All Health Service Journal articles in 17 November 2011 – Page 2
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News
Payment by results moves to 'bundled' contracts
The Department of Health is set to signal that NHS commissioners can move away from payment by results in 2012-13 in an attempt to control costs.
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Comment
Sally Gainsbury: just how much does the NHS cost?
How much does the NHS cost? It is a surprisingly philosophical question as the answer depends on whether or not you believe foundation and NHS trusts exist.
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Leader
Maximum waits matter as much as minimum ones
Reading between the lines of the blustering, disingenuous and politically motivated government announcement banning “minimum waiting times”, a more interesting theme emerges.
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Comment
'It's time for a one year maximum wait'
Problems with waiting times are far from insurmountable - they just require the will to change, argue Rob Findlay and Anthony McKeever.
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News
DH to act on thousands of long-wait patients
The government has announced it will act over the thousands of patients who are waiting for longer than a year before treatment, and concerns they may be concealing others on “hidden lists”.
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News
Troubled foundation failed 'basic management' as debts grew
One of England’s most financially challenged foundation trusts had no “basic performance management systems” in place as it ran up a £8.3m deficit in six months, HSJ has been told.
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Comment
Protecting the public from public health professionals
The statutory regulation of public health specialists is a little known and rarely discussed issue, but it needs close scrutiny to improve the protection patients receive against professionals whose practice could cause loss of life, says Lindsey Davies.
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Comment
Media Watch: for Lansley, the wait is over
The big story on Monday was the expected announcement by Andrew Lansley of a ban on setting minimum waiting times for certain treatments.
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Supplements
Medical revalidation - an HSJ special supplement
Revalidation will be introduced towards the end of next year in the most significant reform of medical regulation in 150 years, writes General Medical Council chief executive Niall Dickson. Read this exclusive HSJ supplement on revalidation in association with the GMC to find out what it means for you.
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News
Ombudsman names doctor in swearing row
The Health Service Ombudsman has taken the unusual step of publicly naming a GP who has refused to compensate a patient for causing her distress.
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News
Mental health tariffs 'not fit for purpose' - NHS Confederation
Mental health trusts and commissioners have not made enough progress in devising a tariff for their services despite enthusiasm from staff, the NHS Confederation has found.
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Comment
Michael White: private sector concerns going round in circles
Days before the conclusion of Circle Health’s long negotiation to take over the running of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust I encountered some research about the private sector’s parallel march through Britain’s prison management system. It struck me forcefully.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why occupational therapists have a vital role in integrated care
Occupational therapists make up a significant proportion of the healthcare workforce in the UK, and they have a major contribution to make in driving integrated care as a solution for sustainable and effectice healthcare.
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HSJ Knowledge
Making the boardroom the place to improve patient experience
Research by the Institute for Employment Studies conducted among NHS board members across the West Midlands gave insights into how boards can really make the patient quality, safety and experience agenda work, write Alison Carter and Sandra Gray.
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HSJ Knowledge
How a rapid cycle innovation model helps develop better digital healthcare solutions
A new web application aimed at helping people with depression was born out of a unique “incubation” process of innovation that allowed ongoing testing, feedback and new directions to lead to the right solution. Adil Abrar explains how this innovation model can work in the NHS.
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News
Fertility treatment bans reversed by PCTs
A number of primary care trusts which imposed tight restrictions on infertility treatment have now reversed the policy.
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Comment
East of England pays close attention to QIPP plans
The East of England is often cited as a vanguard region in the NHS, with its strategic health authority providing the bulk of the leadership - seven of the 11 executives - of the new NHS Midlands and East behemoth.
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HSJ Knowledge
How supercomputers can cost effectively advance medical research
Obtaining the power of “supercomputers” helps researchers produce and manage mass amounts of data with benefits to productivity and cost, and progressing into new areas of research, writes Cancer Research UK’s head of IT and scientific computing Peter Maccallum.
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Comment
Patchy progress on reducing acute activty in the South West
Progress towards achieving the holy grail of acute activity reduction is patchy across the South West, with varying effects on trust finances.
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HSJ Local
Your Healthcare plans social care integration with council
STRUCTURE: A leading NHS social enterprise is set to enter into an agreement with its local council to draw up plans to redesign community nursing and social care services.