All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 136
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Data Driven Service Improvement, supported by the NHS Information Centre
Winner: Ealing PCTThe introduction of patient experience tracker handsets has shifted power to the front line, giving the public near-instantaneous feedback on services
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Corporate Citizenship, supported by the Sustainable Development Commission
Winner: Nottingham University Hospitals trustThe winning trust's commitment to sustainability means it has already saved 90,000 food miles and cut the number of car journeys by 500,000 this year
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World Class Commissioning, supported by the DH
Winner: Tower Hamlets PCTA detailed, three-year commissioning plan was at the heart of a strategy to tackle health needs in the fourth most deprived borough in the country
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Clinical Service Redesign, supported by the NHS Institute
Winner King's College Hospital foundation trustInnovative ideas, such as graffiti boards in toilets which engage with target groups, has led to remarkable success for a sexual health centre in the capital
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Patient Safety, supported by the NPSA and the Healthcare Commission
Winner: Salford Royal foundation trustShortcomings in the early detection of cancer were tackled and the process expanded to other forms of the disease
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Workforce Development, supported by Skills for Health
Winner: NHS North WestThe trust takes top prize for its ambitious plan to be totally compliant with the European working-time directive a year ahead of the rest of the country
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Reducing Health Inequalities, supported by the DH
Winner: Homerton University Hospital foundation trustWith infant mortality rates in Hackney above the national average, the local strategic partnership funded interventions to reach vulnerable women
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Improving health with NICE guidance, supported by NICE
Winner: Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT and Mid Cheshire PCTNICE guidelines were the starting point for a project that set out to reduce incidences of pressure ulcers across primary and secondary care
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Mental Health Innovation, supported by Mental Health Strategies
Winner: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health foundation trustThe Meriden programme promotes family-sensitive mental health services and gives clinical staff, service users and carers skills to work with families
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Preparing for medical revalidation
Medical managers need to prepare themselves to meet the challenges of implementing revalidation. Dr David Scott, chair of the British Medical Association's medical managers sub-committee, and Dr Doug Russell, the committee's primary care representative, explain
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Six steps to integrated NHS workforce planning: step five
Are you considering your healthcare workforce plans? The Six Steps Methodology to Integrated Workforce Planning can help.
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Six steps to integrated NHS workforce planning: step four
Are you considering your healthcare workforce plans? The Six Steps Methodology to Integrated Workforce Planning can help.
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NHS in recession: when good times turn bad
New hospitals on hold, health workers striking and severe underfunding were all effects of previous recessions. Andy Cowper ask what the latest crisis may mean for the NHS
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NHS time management: achieving efficiency
NHS managers, if your time is being wasted on pointless chores, bin the boring bits and limit the endless meetings, says Jenny Rogers
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Rethinking NHS out of hours care
A fictitious 82-year-old who likes a drink has helped a PCT to rethink how it delivers out of hours care. Daloni Carlisle explains
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat is causing GP referrals to rise?
The 15 per cent growth in GP referrals to hospital in quarter one 2008-09 is putting pressure on both providers and commissioners (see first graph).
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Helen Bevan on NHS innovation
Innovation is a core theme for the next phase of NHS development. Innovation is about doing things differently or doing different things to achieve large gains in performance.
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Is cancer campaigning skewing health priorities?
It is a disease that grips both public and media attention and has become a dominant force in health policy as a result. But is vociferous campaigning over cancer care skewing priorities, asks Emma Dent
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Give lifesaving care at a stroke
An Essex trust is proving what fast stroke response can achieve, by introducing a specialist acute unit. Mark Hunter explains
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Strengthening NHS customer service
Believing that customer service is the battleground where patients will be won, South Essex Partnership foundation trust has recently implemented a renewed customer service strategy.