All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 39
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NewsEU laws 'putting patients at risk'
NHS patients are “at risk” because of European laws, the heads of two royal colleges have said.
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NewsLeadership and staff engagement 'critical' to hospital savings challenge - study
Effective leadership and staff engagement will be “critical” if hospitals are to achieve the lion’s share of the £20bn NHS savings goal by 2015, a new Nuffield Trust study has found.
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Comment'Deal with productivity variation, or risk the long term future of the NHS'
Only by swiftly adressing the issue of clinical practice variation and developing better evidence based practice can we stop the quality of NHS care eroding, writes Professor Alan Maynard.
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HSJ Local
New chief medical officer at Rotherham FT
WORKFORCE: A new medical director has started work at The Rotherham Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Doncaster and Bassetlaw FT appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Sewa Singh as its new medical director.
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Comment'Integrated care should be this decade's number one priority'
Achieving proper integrated care must be taken as seriously in the next 10 years as waiting times have been in the last 10, say King’s Fund chief executive Chris Ham and Nuffield Trust director Jennifer Dixon.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow service line management can inspire improved behaviours throughout NHS organisations
Service line management can empower frontline clinicians to make the changes the NHS needs for future viability. The big challenge is changing the way NHS organisations are managed, says Chris Calkin.
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NewsClinical data regulation not robust, say experts
Leading doctors have called for an end to “incomplete data disclosure” and more robust regulation of information in clinical trials.
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NewsNursing care standards report unveiled
A report by Birmingham University’s Health Services Management Centre has urged for senior nurses to be given greater leadership responsibility in order to improve acute nursing care standards.
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NewsRemediation of doctors costing the NHS millions
Concerns about doctors’ performance are usually only picked up following a crisis, putting patients at risk and increasing the cost of remediation, according to a new report.
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HSJ Local
Yeovil struggles to recruit doctors to A&E
WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is forming a strategic alliance with a neighbouring trust to help tackle recruitment problems in accident and emergency.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy shifting DVT management into primary care can improve clinical outcomes
DVT can be clinically very difficult to diagnose but early recognition and appropriate treatment can improve clinical outcomes.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: The Terrible Leader
Independent business consultant Jeremy Kourdi reviews Dan White’s The Terrible Leader.
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SupplementsThe future challenges facing pathology - an online Q&A
Burning questions such as what will drive collaboration between trusts to make savings for pathology drew HSJ readers to link up with an expert panel. Alison Moore reports from the online Q&A, sponsored by Roche Diagnostics.
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Comment'The Francis report will be the most important NHS event in 2012'
Spare a thought for Robert Francis. The weight on his shoulders must be immense. Part of his task has been to listen carefully hour upon hour to angry people, whose loved ones were failed by people and a public service meant to care and show compassion.
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NewsHakin: pace of CCG development next year will 'be dramatic'
The Department of Health commissioning lead has warned that there will be a rapid step change in pace to establish clinical commissioning groups, equivalent to a “very big train coming down the track”.
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NewsGPs claim CCGs are being 'bullied and coerced' by PCTs
A survey of doctors involved in emerging clinical commissioning groups has found 60 per cent report “being coerced or bullied” in how they set up the organisation, according to a new survey.
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HSJ Local
Shortage of medical staff leads to ICU delays at Chesterfield
WORKFORCE: Lack of medical staffing at night and over weekends is leading to delays in treating patients in the FT’s intensive care unit and birth centre.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex Healthcare top orthopaedics performer in region
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare is performing well regionally on treating orthopaedic and cardiovascular conditions, but needs to improve on respiratory care.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving cardiac care for clinicians while reducing cost to the NHS
Can you improve patient cardiac care and working practice for GP clinicians while reducing the cost of cardiac care to the NHS? Dr Jonathan Lieberman explains how a telemedical ECG service has achieved this at his surgery in Manchester.