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NewsGovernment outlines 30 pledges on future of NHS
The government’s detailed coalition agreement Our Programme for Government, together with a further document sent to strategic health authorities this week, set out 30 pledges on the NHS and a further four on public health.
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NewsThousands of jobs at risk as strategic health authorities face axe
Strategic health authorities will be abolished by 2012, throwing the job security of over 3,000 staff in doubt.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Senior Leadership Teams
Leadership teams can learn about their own performance, says Karen Wise
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NewsHospital trust pays out over age discrimination
A hospital trust has had to pay a former member of staff £187,000 in compensation after the manager missed out on a promotion for being too old.
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NewsHealth boards report increase in assaults
Seven out of 14 Scottish health boards have reported an increase in assaults against NHS workers, according to Labour justice spokesman Richard Baker.
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HSJ KnowledgeBank and agency quality improvement project
NHS organisations must now rise to the challenge of improving patient care while safely reducing costs.
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NewsHSJ exclusive: SHAs to be abolished by 2012
Strategic health authority chiefs have been told they will be abolished by April 2012, HSJ can reveal.
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Department of Health spared immediate spending cuts
The Department of Health’s overall spending will not be reduced in the current financial year, the Treasury has confirmed.
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CommentJenny Rogers on spin and language
Just before the election I was on a London bus, the spiritual home of the Man on the Clapham Omnibus. I was eavesdropping on a conversation between strangers discussing how they would vote, agreeing they may not vote at all and also declaring that politicians are “all the same - ...
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HSJ KnowledgeRedundancy in the NHS: how to ensure fairness
If you have to let people go, make sure the process is compassionate and fair, says Michael Moran
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NewsLansley points to staff-owned FTs
Andrew Lansley has told Department of Health staff of plans to create employee-owned foundation trusts with public membership, bringing together elements of the existing social enterprise and FT models.
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HSJ KnowledgePatient level costing
PLC data is a critical tool for trusts looking to optimise their performance and ensure best use of available funding and resources.
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HSJ KnowledgeTips for preventing hospital violence
From workplace design to forward planning, prevention is the watchword as trusts aim for a trouble free future
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NewsDave Prentis warns that NHS cuts will equal conflict
Managers should prepare themselves for a period of industrial unrest if planned spending cuts go ahead, Unison general secretary Dave Prentis has told HSJ.
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NewsLansley to slash NHS management costs
Andrew Lansley, the new health secretary, has warned Department of Health staff to brace themselves for a significant cut in their budget this year.
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NewsCameron's bonus cap exempts many NHS managers on top salaries
David Cameron’s move to restrict the salaries of senior NHS managers will not affect the best paid but could encourage trusts to outsource cheaper labour, HSJ has been told.
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NewsPCT manager costs vary widely
Management costs at the highest spending primary care trusts are four times that of the lowest, even accounting for different population sizes.
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NewsDH seeks solvency assurances from NHS Employers
The Department of Health is seeking assurances that NHS Employers is solvent before it will sign a new contract, after serious concerns were raised over its management and finances.
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NewsChief resigns after CQC fears
The chief executive of Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust, which was recently reprimanded by the Care Quality Commission and Monitor, has resigned.