All Comment articles – Page 203
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'Specialised commissioning gives the NHS Commissioning Board a chance to deliver'
The NHS Commissioning Board will have control over specialised commissioning from April 2013. It is a very real opportunity to bring about dramatic improvements in clinical quality, and speed up the adoption of innovation across the NHS, says John Murray.
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Academic health science partnerships take shape in London
Lord Darzi’s phoenix-from-the-ashes academic health science partnership Imperial Health Partners has got off to a flying start, but one name was conspicuous by its absence on its list of potential partners.
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South West shouts about its success as handover looms
No one could accuse NHS South West’s 133-page handover document, published last week, of being anything less than exhaustive.
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HSJ100: judging panel and process
The judging panel and process involved in this year’s HSJ100.
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HSJ100: 'We need the best of both private and public to deliver change'
The challenges facing the NHS cannot be adequately addressed through incremental change; it’s time to do different things, rather than just doing things differently, writes Accenture Health UK director Simon England.
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HSJ100: shadow commissioning board is already pulling the strings
The sixth consecutive year of the HSJ100 has again revealed a significant reordering of the individuals deemed to be at the leading edge of driving innovation and influence across the NHS and broader healthcare sector, says Frank McKenna from Harvey Nash plc.
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HSJ100: Top 5 'inquirers' and regulators
This year’s Top 5 ‘inquirers’ and regulators in the HSJ100.
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Results business? The view from the HSJ Payments by Results conference 2011
Derek Miller reports on the HSJ Payment By Results conference 2011, where a conflict emerged between the official message on PbR and what is actually happening on the ground between cash strapped PCTs and providers.
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'Successful localism needs everyone working together'
The principle in devolving power from the centre into the hands of communities is a worthy one, but it should not obstruct those already well-run and successful regional programmes, says Stephen Eames.
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Andrew Lansley: the NHS pension scheme - for a sustainable future
Now is the time for NHS leaders to engage with staff to let them know exactly what the revised pension offer entails, and why the scheme is worth sticking with.
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Views from the picket line
James Clayton, a reporter on the HSJ and Nursing Times news desk, spent yesterday talking to nurses and other health workers on the picket lines in London.
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Michael White: freedom to choose doesn't stop bad decisions
Reading recently about the difficult transition from Oliver Cromwell’s 11-year republic to the restored Stuart monarchy of Charles II in 1660, I came across some wise words by the great aristo-scientist, Robert Boyle.
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'Choosing the comfortable path is a route towards trouble'
NHS trust boards are more on the ball than they used to be, but there is much more to be done when risk management is preferred to risk prevention, writes Nigel Edwards.