in a row between the Department of Health and Number 10 over who to appoint as NHS chief executive, HSJ understands.
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Week-long strike call as Unison members escalate PFI dispute
Unison members have voted for a week-long strike in a further escalation of their dispute over a private finance initiative deal in Dudley.
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Voices off
A generous health secretary and a joking Opposition leader got warm receptions at the RCN Congress. It was when they left the stage that the dissent started, writes Kaye McIntosh