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DH response to Rose Gibb case: chief executives must be held to account
The Department of Health has welcomed the judgement in the Rose Gibb case, in which former chief executive Rose Gibb lost her claim against Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust for breach of contract.
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NewsRose Gibb judgement is 'the right decision', says Maidstone chief
The chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust has welcomed the High Court judgement that it did not breach its former chief executive Rose Gibb’s contract.
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NewsShock Rose Gibb court judgement
Rose Gibb has lost her claim against Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust for breach of contract.
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NHS bodies forced to reveal gender pay gap
NHS organisations will be forced to reveal the salaries paid to male and female staff under legislation published today.
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HSJ KnowledgePut co-ordinators at the heart of organ donation
The NHS has been challenged with upping organ donation. Stuart Shepherd looks at the vital role transplant co-ordinators can play in meeting this ambition
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DH seeks fresh leadership talent for adult social care
Plans to create “new cadres of leadership talent” for adult social care have been set out by the Department of Health.
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HSJ KnowledgeCan health trainers reduce poor health?
Can members of the public with few skills but a lot of life experience really make a difference to the health of their community? Mark Gould reports on a truly local approach
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NewsLatest NHS chief departure sparks fears of diminishing talent pool
Fears of a “diminishing pool” of NHS leadership talent have reached a critical point after one chief executive was sacked and another became the latest to resign his post.
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NewsRoyal Free must replace Andrew Way
The Royal Free Hampstead trust will be looking for a strong - and possibly brave - candidate to replace departing chief executive Andrew Way.
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Leader
Budget confirms that clinicians must accept responsibility for managing money
The arid financial landscape for the health service confirmed in yesterday’s Budget means the days of clinicians avoiding responsibility for managing money are over.
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Royal Cornwall chief executive John Watkinson to appeal sacking
A trust chief executive has been sacked by his board following an independent review which found the organisation was heading “towards corporate failure”.
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Experts voice concerns over 'cyclical NHS sackings'
The NHS should be less ready to “junk” managers when things go wrong, senior figures have said.
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NewsGP pay changes: worst hit PCTs revealed
The Department of Health has published a list of the primary care trusts which will be most disadvantaged as a result of changes to the way GP pay is allocated.
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HSJ Knowledge
Safer Care: the Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme
The Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme is enabling acute trusts to develop their capability and frontline teams by giving them a framework from which to develop their safety strategy.
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HSJ Knowledge
Safer Care: improving general practice safety
As the Safer Care programme extends its work into primary care, general practices have been piloting a global trigger tool designed to help GPs identify, measure and act on patient safety warning signs more quickly and systematically
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HSJ Knowledge
Safer Care: leaders in the field
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has established the Safer Care faculty, a group of clinicians who act as facilitators on the Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme. Three of them talk here about why the role is so important
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CommentSteve Onyett on leading the NHS for alignment
An earlier column explored the first two of the Department of Health’s change principles for the NHS: co-production and “subsidiarity”. Both seek to get people working together to effect change by enabling them to fully exercise their power and authority.
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NewsBullying: the 'corrosive' problem the NHS must address
Sir Ian Kennedy’s parting shots and last month’s staff survey both warn of a culture of bullying in the NHS. Charlotte Santry analyses where and why the bullies are found
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Comment
Media Watch: Margaret Haywood and NHS whistleblowing
The sacking of whistleblowing nurse Margaret Haywood provided the perfect opportunity to give NHS managers a good kicking, no matter that the unpopular decision was actually taken by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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CommentKieran Walshe on evidence based decision making in the NHS
NHS managers need to read and engage with the latest data and evidence on health service organisation - and researchers must present this in forms busy managers can use