All Health Service Journal articles in 3 November 2011 – Page 5
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CommentBook Review: The Innovator's Prescription
Maxine Miles, NHS graduate management trainee, reviews Clayton M Christensen’s Circle Prize winning book.
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NewsLack of hospital surgery networks risking more child deaths
It is “vital” that paediatric surgery networks are established across the country to reduce the risk of child mortality, according to a major patient safety report.
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CommentSouth East trusts confident on improving mixed sex performance
The Department of Health this month jubilantly announced “record” success in its efforts to reduce mixed sex accommodation.
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NewsSocial enterprise staff deals could create 'two tier workforce'
Health unions are warning of a growing “two tier workforce” as social enterprises replace NHS terms and conditions with their own employment packages.
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HSJ Local
East London trust to receive extra 'Darzi fellow' support
WORKFORCE: A troubled east London trust is to get extra support from clinicians on the capital’s Fellowships in Clinical Leadership scheme, formerly known as the Darzi Fellowship.
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SupplementsThe future of pathology - an HSJ roundtable discussion
A roundtable discussion on the future of pathology, in association with Roche Diagnostics, led to a lively debate on how it will exist in the future, what effect it will have on clinicians, and whether there is even a proper definition of pathology. Alison Moore reports.
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HSJ Local
'No merger' at troubled trust, FD says
STRUCTURE: Merging or being taken over to achieve foundation status is “not on the agenda at all” for financially-troubled University of Leicester Hospital Trust, its finance director has told HSJ.
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CommentHeatherwood and Wexham feeling the strain in the South
Storm clouds continue to gather around Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: pain for providers - and the poor
It’s the time of year when minds turn to the contents of the next operating framework – currently scheduled for publication on 24 November.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy the NHS needs an information revolution to get into gear
Some in the NHS and among its IT suppliers may simply shrug; others will be exasperated. But an announcement that the “information revolution” will be delayed now until “the winter” is not good news for anybody, writes Daloni Carlisle.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy good governance is vital for telehealth services
With the right approach to handling governance, quality and safety issues, telehealth can help the NHS address the growth in future care needs, says Andrew Corbett-Nolan.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow mobile healthcare solutions could help tackle waiting times
The issue of waiting times is an ongoing problem, but like the length of waiting lists, it shows no sign of abating. A mobile healthcare approach could be one innovative option for providers to consider in the constant battle for improved efficiency, says Ian Gillespie.
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NewsCQC investigation finds improvements still needed at the Pilgrim Hospital
There is still a risk of patients “being exposed to poor care” at the Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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CommentThe judges' verdict: why the NHS should listen to Christensen
Stephen Dorrell MP, Mike Farrar and Mark Britnell share their thoughts on The Innovator’s Prescription.
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Comment'Our new solutions will come from new entrants'
Circle managing partner Ali Parsa on what Clayton M Christensen’s thinking on innovation means for the NHS.
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NewsKing's Fund warns Monitor is at risk of 'political interference'
Monitor faces a “considerable” risk of failing in its role as an economic regulator and is too vulnerable to interference by ministers, the King’s Fund has warned.
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LeaderWhere are all the female clinical leaders?
Of all the unwelcome consequences of the NHS reforms, perhaps the most unexpected is HSJ’s revelation that the leadership of clinical commissioning will be overwhelmingly male.
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NewsJoint commissioning plans need to 'go further', Future Forum lead urges
Clinical commissioning groups need to work with councils to increase the scale of joint commissioning arrangements, a key figure in the NHS Future Forum has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: equality concern as eight in 10 CCGs led by men
An HSJ analysis has revealed the great majority of emerging clinical commissioning groups are led by men.
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CommentMichael White: don't bank on blaming Brussels for the NHS's ills
I was nursing a cold and watching the Commons EU debate on the telly at home when I was startled to hear David Nuttall, the Tory MP leading the anti-European charge, blame those wily foreigners for the imminent closure of the maternity ward and special care baby unit in his ...