All Health Service Journal articles in October 2006 – Page 5
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Tories call on government to work with them on NHS Independence Bill
David Cameron has challenged Labour to help his party draw up legislation to give 'independence' to the NHS.
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Former health secretary urges halt to Tory manager bashing
The Conservatives will not win elections by continuing to vilify managers, the man drawing up the party's health policy said last week.
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Health secretary quashes local objections to back maternity plans
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has quashed the objections of an overview and scrutiny committee and upheld local NHS proposals on maternity services on the advice of the independent reconfiguration panel.
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Blazing a trail for cliniical audit
Two clinical auditors left a run-down clinical service and set up a firm to inject their profession with some much-needed rigour. Stuart Shepherd reports
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Choice: NPSA attacks 'meaningless glossy menus'
The National Patient Safety Agency is to push for better information to inform choice after branding the sort of information available to patients as 'meaningless'.
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News analysis: Jostling parties reignite debate on limiting Whitehall meddling
At their recent conferences all three major parties made proposals to devolve more power from the centre. Would this help bring structure and consistency to policy, or are they solutions without a problem? Daloni Carlisle takes a closer look
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Plus signs in all the right places: a winning formula for HR
Ali Mohammed found himself hooked on human resources after a stint in a hospital personnel department. He tells Alexis Nolan that simplicity is the key to success
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Get a buzz from Wasp: how to get ahead in workforce planning
A long-term conditions workforce planning modelling tool could have benefits across the service, reports Emma Dent
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NHS Appointments Commission: Wells to exit after six years
The chair of the NHS Appointments Commission is to step down at the end of his second term.
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Healthcheck ratings: Audit Commission focuses on 37 trusts that failed in key areas
The Audit Commission has voiced concern about 37 organisations deemed to be failing in three key financial areas. It compiled findings from local auditors for 2005-06 and scored all non-foundation organisations in the category of 'use of resources', which makes up half of the healthcheck ratings.
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Healthcheck: just 11 have self-declared ratings reduced after inspection
The Healthcare Commission reviewed more trusts' self declarations than originally intended, chief executive Anna Walker has revealed.In total, 11 trusts had their overall rating reduced as a result of inspection of their self-declared standards.
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NHS Maternity Statistics, England 2004-5
A summary of information from the hospital episodes statistics relating to NHS maternities in the year 2004-05. Among the findings: 20 per cent of deliveries were induced, and the caesarean rate remained at just under 23 per cent.
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'It's not about Americans in 10-gallon hats'
While North Eastern Derbyshire primary care trust's decision to award an APMS contract to UnitedHealth Europe ended in the High Court, at neighbouring Central and Greater Derby PCTs managers are confident that UHE will meet local people's needs. Lynne Greenwood reports
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Right to rehab reconsidered
The government is considering introducing a 'right to rehabilitation leave', health minister Andy Burnham has announced.
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Tory pledge for more nurses
Every school would have a school nurse under the Conservatives, Andrew Lansley told the party conference.
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Tories will not rule out increased NHS spend
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has hinted that a Conservative government could spend more on the NHS than a Labour government under Gordon Brown.
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Lansley: PBC is not enough
GPs would be handed direct responsibility to manage demand under a Conservative government because the party does not believe primary care trusts are up to the task.
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Wales exceeds forecast debt
The Welsh health service went over its forecast debt of £20m last year, ending £24m in the red.
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Unison claims Labour conference victory on market
Unison has claimed a 'decisive' victory after Labour's attempts to agree a compromise statement on the future of the NHS failed - just a day after the union's motion criticising current health policy was carried.
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New chief for scandal trust
A new chief executive has been parachuted into a trust at the centre of a waiting-list scandal.