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DH promises to pay Maidstone legal bill
The Department of Health has agreed to underwrite the massive legal bill Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust could face if Rose Gibb wins her controversial court case.
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NHS medics and managers agree over training gap
Managers and clinicians are calling for clinical training programmes to give doctors a better understanding of finance and resource management in the NHS.
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Little sympathy for trusts struggling with A&E targets
Hospital trusts are expected to inform the regional NHS almost immediately of problems in accident and emergency departments.
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Acute chiefs' resignations not part of 'massive shakedown' in London
The departure of four acute trust chief executives - two of them resignations amid performance concerns - does not amount to a 'massive shakedown' in London, according to NHS London deputy chief executive Anne Rainsberry.
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Rose Gibb and the £250k question
When Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust directors decided to arrange a pay-off for Rose Gibb they did not realise they were walking into a legal minefield. What lessons does the case hold? Alison Moore reports
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Double weak PCT gets new chairman
Great Yarmouth and Waveney primary care trust has appointed a new chairman.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to beat NHS workplace bullying
Having a clear policy on bullying and harassment at work enables NHS managers to tackle individual cases, says Rachael Heenan
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NHS managers call for clinical training overhaul
Managers and clinicians are calling for clinical training programmes to give doctors a better understanding of finance and resource management in the NHS.
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West Middlesex trust names Tara Donnelly's replacement
West Middlesex University Hospital trust has appointed an interim chief executive following the resignation of Tara Donnelly.Dame Jacqueline Docherty will join the trust on 23 February from King's College Hospital, where she was deputy chief executive and director of operations.
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Rose Gibb's 'irrational' pay-off went unchecked
NHS South East Coast and the Department of Health were aware a pay-off was under discussion with Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust chief executive Rose Gibb - but they failed to intervene to stop it from being signed, a court heard last week.
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Community
Media Watch: prayer dispute
'Persecuted for praying', screamed the Daily Mail's front page on Monday. Caroline Petrie, a community nurse in North Somerset 'could be sacked' for offering to pray for a 79 year old widow she was treating.
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Rose Gibb: 'I was hounded, victimised, demonised'
Rose Gibb accused health secretary Alan Johnson of 'hounding' her after the Healthcare Commission published its critical report.
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King College foundation trust chief welcomes targets
Bureaucracy and targets are no greater in the NHS than in the private sector, King's College foundation trust's new chief executive Tim Smart has insisted.
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Dementia strategy will pose workforce challenges
Managers have welcomed long awaited government plans to transform dementia services but want more details on how they will be staffed and assessed.
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NHS managers not reaping benefits of Agenda for Change
Managers are still not reaping the benefits promised by Agenda for Change four years after it was introduced, according to the National Audit Office.
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DH drops 'elitist' Top 250 leadership scheme
Plans set out in the next stage review to invest in the top 250 NHS leaders have been scrapped amid charges of 'elitism'.
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Trust board steps down to make way for FT takeover
The chair and entire non-executive team of a trust have stood down to make way for a takeover by a foundation trust.The Bedfordshire and Luton Mental Health and Social Care Partnership trust board took the decision after agreeing there was no prospect of achieving foundation trust status.
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London acute trusts face shake-up as bosses hand in their notice
London's hospital trusts face a massive management shake-up after the departure of four chief executives.Two of the chief executives - Julian Nettel at Barts and the London trust and Tara Donnelly at West Middlesex University Hospital trust - have resigned amid concerns about the performance of their trusts, which have ...
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Comment
Do your rounds to be a better NHS leader
Dr D J Brown, a clinical fellow in emergency medicine, offers tips on how to be a better health service manager
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Trusts 'could opt out of working time directive'
The Department of Health has formally announced it wants trusts to be able to opt out of the European working time directive on behalf of junior doctors.