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WHO meets to discuss influenza preparedness
Member states of the World Health Organisation meet in Geneva today to discuss influenza viruses and access to vaccines.
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City workers take fewer sick days, study shows
A survey of 800 office-based workers in the Square Mile has found that City of London workers take off significantly fewer sick days than the national average.However, the results showed that nearly one in six workers still had to use up part of their annual leave to visit their GP.
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HSJ Knowledge
Managers in Partnership: state of the union
Two years after its birth, the association representing NHS managers has made admirable strides but it still has a long way to go as it tries to boost their poor public image. By Helen Mooney
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HSJ Knowledge
Helen Bevan on world class commissioning
To make world class commissioning a reality, we must challenge our existing mindsets
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HSJ Knowledge
New generation of equality in perinatal care
Infant death and women's health are marked by inequality but outreach workers are now changing prospects, reports Caroline White
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HSJ Knowledge
Recruitment advertising - the rules of attraction
Attracting the best applicants to a post is skilful work in itself. Stuart Shepherd talks to some top recruitment agencies
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HSJ Knowledge
Raj Persaud on how cognitive dissonance affects managers
For NHS managers it is important to get a handle on the famous social psychology theory of 'cognitive dissonance'
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Hilary Thomas on clarifying the NHS insurer-provider divide
Separating the NHS’s purchaser and provider functions more clearly would help everyone who works in the service focus unambiguously on their purpose
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Papworth transplants given green light
The Healthcare Commission said at 1pm today that Papworth Hospital foundation trust could resume heart transplants after the trust agreed to implement additional measures to protect patients.
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Royal College of GPs elects chair
The Royal College of GPs has elected a Birmingham GP as its chairman. Professor Steve Field is a GP partner, regional postgraduate dean for NHS West Midlands workforce deanery, an honorary professor at the University of Warwick and an honorary professor of medicine at the University of Birmingham.
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Advisory board for CHKS
Information analysts CHKS have appointed an advisory board. The board will be chaired by King's Fund chief executive Niall Dickson.
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Circular sets out appropriate blood use
A circular on blood transfusions has been published. It includes information on transfusion safety and effectiveness and avoiding unnecessary use of blood components.
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Our NHS, Our Future summit goes virtual
Presentations from a clinical summit to be held as part of Lord Darzi's Our NHS, Our Future review on 21 and 22 November are to be available live on the virtual world site Second Life.
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Stephen Ramsden on the transformational approach to patient safety
To make real strides in patient safety, we must win the hearts and minds of NHS staff and patients, mobilising them to be drivers of change
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HSJ Knowledge
Supporting diabetes self-management
More than 2 million people in theUKare known to have diabetes and it is estimated that a further 750,000 have the disease without being aware of it. Two Co-creating Health teams inLondonare working to improve self-management support for people with the disease.
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HSJ Knowledge
Legal briefing: patient confidentiality beyond the grave
Amelia Newbold examines a recent legal landmark protecting the duty of confidentiality between doctor and patient beyond a patient's death
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Commissioning: FESC is not enough alone, poll suggests
HSJ's exclusive poll of one in four PCT chief executives and commissioning directors shows high levels of uncertainty over using FESC for commissioning, writes Alexis Nolan
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HSJ Knowledge
Commissioning: delivering better services to communities
The government plans to improve services by making trusts better commissioners. Helen Mooney explains how a framework to help PCTs access skills in commissioning from the private sector should help them ultimately deliver better fitting services to communities
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Mark Britnell on world class commissioning
PCTs are not obliged to use this framework - it is simply there to help them if they need it