All Strategic health authorities (SHAs) articles – Page 7
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The right way to form GP consortia
GP commissioning consortia will not be created by guidance notes from the Department of Health. Nor will they be formed by primary care trusts and strategic health authorities suggesting the necessary population size for efficient commissioning.
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Andy Burnham accuses Cameron of NHS u-turn
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham accused prime minister David Cameron of a u-turn on NHS policy in his speech to the Labour party conference today.
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Jon Restell on why managers are worth it
“Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you.” But words can hurt - words can burn like acid.
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London in talks over PCT mergers
NHS London and the Department of Health are in talks about merging London’s 31 primary care trusts into just six bodies, HSJ has learned.
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Nicholson steps up reform with radical savings move
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has paved the way for primary care trusts to be merged as a means to make significant savings while implementing the health white paper.
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Nicholson outlines further transition details
GPs must not be “dragooned” into forming particular consortia, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has told chiefs in a letter outlining the next stage of the transition.
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Noel Plumridge on axes and accountability
A useful little word the French have borrowed from English in recent times is un tilt. Derived from pinball, a primitive pre-Super Mario form of entertainment now virtually extinct, it denotes in French a sudden, unforeseen and complete disruption of previous plans. Game over.
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NHS managers to be offered pay-offs in return for jobs
Managers will have until the end of October to decide whether to sacrifice their job in return for a lump sum pay-off, HSJ has learned.
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'Primary care trusts? Send in the marines'
So this is what it feels like. I’m managing along, minding my own business, when along comes Andrew D Lansley (Dudya to his mates), who liberates me.
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NHS efficiency does not automatically equal value
There was an undignified spat on BBC radio on Monday between Evan Davis of the Today programme and Bob Neill, the pugnacious local government minister, over the price of bagels charged to the public purse.
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Lansley attacks 'damage morale and independence'
Ministers have been accused of undermining NHS managers’ independence and morale with public attacks on their work.
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'La la Lansley has abolished the people who monitor us'
‘There is £80bn out there to be carved up between ourselves and the GPs. Well, surely that makes everyone a winner now?’
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'Postcode lottery in end of life care provision'
A postcode lottery exists in whether patients approaching the end of their life are able to die in hospital or at home, a major piece of research shows.
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NHS service reconfigurations 'surge' expected
The NHS looks set to see a “surge” of major changes to hospital services in the next 18 months after the government effectively lifted its moratorium on reconfiguration.
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Is this the end of the road for PCTs?
The winding down of PCTs must be handled with kid gloves if disruption to services - and loss of talent - is to be avoided
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HSJ Knowledge
Public and partner organisations
NHS Oxfordshire has an ambitious vision for improving the health of its county.
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Sir David praises 'heroic' PCT and SHA managers
Sir David Nicholson is “incredibly proud” of the “remarkable work” done by primary care trust and strategic health authority managers.
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Departing NHS London chair hits out at Lansley
The NHS London chair who resigned in protest at the government’s reconfiguration policy has formally stepped down, leaving the strategic health authority struggling to maintain a functioning board.
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NHS South Central defends decision to fluoridate water supplies
NHS South Central has defended its decision to fluoridate the local water supply after opponents seized on the government’s invitation to nominate laws they would like to see axed.
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SHA and PCT jobs crisis ahead
Tens of thousands of staff in primary care trusts and strategic health authorities will lose their jobs in the next four years.