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Blogs
Burnham's views on centralism
National newspaper articles citing health secretary Andy Burnham and Monitor executive chair Bill Moyes raise intriguing questions about the government’sattitude to foundation trusts.
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NewsLondon's acute trusts told to plan for fewer services
London’s hospital trusts are being told to plan their future in a significantly smaller acute sector - or have it dictated to them.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: The Leader’s Edge
Learn to see how you project yourself to your colleagues, says James Potter
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HSJ KnowledgeA guide to improving services for deaf people
Deaf people’s healthcare can be greatly improved by services tuning in to better ways of communicating with hearing impaired individuals, writes Jennifer Taylor
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NewsHospital suspends post-mortems after critical review
Wales’ biggest hospital has suspended post-mortem examinations after a critical inspection of its mortuary.
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NewsFunding for cancer care in Wales
A number of Welsh organisations will share £500,000 funding to help improve cancer care and support under the national cancer standards, Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has announced.
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NewsA third say no party could run NHS
Almost one in three people think none of the major political parties is capable of running the NHS, a survey has revealed.
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NewsTory NHS would be 'biggest quango in the world', Andy Burnham claims
Andy Burnham has criticised Conservative plans for the NHS if they won the next general election by saying the health service would become the “biggest quango in the world”.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS smoking cessation: sticking with quitting
NHS stop smoking services’ 10th anniversary marks one of the strongest public health interventions of a decade - and there are plans to maintain the momentum. Stuart Shepherd reports
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS performance: GPs in the spotlight
Tight budgets mean PCTs must scrutinise all contractors to ensure they are providing the right value and quality of services - and this includes GPs. Graham Clews looks at the role of the balanced scorecard
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NewsSwine flu pandemic could set the scene for a remote diagnosis boom
A think tank claims remote diagnosis using the internet and call centres is the way forward for the NHS.
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NewsDH director of immunisation tells nurses they have a 'duty' to have swine flu jab
The Department of Health’s director of immunisation has said nurses have a responsibility to be vaccinated against swine flu, after a survey by HSJ’s sister title Nursing Times revealed one third of frontline nurses do not want the jab.
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InformationWeekly swine flu update from the Department of Health
In the first of a regular weekly update from the Department of Health, exclusive to HSJ and Nursing Times, national director of NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses what health managers and nurses need to know about the swine flu pandemic
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NewsAnti-NHS row MEP 'should lose whip'
Conservative leader David Cameron should withdraw the whip from the MEP who criticised the NHS on US television, according to Labour MPs.
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NewsSwine flu hotline staff 'viewing NHS records'
Reports suggest NHS staff records and disciplinary complaints could be accessed by workers manning the government’s swine flu hotline, according to the Mail on Sunday.
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Information
Pandemic influenza: guidance for infection control in hospitals and primary care settings
Acute trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) will form the vanguard of the NHS response to an influenza pandemic. This document has been developed to facilitate planning by NHS trusts and provides guidance on infection control and tools for local public health and healthcare officials who are at the front ...
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Information
Pandemic influenza: Guidance for ambulance services and their staff in England
This document provides guidance for ambulance services in England to prepare for, respond to and recover from an influenza pandemic.
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Information
Pandemic influenza: Guidance on preparing acute hospitals in England
This planning document is designed to assist NHS acute trusts and acute foundation trusts (hereafter referred to as ‘trusts’) in developing their plans for responding to an influenza pandemic.
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Blogs
Hannan's claims about managers: the unblinking truth
The web is awash with commentary on Daniel Hannan’s incendiary comments on the NHS, thanks to the Twitter army.
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Information
Responding to pandemic influenza - The ethical framework for policy and planning
Planning for a pandemic, and responding to one while it is happening, involves many difficult decisions. These may create tension between the needs of individuals and the needs of the population.