All Darzi articles – Page 4
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LeaderPatient records: jokes about doctors’ bad handwriting are no longer funny
The Audit Commission has found that 8 per cent of the bills sent by trusts to commissioners last year were for the wrong treatment.
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NewsNHS management stars need a leg-up to rise to the top
There is no shortage of ambitious senior managers in the NHS, so why is it so difficult to fill top posts? Charlotte Santry studied regional talent and leadership plans for clues
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CommentDon Redding on patient experience
We demand other industries deliver standards that all customers recognise, and so we should also insist on patient experience benchmarking across the NHS
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CommentDarzi's old fashioned defence of the NHS
This week turned into a free for all when it came to writing about the NHS - pretty much anyone who’s ever come into contact with it (i.e. everyone)and can string a sentence together can join in.
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NewsTory NHS would be 'biggest quango in the world', Andy Burnham claims
Andy Burnham has criticised Conservative plans for the NHS if they won the next general election by saying the health service would become the “biggest quango in the world”.
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LeaderNHS patient safety hotline may just be a solution looking for a problem
Is the government in danger of trying too hard on patient safety?
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NewsNHS patient safety hotline delayed
A “key element” in the drive to improve patient safety - Patient Safety Direct - has been delayed until next summer, despite ministerial assurances that it would be in place last year.
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NewsJim Easton to continue Lord Darzi's work on NHS quality
The Department of Health’s new head of quality, innovation, productivity and prevention, Jim Easton, has vowed to “follow through” on Lord Darzi’s commitment to quality.
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CommentJoan Saddler on patient centred services
Actively seeking out and acting on patient feedback to shape services is still far from the norm but is fundamental to putting quality at the heart of the NHS.
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BlogsDarzi's resignation
Lord Darzi’s resignation brings to an end a bold experiment in reconnecting the health service with staff and the public.
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NewsNumber 10 confirms Lord Darzi resigns as health minister
The government confirmed last night that health minister Lord Darzi would be leaving the government and published his resignation letter to the prime minister.
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NewsDarzi quits ministerial post
Health minister Lord Ara Darzi is quitting his post as health minister.
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CommunityHSJ and a bit of satire and Darzi's sorted
Interesting to dissect the reading habits of the pre-reshuffle health ministers - a parliamentary answer last week revealed that while most of Lord Darzi’s colleagues had several “periodicals” delivered to their private office in May, he survives on just HSJ and Private Eye.
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NewsHealth committee 'saddened' by patient safety failures
NHS boards “too often” prioritise governance, finances and targets above patient safety, the Commons health committee said today.
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NewsBuilding Britain's Future hints at threat to SHAs
The government has set out plans to turn NHS targets into enforceable patient entitlements in a move that is likely to see the role of strategic health authorities reduced.
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NewsNHS staff may gain from John Lewis model
NHS organisations could become employee-owned businesses like John Lewis and Kaiser Permanente under proposals set out by health policy experts.
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NewsDarzi says focus on long term conditions
Regions should consider shifting their attentions from waiting times to long term conditions to reflect the changing economic climate, health minister Lord Darzi has said.
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NewsMonitor hails Darzi progress report
Attempts by health minister Lord Darzi to boost clinical leadership in the NHS have been welcomed by Monitor, the foundation trust watchdog.
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CommentGiving up clinical practice: the clinical leader’s dilemma
Giving up clinical practice can be the right decision for many clinicians taking on management roles, writes Steve Feast
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NewsLondon stroke and trauma shake-up gets public approval
London’s primary care trusts are claiming a success in their bid to consolidate stroke and trauma services in the capital.