All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 85
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NewsMaidstone inspection finds change was slow
Some measures to improve hygiene at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust after infection outbreaks between 2004 and 2006 were not implemented until March this year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCommentators warn ‘business as usual’ will not safeguard the NHS
Managers, clinicians and academics have cast doubt on whether existing health policy is capable of delivering the reforms needed to safeguard the future of the NHS.
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NewsEccleshill to stay in Care Quality Commission’s spotlight
An independent treatment centre has been warned the Care Quality Commission will continue “to cast a very bright light” on its services to ensure it continues to improve.
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NewsForeign NHS nurses jailed for fraud
Two nurses have been jailed for fraud after using false documents to study and work in Britain.
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HSJ KnowledgeSink or swim: how small hospitals survive competition
Small district general hospitals are often the heart of their communities but their survival is only assured by outmanoeuvring the big trusts. By Alison Moore
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HSJ Knowledge72 hours... and counting - meeting the summary discharge target
Are you meeting the NHS contract requirement to get discharge letters to GPs within 72 hours? Will you be ready for the 24 hour requirement starting in April 2010? Find out how to do it at this free online seminar. Register now and watch the debate on demand on your ...
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NewsRestricted emails reveal MMC tensions
Behind the scenes tensions over the viability of a consultant-led NHS have been revealed in a series of restricted Department of Health documents.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS quality improvement: delivering and demonstrating quality
Following our highly successful Quality Information Assurance online seminar, in partnership with Oracle, in February, we are delighted to bring you the next step in supporting you on your quality journey: Quality Improvement - delivering and demonstrating quality in the NHS.
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CommentMike Hobbs: fear, alcohol and government policy
Mental health action week was naturally a time for ministerial statements and topical third sector reports on key mental health issues. Inevitably, some referred to the present economic context. Prominent government initiatives appear to be contradictory, but are they?
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NewsTories propose junior nurse NHS board members
Junior nurses would sit on trust boards under pilot schemes being proposed by the Conservative Party.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to improve quality of diagnosis
Little research exists into issues around GPs and acute clinicians getting diagnoses wrong. Ingrid Torjesen asks what the NHS is doing about this crucial quality issue
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NewsDepartment of Health publishes list of quality measures
The Department of Health will this Friday publish a “menu” of measures agreed by senior clinicians for judging the quality of their care.
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CommentStephen Eames on the quest for quality
At a recent meeting, a colleague likened the current welter of initiatives on quality to being “tied down like Gulliver”. It’s not that I argue with the importance of providing safe, high quality care - far from it - but I have some sympathy with the view that there is ...
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LeaderPatient reported outcome measures raise questions of how need for operations is decided
HSJ’s revelation this week that tens of millions of pounds are being spent on treatments that arguably do not improve patients’ lives serves to focus minds.
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NewsResponsible officers scheme will increase staffing costs
Plans to create “responsible officers” to liaise between trusts and regulators will increase NHS staffing costs, locum agencies are warning.
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NewsUnneeded surgery may be costing the NHS millions
Tens of millions of pounds are being spent on NHS procedures that offer little apparent benefit, the first comprehensive survey of patient reported outcomes is expected to reveal.
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CommentNo time for complacency on European working time directive
NHS organisations have to be compliant with the European working time directive by 1 August and only a tiny minority can reasonably expect any exception to the rules
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NewsManagers 'regularly ignore frontline staff concerns'
Nearly two-thirds of nurses have raised concerns about patient safety with their employers but more than one in three say no action was taken as a result.
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NewsBaby P review reveals 'systemic failings' in NHS
Trusts have been urged to ensure they are meeting child protection standards in a report revealing “systemic failings” in the NHS’s treatment of Baby Peter.
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NewsMPs warn NICE over cancer drug 'inequities'
MPs have attacked as “inequitable and inefficient” the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to allow less cost efficient drugs to be given to people at the end of their lives.