All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 102
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HSJ Knowledge
World class commissioning: setting your priorities to deliver improved health outcomes
HSJ gathered some of the biggest names in primary care to discuss the Department of Health’s ambitious world class commissioning programme as part of a live, online debate. Andy Cowper listened in
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News
Gordon Brown: press ahead with health equality drive
The prime minister has said the credit crunch is no reason to postpone plans to reduce health inequalities.Speaking at a World Health Organisation conference in London yesterday, Gordon Brown said 'there could be no worse time than this to turn back'.
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News
Rise in assaults on NHS staff
More than 55,000 physical assaults were reported against NHS staff in England last year.
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News
NICE may change drug rules for end of life
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence wants to apply different rules when deciding whether to recommend expensive drugs for terminally ill patients with rare conditions.
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News
Managers warn NHS top-up review risks inequalities
Health managers have given a cautious welcome to cancer czar Mike Richards' landmark review of co-payments but warned that the plans could make the NHS less 'equal'.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS Better Care, Better Value indicators
The NHS Better Care, Better Value indicators are published each quarter for all primary care, acute hospital and foundation trusts by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
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HSJ Knowledge
Clare Chapman: happiness is a warm NHS workplace
The NHS has loyal staff and their development must rank high among employers' own local commitments, says the Department of Health's director general of workforce
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News
Organ donor reforms speed delivery of gift of life
Organ transplant services say they have had to succeed in spite of the structures around them. Under bold new plans local managers will play a pivotal role in increasing donations. Stuart Shepherd reports
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News
NHS top-up review results announced
Primary care trusts will be expected to collaborate on commissioning decisions as a result of national clinical director for cancer Mike Richards' reforms to rules on topping up NHS care.
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News
NHS top-ups policy to be unveiled today
Health secretary Alan Johnson is set to unveil the government's new policy on NHS top-ups and co-payments later today.The expected announcement to MPs follows a wide-ranging review of the issue conducted by national clinical director for cancer Mike Richards.
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Comment
Achieving 18 weeks: engaging with NHS managers and clinicians
As the NHS hits the government's 18-week referral to treatment target early, national implementation director Philippa Robinson, a trained nurse, explains the important role clinical leadership has played in the achievement
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News
Conservatives promise to speed up drug access
The Conservative Party has announced plans for changes to drug access and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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Comment
Hilary Thomas on NHS top-ups
I approach the subject of NHS top-ups with some trepidation. The issue is complex and there are no easy answers. Considering it from the cancer perspective, I will attempt to throw light into some dark corners of the debate.
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Comment
Mark Britnell on world class commissioning so far
Morituri te salutamus, as the gladiators said in Roman amphitheatres: We who are about to die salute you.
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HSJ Knowledge
GP commissioning: the road less travelled
Performance is patchy in practice based commissioning, but involving clinicians is crucial to the world class programme
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Supplements
Time and motion: a programme for NHS efficiency
Welcome to the special HSJ supplement on the Productive series.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS next stage review: the whole package
World class commissioning will be a major driver in improving healthcare quality, by embedding it in the DNA of services
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy admission day affects health outcomes
Emergency medical patients admitted at weekends have worse clinical outcomes than those admitted during the working week.
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News
PCTs say realpolitik is behind unequal healthcare
Primary care trusts claim confusion, self-interest and realpolitik lie at the heart of the unfair distribution of NHS resources.
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News
National NHS pay deal criticised
Nationally negotiated pay means commissioners' hands are tied from using bigger salaries to attract more good doctors, the Commons health select committee was told last week.