*Richard Vize
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- 020 7728 3750
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- richard.vize@emap.com
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Patient safety: the first step is saying you have a problem
One of the more delicate steps in encouraging a patient safety culture was taken last week, with the first trust by trust breakdown of safety incident reporting.
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NHS managers' pay turns red tops green with envy
Salary envy is coming to the NHS. As the recession decimates jobs, pension pots and pay rises in the private sector, newspapers are turning their cynical fire on the pay and perks of public sector managers.
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For the highest calibre NHS leaders, this is your chance to shine
As HSJ's exclusive world class commissioning league table reveals this week, most primary care trusts have emerged from the first round of world class commissioning with good foundations in place.
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Confed chief's challenge is to get network choir singing in harmony
In this week's HSJ new NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett spells out his vision for the organisation.
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NHS leaders: don't lose touch with your communities
While there is near universal revulsion at the idea of merging primary care trusts in another reorganisation, joint working is gathering pace.
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Brent PCT's story shows power of leadership
The extraordinary turnaround in the performance of Brent teaching primary care trust is a powerful example of how first class leadership transforms the NHS.
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Lords quality accounts fight may cause an unpleasant sensation
The latest scrap between Monitor and the Department of Health has just kicked off in the House of Lords.
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SHAs must not resurrect Stalin as a solution to their problems
Three questions of vital importance to NHS managers collide in this week's HSJ - what should happen to trusts with little hope of achieving foundation status, what should happen to chief executives who are struggling to deliver, and what is the right relationship between a strategic health authority and its ...
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PCTs need cash and clout to deliver patient choice
The government is getting tough over choice. While the other legs of the next stage review - quality and safety - have clear strategies behind them and a sense of momentum, choice has failed to take hold.
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NHS has a role in weathering the recession
As the country's biggest employer and a tenth of the economy, the NHS has an major role to play in helping us all weather the recession.