All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 83
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News
Patient involvement group claims lack of support
Local involvement networks are not being given enough support despite commitments in the government’s response to the Mid Staffordshire scandal, it has been claimed.
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HSJ Knowledge
The Griffiths report: 25 years on
Twenty-five years ago Roy Griffiths famously said: ‘If Florence Nightingale were carrying her lamp through the NHS today she would be searching for the people in charge.’ When he set out his subsequent plan to overhaul management, staff feared it would be the end of the health service - Peter ...
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HSJ Knowledge
How doctors see the European working time directive
How will clinicians adapt to the EWTD? What are the implications for training and safety? Listen to this doctors.net.uk podcast to find out more
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News
Czars to focus on cost cutting as well as quality
Reducing costs is becoming an integral part of the role of the Department of Health’s czars.
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HSJ Knowledge
Supporting long term conditions in the NHS
As the number of people living with long term conditions rises, Helen Mooney looks at the government’s plans to improve their care and help them navigate the health and social services maze
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Comment
Nigel Crisp on what a new Griffiths would bring
I am a Griffiths manager. The Griffiths report brought me into health from a career in business and charities. As a result of Griffiths I was launched on a fascinating journey from running a mental handicap unit, as it then was, to working with health services in some of the ...
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Few women doctors have board-level responsibilities, says RCP
Few women doctors have management responsibility at board level, a Royal College of Physicians investigation has found.
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A decade of the national clinical directors - aka the czars
The NHS’s czars, or national clinical directors, have been hailed as a success.
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Graham Ramsay named Mid Essex trust's chief executive
West Hertfordshire Hospitals trust deputy chief executive Graham Ramsay is to leave to head up Mid Essex Hospital Services trust.
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Whistleblowing doctors in the dark over safety fears, says BMA
Nearly half of hospital doctors who reported a patient safety, malpractice or bullying concern to trust managers were left in the dark about whether anything had happened as a result, a British Medical Association survey has found.
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Birmingham mental health trust appoints medical director
Birmingham and Solihull mental health foundation trust has appointed a new medical director.
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Trusts with high death rates to be named
Trusts with unusually high mortality rates that have sparked inspections will be named for the first time, plans revealed to HSJ show.
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Unite campaigns against community service reforms
Trade union Unite has launched a campaign against Department of Health plans to separate primary care trust provider arms from commissioning PCTs.
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CQC seeks feedback
The Care Quality Commission has launched a consultation on the registration standards it plans to enforce from April next year.
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Lawyer reprimanded over spat with foundation trust
A lawyer has been reprimanded for bringing his profession into disrepute in a dispute with a foundation trust in the North West.
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Southampton University Hospitals trust names medical director
Southampton University Hospitals trust has appointed paediatric consultant Michael Marsh as its medical director.
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Comment
Peter Reader: 'Mid Staffs holds the same lessons as Bristol tragedy'
In the aftermath of the next stage review, which put quality at its heart, it is sad that the NHS story that people will remember this year will be that of Mid Staffordshire foundation trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
Working in partnership to tackle health inequalities
Managers from NHS Birmingham East and North explain the work their PCT has done to tackle health inequalities. Sponsored by Dr Foster
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HSJ Knowledge
Using business intelligence to drive improvement in the NHS
Business intelligence can help health managers get the most out of the data available. Stuart Shepherd reports
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News
Scotland could make patient injury compensation easier
The Scottish government is considering a shake-up that could make it easier for patients to claim compensation following a medical injury.