All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 32
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CommentTalking dirty on healthcare waste
Gary Cohen is on a mission to make the health sector live up to its responsibilities
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HSJ KnowledgeDeveloping an index of conscientiousness
This index could help to promote patient safety and trust in the medical profession
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CommentFixing the broken system
Urgent action is needed to change how health and social care are delivered
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NewsCall to maintain Cancer Drugs Fund
Tens of thousands of cancer sufferers could be denied life-extending drugs unless the government finds a way to continue funding treatment for patients, a charity has warned.
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NewsNew rules to tackle drugs lottery
More details have come to light of how hospitals that delay acting on National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance will be forced to explain hold-ups to patients.
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CommentLessons from the world of payments
Policy makers overestimate the power of the tariff system, says Nigel Edwards
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HSJ KnowledgeStepping good practice up a gear
HIECs are invaluable in delivering improvement at scale and pace
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Leader‘Novel and contentious’
The NHS rethinks its funding options in a developing picture which is far from uniform
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CommentPeter Carter: CCGs need nurses’ talents
Nurses are ideally placed to provide a strategic focus on high-quality care
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HSJ KnowledgeDoctors should care to lead
There are good reasons why doctors should get involved in NHS decision making
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HSJ KnowledgeBring social care best to NHS
Health itself improves or declines at an individual level, so care must begin there
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NewsLeaders of aspiring FTs receive confidential help to improve
More than 20 hospital trust boards have signed up to a leadership training programme which they hope will help them make efficiency savings and achieve foundation status, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSutton GPs oppose downgrade of local hospital
GPs are opposing a proposed downgrade of accident and emergency and maternity services at St Helier Hospital in south London, it has emerged.
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CommentThe hard data man’s soft spot
The executive medical director of the NHS Information Centre is an information evangelist but says patients’ stories are as relevant as numbers.
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HSJ KnowledgeCombating mortality rates
A casenote review of how one trust chose to explore the root of its high mortality rate
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HSJ KnowledgeFish for the best variety of CCG
CCGs will be more like a colourful array of tropical fish than a dull salmon farm
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LeaderQuestions over Monitor’s role will be raised
There is continued uncertainty over the mechanics of regulation
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Blogs
FIlling the void
Ignore the harbingers of doom; clinical leaders, by driving value and putting patients first, can not only address the challenges we face but lead healthcare towards a better future.