All articles by Tash Shifrin – Page 6
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NHS policy on elderly to break new ground
The new NHS national director of older people's services began work this week, chairing the first meeting of the government's taskforce on older people.
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NHS Executive pulls the plug on private schemes worth £58m
A trust is pressing for NHS capital funding after changes in a private consortium's financial figures forced the NHS Executive to axe four private finance initiative schemes last week.
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Private wings, ruffled feathers
Will the private sector gallantly rescue the NHS from winter turmoil and long waiting lists - or will it simply poach trained NHS staff and sell their services back to the taxpayer at a profit? Tash Shifrin reports
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Historic concordat sparks new fears of workforce crisis in NHS
The government has launched its concordat between the NHS and private healthcare sector, putting it on a formal footing for the first time and raising fears it will worsen the staffing crisis in the NHS.
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Equal pay case to boost salaries for women managers in NHS
A ground-breaking equal pay case has forced the Department of Health to review the way salaries are determined for top women managers.
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Remedy for overspending crisis may pile extra pressure on NHS
Action to tackle a financial crisis in social services could put further pressure on the NHS, which is already facing major bed blocking problems in the South East of England.
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Politicians can't swim against the silver tide
Soon elderly people will have so many votes that politicians will have to listen to them, the annual social services conference has been told. Tash Shifrin reports
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Case the joint
Some may still feel uneasy about it, but it's now so fashionable no-one can ignore it. Tash Shifrin explores the under-reported world of joint working
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Managers meet the management
The IHM, which represents NHS managers, lives in the shadow of the NHS Confederation. The media could never tell the difference: should they join forces? Tash Shifrin reports
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Milburn announces new deal for staff
Health secretary Alan Milburn has launched the human resources framework that will make the way NHS employers treat staff a core performance measure for the first time.
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'Tidy up' blamed for IHM's missing 1,500
The Institute of Healthcare Management has admitted to having just 8,500 members - up to 1,500 fewer than was claimed when it was formed in October last year.
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Specialists call for extra cash to remedy geriatric care's 'failings'
Geriatric care specialists called yesterday for NHS funding for care homes to be doubled to tackle 'haphazard' services.
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Nursing unions to call for major pay increase
Unions are to call for a 'substantial'pay rise for nurses and midwives in evidence to their pay review body next month, amid warnings that the workforce is 'still in decline'.
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Private sector may have to pay when patients transfer to NHS
Government and private healthcare negotiators are locked in talks about whether the private sector should pick up the tab when its patients are transferred to NHS intensive care.
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Week-long strike call as Unison members escalate PFI dispute
Unison members have voted for a week-long strike in a further escalation of their dispute over a private finance initiative deal in Dudley.
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Mixed blessing
What do you get if you cross health and social services? A 'care trust', apparently, and they look set to be the Next Big Thing. Tash Shifrin reports
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A punishing schedule
The education service has suffered a regime of inspection and scrutiny; now it's the turn of the health service. Tash Shifrin reports
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Unions protest at ' low ' pay for supernurses
Nursing unions have written to health secretary Alan Milburn in protest at the low pay being offered to 'supernurses'.
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'Hit squad' head cool on red-light move
The head of the national patient access team has moved to distance herself from the government's decision to 'name and shame' seven trusts over their waiting-list performance.
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Appeal Court ruling creates new anomaly in care charging
An Appeal Court ruling has created a further anomaly in care charging policies, while raising concerns that the cost will force cuts in mental health services.