All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 106
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Incentives needed for GP expansion
Incentives must be in place to ensure the hundreds of extra GPs who gain first year training posts next year stay in the workforce, a senior analyst has warned.
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Scotland's day surgery rates vary widely
An audit of day surgery rates in Scotland has revealed wide variations in performance between health boards.
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Nick Clegg rejects NHS insurance plans
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has chosen the launch of a report calling for primary care trusts to be replaced by a health insurance style system to flesh out policies on healthcare reform.
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Care integration must tackle inequality
Organisations in integrated care pilot schemes will be expected to deliver measurable improvements on health inequalities, the Department of Health has revealed.
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Mental health services boost
Community mental health services have improved steadily over the last four years, but trusts must ensure gains are sustained when systems change next month, the Healthcare Commission has said.
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No amount of health funding will be an antidote to poverty
As the political parties mobilise for the conference season it is tempting to believe there is broad consensus about the future of the NHS. But three debates that go to its heart are raging.
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Kevin Fickenscher on collaborative IT leadership
When the NHS was created 60 years ago, no-one could have imagined the groundbreaking work the service does today, or even the role technology plays in enabling clinicians to deliver care.
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Protecting emergency workers in the NHS
The legal protection afforded to NHS workers varies considerably across the UK, a situation that could put some staff at risk. Ian Long explains
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Mark Goldman on raising the NHS bar
It's official. The NHS provides the most equitable healthcare anywhere in the world. But there are 18 countries whose citizens have better outcomes following cancer treatment than we do.
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On course for clinical leadership
The chief medical officer's four clinical advisers explain their role and how it is helping to embed medical leadership in the NHS
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Benchmarking out of hours healthcare
Huge variations in the cost and quality of out of hours healthcare around the country have led to moves to benchmark these services. Kaye McIntosh reports
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Treating children with severe medical problems
Cases involving the treatment of children with chronic medical problems do not create legal precedents. Tracey Lucas explains why each decision taken by the courts must reflect what is in the child's best interests at the time
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Top-ups: experts divided over health's thorniest issue
Should patients be allowed to top up their care by paying privately for drugs? The question has confounded experts and now the government has an unenviable task in making a final decision. Helen Crump reports
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Doctors' memory sticks threaten data security
Hospital doctors are carrying 'hundreds of thousands of kilobytes' of sensitive and identifiable patient information around on memory sticks with no security protection, a survey has found.
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Amanda Doyle on the trouble with patient choice
Lord Darzi, in his next stage review, talks a lot about choice, and why not? Greater choice of healthcare provider is, undoubtedly, a good thing.
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John Cochran on healers, leaders and partners
Lord Darzi's review singles out Kaiser Permanente in the US as an example of an organisation with strong clinical leadership and says the NHS can learn from its 'practitioner, partner, leader' model. Permanente Federation director John Cochran explains
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The new NHS leadership challenge
Developing new leaders is a strategic decision not an HR one, argues Chris Roebuck, and line managers should get started right away
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Making the most of patient and public involvement
Involving patients in service improvement is a great way of ensuring that services meet local needs. Catherine Oakley and Anne-Marie Conneally explain how one trust has achieved this
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Legislation on international medical graduates
Confirmation that international medical graduates cannot be excluded from training posts will have significant consequences for NHS employers. Afrene Campbell explains