All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 121
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Staff wellbeing
Strictly Come Dancing stars Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova used their creative talents to promote health and wellbeing in the workplace. The couple took centre stage to promote the launch of the NHS Barnsley staff support service’s ‘Live 4 Life’ campaign.
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Book Review: The Game-Changer – How Every Leader Can Drive Everyday Innovation
Find out how one giant company profits from a change culture, says Julie Wells
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How to increase BME access to psychological therapies
A programme to improve access to psychological care is reaching into BME communities, reports Stuart Shepherd
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What managers can do to stop procrastination
People put tasks off for a variety of reasons but it is a manager’s responsibility to find out what is causing this problem and help keep performance levels high
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Delivering better care with fewer resources
Streamlining services and funding is important but above all managing staff engagement is now vital to protect jobs and quality of care, says Chris Roebuck
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Home births
Women used to give birth at home: in 1900s over 99 per cent of babies were born at home. However, as GPs and obstetricians persuaded women that giving birth in hospital was safer than at home the rate dropped to 1 per cent in the 1980s. Today the home birth ...
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Polysystems
GPs will increasingly call the shots about how and where money is spent in the local health economy, says Conor Burke
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Access to maternity care
In 2006 an exciting opportunity arose which enabled some innovative thinking to become a reality and the award winning Hackney Maternity Helpline was born.
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Book Review: The Tiger That Isn’t - seeing through a world of numbers
Uncover how sensational statistics are used to scare us, says Michael Wilding
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How to champion patient dignity
Privacy and dignity champions from across your workforce can enhance the patient experience, explains Alison Moore
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Keep track of NHS training needs
Any system for managing learning and development must be able to change over time, says Arif Ahmed
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When doctors network change can happen fast
Easy online access to shared information and peer discussion is proving a prime mover in engaging clinicians with quality assessment and transforming services
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Using the InterQual tool
How Rotherham Health and Social Care Economy Partnership is using the InterQual tool to improve the health of local people. Sponsored by McKesson.
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Mental health roadmap
The primary aim of world class commissioning is to improve the skills of primary care trusts to make them more effective commissioners. The 11 WCC competencies focus on the key areas required of PCTs, but some areas are inevitably more developed than others.
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Staff engagement
Ricardo Semler is a well-known businessman in Brazil. Back in the 1990s, when the Brazilian economy took a nosedive, he had to think about how his company, Semco, could survive.
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Mental health business intelligence
Dr Alex Horne examines why high quality business intelligence is critical to meeting the unique set of challenges being faced by mental health trusts
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Asset management
Karen Conneely outlines the need for a single integrated asset register.
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Book Review: Scoring Points - how Tesco continues to win customer loyalty
Tesco can teach the NHS a trick or two about customers, says Jane Thomas
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Advice for NHS employers on dealing with injury to feelings claims
Disputes where an employee claims injury to their feelings by their employer can lead to costly awards and managers need to be aware of the law and procedures
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Improving diet to improve mental health
Dieticians in mental health trusts can help make the shift to preventive wellbeing services, says Stuart Shepherd