All Editorial articles – Page 4
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Lean thinking in the NHS
Despite having been in the service improvement business for years, I choose now to finally really get my head around “lean thinking” as inspired by Taiichi Ohno’s work on the Toyota production system.
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Carbon reduction
The Carbon Reduction Commitment is a mandatory, auction-based emissions trading scheme, which came into effect on 1 April 2010.
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Sustainability and the NHS
The NHS enters 2010 with an enormous to do list, increasing pressures on budgets, the need to improve outcomes and a relentless drive for quality.
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Joint commissioning
Commissioning Support for London Accelerated Development Programme 2009
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Dementia and quality of life
Only 13 per cent of people believe a person with dementia can have a good quality of life at all stages of their condition according to Alzheimer’s Society research released in April.
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Adult spine services
New approaches in spine service at St Thomas’ Hospital have yielded impressive results.
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Clinical dashboards
Good quality information is known to be a driver of performance among clinical teams and vital to ensuring the right services and best possible care is provided to patients.
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Telehealth and telecare
With the UK’s ageing population and ever more effective treatments for long-term health conditions placing immense amounts of pressure on public sector budgets, the urgency to deliver more-for-less has never been greater.
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Competitive commissioning
Among the rapid changes facing the NHS at the moment is the increasing exposure of services to competition by commissioners in order to secure maximum value for money.
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Clinical human factors
Human factors are what shape our behaviour in the context of the systems of which we are a part.
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NHS bullying
Dr Malcolm Lewis, Senior Lectuerer in Health Service Management at UCLAN, gives his opinion on the issue of workplace bullying within the NHS and reflects on the ‘depressing picture’ his research reveals (DAWN, 2010).
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Competion law and the health bill
The health sector needs to brace itself for a severe competitive shock, with the anticipated Health Services Bill expected to give Monitor the power to apply the Competition Act 1998 to the provision of health services and adult social care across England.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS smoking cessation: sticking with quitting
NHS stop smoking services’ 10th anniversary marks one of the strongest public health interventions of a decade - and there are plans to maintain the momentum. Stuart Shepherd reports
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Perioperative care
Over 90 per cent of acute trusts are signed up to Patient Safety First and are actively making changes within their organisations’ to reduce avoidable harm and avoidable death.
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CommentPete Mason on open and closed doors
Managers with an “open door policy” should walk directly up to their doors and bang their heads against them.
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HSJ KnowledgeIs PFI funding built to last?
Backing for building projects is proving hard to come by, with high borrowing rates and comatose bond markets.Steve Wright considers how to fund your estate upgrade
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HSJ KnowledgeWays to buy in to the lung cancer strategy
To maintain momentum in fighting lung cancer, commissioners must be thinking about awareness services and multidisciplinary teams, reports Jennifer Taylor
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CommentSophia Christie on making an impact on male mortality
I can’t live without my burgers, my chips or the doner meat. I know they are bad, I can see the fat dripping out of it…
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CommentSteve Preston: Top tips to keep your career going
Do you see the announcements about radical NHS funding cuts and the changing agenda as a threat or an opportunity? Now might be a good time to start re-evaluating and managing your future to meet the challenges.