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NewsExclusive: Two more directors to leave Imperial following announcement of chief exec's departure
One of the largest NHS trusts in England has confirmed it is set to lose its chief financial officer and chief information officer, two days after HSJ revealed its chief executive is moving on.
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HSJ Local
Commisioners agree to pick up the bill for Portsmouth's PFI
FINANCE: Commissioners in south east Hampshire have agreed to pay the unitary payments of the private finance initiative for any parts of Portsmouth’s Queen Alexandra Hospital estate that can be freed up for alternative uses.
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HSJ Local
West Herts expects £7.5m surplus
FINANCE: In the last month of the financial year West Hertfordshire Hospitals was expecting a £7.5m surplus for 2010-11.
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HSJ Local
218 posts cut at Basildon and Thurrock UHFT
WORKFORCE: Up to 50 staff at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust face imminent redundancy
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HSJ Local
Barnsley commissioning plans 'stall' as consortium declines to merge
STRUCTURE: Plans for a single commissioning consortium in Barnsley had “stalled”, the PCT reported, as an existing GP group declines to merge.
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Blogs
Learning the management lingo
Ambitious managers need to learn a certain type of language to get ahead - the rest of us just need to try and work out what they’re saying.
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NewsSHA abolition delayed by three months
The abolition of strategic health authorities is to be delayed by three months until July 2012, the Department of Health is expected to announce today.
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NewsLord Howe: 'Unsustainable' NHS needs reforms
The government’s modernisation plans are necessary if the NHS is to survive, Lord Howe has said.
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News'Sub-optimal' post-operative care putting patients at risk
Patients’ lives are being put at risk because of inadequate care following emergency operations, surgeons claim.
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NewsAccident and emergency alcohol help for young 'lacking'
Youngsters tackling alcohol abuse are not receiving the immediate help and support they need, a new report shows today.
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Blogs
Defining university hospital status
In a previous post I talked about the need for the district general hospital to reinvent itself. And the same is true of the university hospital. Although the real prize is for ‘university’ status it should only be granted for FTs linked to biomedical research-based institutions.
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NewsParamedics must be safe at major incidents
Paramedics must not be put at risk if the way decisions are made on attending patients at dangerous emergency incidents are altered, ambulance staff have warned.
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NewsEarl Howe orders break-up of North West's 'anti-competitive' four year contract
Health minister Earl Howe has told NHS North West to break up a four year “framework” deal between the region’s specialised commissioning group and mental health service providers.
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HSJ KnowledgeShaping young people's services with young people's input
Investing in Children is improving children and young people’s services by involving young people in care delivery. Felicity Shenton explains
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HSJ KnowledgeChanging learning principles to achieve real, necessary change in older people's care
February’s ombudsman report had more than a sense of deja vu about it. This time, writes Fontis director Graham English, the question is not “what” we might learn from the health ombudsman’s report, but “how”.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy evidence-based, patient-centred care is the key to cutting NHS costs
Now more than ever, the pressure is on for hospitals to make efficiency improvements, not only to help the NHS meet its cost savings target of £20bn by 2014-15 but also to adapt to changes in the way that tariffs are organised and to meet the challenges of the changing ...
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Comment'Public health cannot survive on £4bn'
Public health is a new burden – it’s official. And local authorities are right to be nervous.
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HSJ Local
Burns care across three regions 'unsustainable'
STRUCTURE: The burns care system across three regions is “unsustainable in the long term”, according to a report revealed under the Freedom of Information Act.
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CommentSouth West trust clawing back every penny ahead of make or break year
The “financially challenged” Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has begun what is being viewed as a make or break year with a rare piece of fiscal good news.
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CommentMedia Watch: all ears as Lansley promises to 'listen'
It was telling that health secretary Andrew Lansley had to defend his NHS reforms himself on the letters page of The Times last week. The national papers have scented blood.