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NewsInternet fund 'to boost telehealth'
The quality of healthcare provided to elderly people and patients living in remote areas will be vastly improved by a £1bn investment in super-fast broadband, the government has said.
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NewsNew chief executive for Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust
Managing director of BT Health Sir Jonathan Michael has been appointed as the new chief executive of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust.
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NewsJump in NHS 24 calls over festive break
Scottish NHS call centres were flooded with calls over the Christmas and new year period, with tens of thousands of anxious people ringing NHS 24 and the Scottish Flu Response Centre for advice.
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NewsPersonal health plans for injured soldiers
Improved NHS mental health services for soldiers returning from Afghanistan was one of the plans announced by the government in a bid to provide better care for war veterans.
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NewsDignity in care funding announced
A “bright ideas grant” to help support innovative projects that promote dignity in care has been launched by the Department of Health.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS productivity: how to maximise the year ahead
Health and social care services need to fully engage frontline staff, not just leaders, to meet financial constraints while safeguarding quality delivery. Phil Kenmore explains
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HSJ KnowledgeAssessment centres: do your staff measure up?
A London foundation trust used assessment centres to ensure its frontline managers were on-message and up to the job. This is how they did it
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HSJ KnowledgeHealth improvement collaboration: top tips
Health and care professionals from the eight biggest cities outside London are collaborating to share expertise in tackling inequalities, reports Stuart Shepherd
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CommentSheila Williams on communication and metaphors
Over the past few weeks, I ran into a brick wall with a project, burned the candle at both ends and then saw the light at the end of the tunnel.
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HSJ PartnersThe CRC energy efficiency scheme affects up to 25,000 organisations. Are you one of them?
In April 2010, the CRC energy efficiency scheme comes into effect. It helps organisations save energy, save money and become leaders in tackling climate change.
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NewsGas supply restriction looms for 100 NHS trusts
Approximately 100 NHS organisations could see their gas supply disrupted if soaring consumption leads to restrictions on gas use.
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NewsBME network announces launch conference
The NHS’s national black and minority ethnic network is to mark its launch with a conference later this year.
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NewsAbolishing NHS targets will reduce need for managers, David Cameron says
Abolishing the target culture in the NHS will reduce the need for “managers and bureaucrats”, Conservative Party leader David Cameron has said.
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NewsCombat Stress charity in mental health trust tie-up
Staff from the Combat Stress charity are to work in NHS mental health trusts in a bid to improve treatment offered to traumatised soldiers, the government is expected to announce.
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NewsCall to fine drunk NHS patients
A right wing think tank has called for drunk NHS patients to be fined and prescriptions for common pain killers to be scrapped.
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NewsClinical portal to 'revolutionise NHS IT'
Health professionals will be able to retrieve information about patients quickly and securely through a new computer system, the Welsh Assembly has said.
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NewsCost of hospital thefts revealed
Items worth more than £900,000 have been lost or stolen from Scotland’s hospitals in the last two years, it has been disclosed.
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NewsAmbulance Service Network director leaves to fight Hewitt seat
Ambulance Service Network director Liz Kendall has resigned after being selected to fight the parliamentary seat held by Patricia Hewitt for the Labour Party.
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NewsFive firms and one FT shortlisted to take over NHS hospital
One foundation trust and five independent providers have been shortlisted as potential bidders for a franchise to run an NHS hospital in the East of England.
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BlogsPreparing to roar like lions
Preparing evidence for the DH’s Co-Operation and Competition Panel