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NewsExclusive: speech and language therapy suffers drop in scope and quality of services
Speech and language therapists across the UK are reporting serious falls in the scope and quality of their services, as they sustain a “double whammy” of NHS and local authority cuts.
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NewsResilient NHS managers lack required leadership skills, DH research says
NHS leaders are resilient and intellectually capable but suffer from over-confidence and a “gung-ho” attitude, Department of Health research has found.
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NewsGovernment 'expects' DPHs to report to council chief execs
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has said it is his “expectation” that directors of public health will report directly to council chief executives.
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News
Speculation begins over Commissioning Board top jobs
After the NCB’s draft structure was revealed by HSJ earlier this month, speculation has begun over who will be chosen to fill the roles.
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NewsCMO to 'twist arms' over public health medic job crisis
Chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies has said she will try and “twist some arms” to find a solution to the unemployment crisis facing the public health medical workforce.
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NewsAndrew Taylor to leave competition panel
Andrew Taylor has announced he will leave his role as director of the Cooperation and Competition Panel at the end of August.
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Blogs
Why you should keep the 'smiling assassins' in HR on your side
HR get a lot of criticism from staff and managers alike. But they function in the best interests of the organisation, not individuals or groups of employees, so it may be wiser to keep them onside than wage war.
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NewsIn-house consultancy saves NHS £2.5m
The NHS’s in-house consultancy service says it saved trusts an estimated £2.5m in consultancy fees in 2010-11.
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HSJ Local
Specialist women's hospital admits midwife staffing lapse
PERFORMANCE: One of England’s two specialist women’s hospitals has admitted failing to meet recommended minimum staffing levels.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to handle change with confidence
The stress of managing change often has a negative impact on personal and professional lives, costing workforces millions of pounds in stress-related leave. But teaching individuals to approach change in a different light can drastically reduce or prevent this impact on organisations, as Maggie Cork and Elaine Smith explain.
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NewsPublic health expertise losses begin to bite
Local public health expertise is starting to drain away as budget cuts bite and staff await transfer to local authorities, evidence presented to HSJ reveals.
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CommentJon Restell: it's time to get behind the defenders of pensions
When you hear the word “pension”, do you bury your head in the sand? If so, I’ve got bad news.
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NewsProposed commissioning groups will be 'unsustainable'
Senior managers implementing NHS reforms believe many of the proposed clinical commissioning groups are “unsustainable” because they are too small.
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NewsDH comms director general is latest to announce departure
The Department of Health director general of communications has become the fourth senior figure to signal their departure from the NHS or DH in the space of a week.
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NewsCameron to urge public sector strike rethink
David Cameron will today urge public sector unions to halt planned industrial action and agree that pension reform is necessary.
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NewsBernard Crump to leave NHS Institute
The chief executive of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is to take early retirement, HSJ understands.
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HSJ Local
Warrington and Halton Hospitals seeks to plug £12.7m gap in savings plan
FINANCE: The foundation trust was forecasting a £2.6m shortfall on its £12.7m cost improvement programme for 2011-12, before the use of contingency reserves, its 30 April board papers show.
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NewsImperial appoints SHA figures to board
Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed two senior managers from strategic health authorities as its chief financial officer and chief information officer.
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News'Dangerous' management cost cuts must be revised
There are growing calls for NHS management cost savings targets to be revised in light of changes to the reforms and amid fears the cuts are becoming “dangerous”.
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CommentThe right-to-request primary care trust: one year on
A year ago, City Health Care Partnership became the first social enterprise to ‘go live’ through the right-to-request scheme. On its first anniversary, chief executive Andrew Burnell reports on how they are getting on.