All Health Service Journal articles in 2 October 2008
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HSJ Knowledge
Allied health professionals and clinical leadership
All health professionals - not just doctors - need to embrace clinical leadership if Lord Darzi's vision for the NHS is to be realised. Roland Petchey explains allied health professionals' role in driving change
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS apprentices - as seen on TV
In an NHS scheme inspired by The Apprentice, 12 candidates competed for a management trainee post. Is this the future of recruitment?
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HSJ Knowledge
Getting to the bottom of NHS diabetes care
Diabetes is on the rise and is estimated to be responsible for more than one in 10 deaths in England - so why are more GPs not detecting and monitoring it, asks Emma Dent
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Comment
David Peat on the NHS learning curve
You know how you sometimes tend to look at long-past events through rose-tinted glasses, perhaps foolishly allowing yourself to think everything was somehow better 'back in the good old days'?
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Comment
Ken Jarrold on public sector economics
The clouds of economic doom have gathered. When a sober chancellor tells you it is the worst situation for 60 years, it is time to take notice.
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Comment
Richard Gleave on healthcare innovation
Innovation is one of the nine themes identified by High Quality Care for All that run through the regional visions of how to improve health and healthcare in England.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS social marketing: the hard sell
Public services in the UK have been slow to develop social marketing. Can the NHS reclaim the term so it is no longer thought of simply as spin? Caroline White reports
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Supplements
Magic touch: the revolution in information sharing
For the next stage of healthcare improvement, better and more timely use of information is not just important, it is vital.
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News
VSO through the eyes of a health management volunteer
In her regular column from Cambodia, Patricia Sloan looks at how VSO has evolved over the last 50 years
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Comment
Peter Reader on medical revalidation
As a GP, it seems to me that I have been waiting for a significant chunk of my active medical career for revalidation to finally happen, and I am not that fresh off the starting blocks.
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Comment
Frank Burns on improving the patient experience
At the heart of Lord Darzi's next stage review is a commitment to deliver a step change in the quality of service provided to patients.
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Comment
Andy McKeon on the good news about NHS finances
Finance managers in the NHS, do not adjust your sets. Yes, the picture really is much brighter than it used to be.
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Blogs
Your official NHS synonym study guide
A funny thing (perhaps the only funny thing) happened in one of my recent blogs when the spell-checker changed my description of the DOH communications posse from 'pravdaesque' to 'pradaesque'.
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News
Former chief and board slated in £87m Bromley debt probe
A highly critical report into how a hospital trust built up more than £87m of debt has uncovered serious failings by its former chief executive and board.
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News
London puts short-term health targets above inequalities
NHS London is deferring work on health inequalities to focus on improving commissioning and delivering Lord Darzi's vision.
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News
Government sets out health strategy at home and abroad
The Department of Health has launched a government-wide strategy to tackle global health problems.
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News
Mid Staffs takes positive action over A&E staff levels
Mid Staffordshire foundation trust has 'responded positively' to Healthcare Commission concerns over Stafford Hospital's accident and emergency department.
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News
Adult mental health spend stays patchy
NHS spending on adult mental health services increased by 3.7 per cent in real terms last year to £5.5bn, but is still unequal between regions.
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HSJ Knowledge
Supporting NICE in assessing delivery on advice
The NHS Information Centre's prescribing support unit produces data that allows the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to review current patterns of care; to estimate the potential cost of recommendations; and to monitor the implementation of their guidance.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS Institute's burning ambitions at end of the beginning
For three years the NHS Institute has been improving services by helping trusts innovate. Now, says its chief executive, it relishes the challenge of expanding its role without diluting its benefits.