All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 135
-
HSJ Knowledge
HSJ supplement / 18 weeks
Success storiesAlison MooreWhen the 18 weeks target was announced in 2004 there was widespread scepticism that the NHS could ever deliver it. But in just four years patients are now getting treatment for both admitted and non-admitted pathways in this time – and the median wait is just eight weeks ...
-
HSJ Knowledge
Nick Chapman / Philippa Robinson
Foreword It was always a tough ask - could the NHS fundamentally change its ways of working for elective patients, transform the quality of the service that patients experience, reduce the backlogs of long waits, and cut waiting times dramatically? "Waiting lists" and all they implied had seemingly been the ...
-
HSJ Knowledge
Alcohol policy: battle of the binge
As drink gets cheaper and licensing hours get longer, stemming the effect on the nation's health and the NHS budget is causing headaches. Stuart Shepherd reports
-
HSJ Knowledge
BME leadership: secure people's place of honour
People from minorities face many obstacles in their careers. The NHS needs to view every individual fairly, says Lubna Haq
-
HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety: communication solution
Reporting errors helps trusts to spot problems early on. How can you persuade staff to open up? Alison Moore finds out
-
HSJ Knowledge
Six steps to integrated NHS workforce planning: step six
Are you considering your healthcare workforce plans? The Six Steps Methodology to Integrated Workforce Planning can help.
-
HSJ Knowledge
NHS leadership programmes: what do they offer?
Leadership is a hot topic in the NHS. Lord Darzi mentions it no fewer than 50 times in High Quality Care for All. Why is it then that many clinicians are reticent about leadership and how can leadership training help?
-
HSJ Knowledge
NHS board leadership and the patient safety campaign
In the time it takes you to read this, one or more incidents may have harmed or even killed patients being cared for in your hospital. NHS boards should signal their commitment to addressing the problem by joining the Patient Safety First campaign
-
HSJ Knowledge
HSJ Awards 2008
HSJ celebrated the best in healthcare at its annual awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
-
HSJ KnowledgeCut short hospital stays to lower admissions
The data packs recently made available by the Department of Health to all primary care trusts as part of world class commissioning bundle together a wide range of measures to help PCTs measure their own performance. They also reveal some interesting insights.
-
HSJ Knowledge
Pharmacy's perfect prescription for community health
Local pharmacies are more than just a purveyor of pills. They have the potential to improve the health of communities if commissioners have the courage to invest in them
-
HSJ Knowledge
Improving Patient Access, supported by NHS End Waiting
Winner: London NHS Diagnostic Service with Croydon FederationThe Diagnostics in the Community pilot has been able to bring ultrasound, echo and MRI diagnostics to Croydon, the largest of London's populations
-
HSJ Knowledge
Acute and Primary Care Innovation, supported by BT health
Winner: Barts and the London trustThis project set out to improve cardiovascular care in north east London, an area with some of the worst figures for coronary disease outcome
-
HSJ Knowledge
Acute Organisation of the Year, supported by CHKS
Winner: Cambridge University Hospitals foundation trustA comprehensive drive for transformation meant our winner slashed MRSA bacteraemias and waiting times and raised day of surgery admissions
-
HSJ Knowledge
Managing Long Term Care, supported by Sanofi Aventis
Winner: Torbay Care trustIntegrated teams provide holistic care to patients in Torbay, with services accessed through a co-ordinator who takes referrals and fixes problems
-
HSJ Knowledge
Secretary of State's Award for Excellence in Healthcare Management
Winner: Tameside and Glossop PCT, community-based service for patients suffering from lymphoedema
-
HSJ Knowledge
Best Social Marketing Project, supported by the National Social Marketing Centre
Winner: Stoke-on-Trent PCTAn 'excellent' social marketing project that set out to reduce smoking rates during pregnancy in Stoke-on-Trent and was judged nationally replicable
-
HSJ Knowledge
Primary Care Organisation of the Year, supported by Bupa Commissioning
Winner: Sandwell PCTReconfiguration posed a challenge that our winner more than met, notching up great achievements in public health, MRSA reduction and finances
-
HSJ Knowledge
Improving Care with Technology, supported by System C
Winner: West Midlands Ambulance Service trustA technologically impressive system that allows accident and emergency to get up to speed with patients' data as it is captured by the ambulance crew
-
HSJ Knowledge
Patient Centred Care, supported by Cerner
Winner: Blackburn with Darwen teaching PCTBy setting up its drop-in Healthy Legs clinic offering patients fast diagnosis, the winner has prevented serious illness and saved over £500,000