All Health Service Journal articles in October 2006
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Cancer waiting targets: a guide (version 4)
The latest version of the document outlining cancer waiting targets, providing answers to frequently asked questions about the 2001, 2002 & 2005 Cancer Plan targets. Published in July 2005.
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Payment by results tariff launched
The Department of Health has published the test version of the 2007-08 national tariff. The overall uplift in prices is 2.5 per cent, net of 2.5 per cent efficiency savings.NHS chief executive David Nicholson says trusts should use the latest version to model the impact of the increased tariff.To ...
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Guidance for displaced staff
New advice to help trusts manage staff affected by redundancy or service change has been launched by the Department of Health and NHS Employers. It advises trusts to ring-fence vacancies for staff at risk of job losses. To read the press release click ...
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NHS campaigners to hold mass demonstration outside Parliament
Protesters are to march on Westminster tomorrow to demonstrate against NHS 'cuts'. Health unions and community groups including the Trades Union Congress and Keep Our NHS Public plan to lobby MPs at the end of the protest. To download the announcement, click ...
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Gail Richards on community cohesion
What do you think about when you hear the phrase 'community cohesion'? Is it only important in inner cities? And do we have a role to play?
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NHS staff views on violent patients
Poll suggests NHS staff believe withholding treatment from violent patients is sometimes justifiable
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Social marketing in practice
The announcement last month by health minister Caroline Flint of the launch of a social marketing strategy for obesity next year highlights the importance of social marketing in delivering results that more traditional approaches fail to achieve.
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State of healthcare report published
The Healthcare Commission today published its State of Healthcare 2006report. The report includes the first assessment of the independent sector against minimum standards.The figures are available here
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NHS redundancy figures revealed
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has published figures showing that 900 compulsory redundancies were made in the NHS in the first half of this financial year.The vast majority of those were in managerial and administrative roles and under a quarter in clinical posts.To see the figures click ...
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Edna Robinson on effective networks
'As we move into an era of reconfiguration, effective networking will be crucial to enable patients to receive the best care'
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Fall in Scottish winter deaths
Winter deaths in Scotland have reached a record low. Nearly 1,000 fewer deaths were recorded between December 2005 and March 2006 than in the same period the year before.The winter had been relatively mild with no serious flu outbreak.For more on the figures click ...
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NHS London chiefs to face London assembly
The chair and interim chief executive of NHS London Dr George Greener and Ruth Carnall are to be questioned by the London Assembly's health and public services committee this week.Questions on finances, service provision and immunisation are expected at the Wednesday meeting.Foe more information go to ...
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Tobacco control: Fresh air for the North East
There are encouraging reports from an independent tobacco control agency set up in an area with the highest adult smoking prevalence in the country
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Legal briefing: commissioning change after North Eastern Derbyshire PCT
PCTs need to be aware that commissioning of health services has to meet basic standards of transparency and fairness under European Union law
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Warner congratulates PCTs on practice-based commissioning progress
Primary care trusts and practices should be congratulated for 'keeping their eye on the ball', in spite of reorganisation, according to health minister Lord Warner. He was speaking after figures published today showed that at the end of September 82 per cent of PCTs had plans in place to achieve ...
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NHS pay rises 'eaten up by inflation'
Big rises in the basics of daily living eat up 'cost of living' increases for NHS staff covered by the nurses and other health professions pay review body, according to research by Unison.In its evidence to the review body, the union says that last year's 2.5 per cent pay rise ...
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Hewitt warns: patients will vote with feet
Patients will 'vote with their feet' and refuse to be treated at poorly performing hospitals, health secretary Patricia Hewitt has said.
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Bolton Hospitals trust - lean thinking
Download powerpoint presentations from the event
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New pay-off packages to reflect length of service
New redundancy and retirement packages based on length of service rather than age have been agreed by the Department of Health.