All Blogs articles – Page 37
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Blogs'Alcohol misuse is the most daunting of public health challenges'
The cost of alcohol misuse is some £23bn, more than £3bn of which is borne by the NHS.
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BlogsA week in the life of Harvard Business School
What top teaching tips can we learn from Harvard Business School and what exactly do we mean by value in health care anyway?
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Low morale: does it really matter?
He had noticed the atmosphere in the office and knew that staff were unhappy.
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Further details on GP scorecards
Including the list of practices rated red on their PCT’s scorecard in more than a third of areas.
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Can we still afford equality for women?
The CBI wants all companies to disclose their targets for promoting women and then report on their progress.
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Houston we have a problem, can ACOs save us?
Dear HSJ reader, As a lover of all things health-related, I am delighted to introduce you to 2 American health care acronyms from across the pond: IHI and the ACO. I hope both will bring you joy this Christmas!
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Developing the Healthcare Workforce
Consultations come thick and fast, a bit like the current weather.
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Leadership needs to be more local than national
The reputation of top leaders is not achieved by delivering national bottom-line outcomes. What does differentiate one top leader from another is the ability to deliver local change, innovation and transformation seen as important to local people.
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Mental health in 2011: challenges and opportunities
After a year of political and policy change in 2010, the New Year will bring major challenges and opportunities for mental health services.
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New inflation forecasts imply NHS funding cut
When the spending review was announced in October, the NHS budget faired reasonably well in comparison with other departments, with a real-terms increase of just under 0.1 per cent per year.
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The Book of the Dead
The Book of the Dead is the name of the current Egyptian exhibition at the British museum. It would have made a good alternative title for Dr Foster’s hospital guide.
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Healthy Lives, Healthy People....
Ring fenced public health budgets may be too late for resources currently facing the axe in local government budget cuts
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London smog and a major advance in public health
From 5 to 8 December 1952 smog (fog filled with smoke) of unusual density and persistence covered the Greater London area.
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'Is cost-cutting turning managers into bullies?'
Is the harsh financial climate in the public sector leading to a return to the bad old ways of “macho” management in the NHS?
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'Is the answer to have more black senior NHS managers?'
Why do so few people from ethnic minorities make it into the top jobs in the public sector?
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Businesspeople with medical degrees
One of the biggest ongoing changes in the transformation of the NHS is the role of the GP.
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In the boardroom: tough talks as reality sinks in
Now that the size and implications of public sector cuts are sinking in, senior managers and board members are realising that efficiency savings will not be anywhere near enough to cover it.
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'Compassion doesn’t cost money'
How would we like to be treated as a patient? Would we like to be kept waiting without being updated? Would we like to hear people talking about us but not to us? Would we like to be cared for by someone not making any eye contact?