All Acute care articles – Page 439
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HSJ Knowledge
Safe crackers
Putting patient safety at the heart of NHS services needs a significant cultural shift. HSJ and Microsoft brought together key leaders to ask how to make this happen
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News
John Coulthard on patient safety
'Healthcare faces many of the same challenges as commercial businesses; the need for effective information solutions to drive better decision-making has never been more important than it is today'
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News
David Lawrence offers some words of advice to Mr Brown
'Yes, Mr Brown, as you well understand, the NHS is a business operation in that it is an input-output system with desired outcomes'
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HSJ Knowledge
Helen Bevan on the best practice puzzle
'When a new idea is adopted by around 15-20 per cent of the target, it is likely to take on a life of its own and spread naturally'
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HSJ Knowledge
Making care more flexible for mothers
A national survey of mothers' experiences shows they are being given more flexible maternity care - but there is still room for improvement.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS Comparators website launched
NHS Comparators, a web-based service that displays data for hospital admissions for key conditions and all outpatient referrals by GP practices, has been launched.
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HSJ Knowledge
Jenny Rogers on dysfunctional teams
'What wrecks many noble projects is feelings, and human beings have an infinite number of ways to sabotage here'
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Comment
Hilary Thomas on trust and safety
'Imagine hearing: 'This is your junior pilot speaking. I have no particular interest in your safety.''
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HSJ Knowledge
How information can support the transition from hospital to home
The Information Centre for health and social care is at the heart of UK-wide initiative to develop information to support community care.
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Comment
Protecting public and patient involvement
The blind drive to force the introduction of local involvement networks and abolish patient and public involvement forums is dangerous and misguided.
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Comment
Ringfencing is only a short-term cash fix
'Local flexibility is a principle that needs defending. Ringfencing is only convenient so long as the political wind is blowing in your direction'
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Comment
It's a question of trust: will the new ministers devolve power?
'Central control is a far more natural response from Brown than trusting local freedom and competition'
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News
Monitor to government: do not let foundation trusts slip
The chair of foundation trust regulator Monitor has fired a warning shot at the new government, telling ministers not to 'pull back' from healthcare reform to try to 'control' the system from the centre.
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Comment
Your Humble Servant: London SHA
‘They’ve come up with a whizzo plan to keep Londoners happy. They are going to build lots more hospitals. At the moment they are calling them polyclinics, but that’ll change’
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HSJ Knowledge
National Performance Advisory Group newsletter
Issue 13 of NPAG News, the newsletter of the National Performance Advisory Group, is now available to download. The latest issue covers benchmarking, best value groups and a hospital evacuation workshop.
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HSJ Knowledge
Good neighbours
Moving in with the competition could have unexpected benefits, writes Stuart Shepherd
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HSJ Knowledge
Myth-buster: less is more
Spending more on healthcare could harm patients, writes Stephen Black
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HSJ Knowledge
Maggie Rae on righting wrongs
'Seeing desperate poverty and inequality of life chances galvanised me and has continued to be a driving force for more than 25 years'
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News
Providers criticise NHS Choices site
The NHS Choices website is hampering users' ability to access the extended choice list, a network of independent providers has claimed.