All articles by Paul Stephenson – Page 3
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Transfer snags blight PFI pilots
Unions and contractors have warned that the private finance initiative pilots - working on a model for transferring NHS staff to private companies - still face huge problems in agreeing contractual arrangements, despite Unison's acceptance that the pilots can proceed.
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Brown's £1bn 'will not yield quick returns'
The NHS budget is set to rise significantly over the next few years after the Treasury review of longterm trends in healthcare, chaired by former National Westminster Bank group chief executive Derek Wanless, showed that major increases in funding were needed to keep pace with an ageing population and advances ...
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Temporary setback
NEWS FOCUS: Bank and agency staff are often inexperienced and ill-prepared for the task, says the Audit Commission.And they are costing too much.Paul Stephenson reports
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On a hiding to nothing?
Hammersmith Hospitals trust is preaching an open culture.So why hasn't it released the results of its breast-screening audit, asks Paul Stephenson Concerns about the choice of Hammersmith Hospitals trust medical director Professor Rory Shaw to chair the National Patient Safety Agency have once again thrown the trust into the spotlight.
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Route planner
NEWS FOCUS: Care trusts are the preferred model for joint working between health and social services.Or are they? Paul Stephenson reports
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When tomorrow comes today
NEWS FOCUS: Working together to drive the modernisation agenda. . .Was it a dream come true when management, finance and nurse trainees got together at HSJ's Future Leaders management challenge? Paul Stephenson reports
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Consultants rule against 'empty threats' as contract talks hot up
Negotiations for a new consultant contract will not be helped by threats of industrial action, according to the British Medical Association's central consultants' and specialists' committee chair Dr Peter Hawker, who predicted the contract would be in place by the autumn.