All articles by Paul Stephenson – Page 4
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Slow motion
Failure to force the pace of change in Scotland has been a source of enormous frustration to those on the ground - and to the Scottish health minister.
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Deacon predicts 'radical change'beyond re boards ejigged health
The Scottish health service will see 'radical change' way beyond current plans to create 15 unified health boards, Scottish health minister Susan Deacon told an HSJ conference last week.
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Troubled finance round triggers joint search for fairer process
Department of Health officials are planning to attend a joint meeting of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and NHS Confederation in June to discuss how to improve the process of agreeing service and financial frameworks across the NHS.
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Out for the count?
NHS finance staff may have to work from a small number of centralised offices if two pilots are a success. Paul Stephenson looks at the implications
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Wake-up calls
Political infighting has dogged debate on where a Wakefield hospital should be built. But work being done in the health action zone is overcoming the rivalry and bringing agencies together, writes Paul Stephenson
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Resources and staffing couuld blight NHS plan timetable hopes
The government's modernisation agenda for the NHS is not achievable within the current timetable unless resources and staffing are increased, according to finance directors.
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Primary concerns
Delegates at the NHS Alliance spring conference didn't exactly grasp the GP retention incentives with both hands. Paul Stephenson reports
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Blair GP speech takes DoH by surprise
The details of incentive schemes to be negotiated between primary care groups and trusts and GP surgeries, announced by prime minister Tony Blair this week, have not been properly worked out, and the high-profile announcement took civil servants unawares, according to HSJ sources.
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Spot the difference
The Liberal Democrats are trying very hard to prove they have different health policies from the Labour Party - and that they're bigger and better. Paul Stephenson reports
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Ever-decreasing circles
The appointment of Richard Douglas as the NHS's new head of finance has been greeted with universal approval. But there are tricky times ahead, warns Paul Stephenson
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Breast screening unit at centre of audit 'had no system for picking up on clerical errors'
The breast screening unit auditing over 100,000 files of past patients did not have an adequate system to detect clerical errors, and is one of the only units in the country not to employ a superintendent radiographer to oversee its mammography service.
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GMC prepares for huge drive to clear 200 conduct cases
The General Medical Council plans to clear a backlog of over 200 professional misconduct cases by the end of the year, and to ensure its new governance arrangements are ready for ministers by the end of May.
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Who's who - at this point in time
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Financial gaps in frameworks could knock NHS plan for six
Major financial gaps in agreements between trusts and health authorities across England threaten to hamper the delivery of services promised in the NHS plan.
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Bodies in chapel probe suggests chief executive was scapegoat
The final report into the bodies in the chapel at Bedford Hospital has increased speculation that the standing down of chief executive Ken Williams was a 'disproportionate' response prompted by the need for a scapegoat.
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Funding shortfall as intermediate care loses out to local pressures
Concerns about a funding shortfall for intermediate services have loomed after it emerged that most of the new money, about £500m, has been allocated to local authorities without being ringfenced.
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'Cutting corners, cutting children'
The organ retention scandal saw a public apology from the chief medical officer last week as, yet again, the medical profession stands accused of acting with arrogance and insensitivity. Paul Stephenson reports
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HAs in deprived areas will lose extra millions in funding revamp
Health authorities in some of the most deprived areas in the country have expressed serious concerns that a new method of allocating inequalities payments has deprived them of millions of pounds of extra funding.
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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