All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 145
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Stop-smoking case studies: quitters can win
Now the most motivated ex-smokers have stubbed out their last cigarette, Ingrid Torjesen finds out how services are reaching out to the less enthusiastic would-be quitters
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And the smoking ban played on
One year on Ann Shuttleworth considers the effects of the smoking bans in England and Scotland and other efforts to make people quit
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Sift through the ashes of smoking
Could the death toll have been lowered by offering nicotine replacement therapy on the NHS earlier? Emma Baines looks through the policy history of smoking cessation
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Prison healthcare: community spirit and honour among thieves
A study of prison healthcare has uncovered inmates giving routine care to others who are elderly, vulnerable or ill. It is time this was formally recognised.
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Championing NHS work experience
An innovative and award-winning work experience programme in Kensington and Chelsea is delivering benefits to the NHS, local authority and local community
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Patient safety records: silent witness
General practice logs just 0.4 per cent of all patient safety reports. Are GPs keeping quiet to protect their businesses or are patients reluctant to complain? Mark Gould investigates
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NHS in virtual reality: second sight
The virtual world of Second Life has a health service, so you can now tour a cyber polyclinic. Daloni Carlisle explains
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Health system integration: straight to the point
Data analysis is revealing why people make inappropriate calls to the emergency services and prompting the discovery of new solutions to the problem, reports Stuart Shepherd
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Data-sharing doctors
Daloni Carlisle finds out how Liverpool GPs are sharing data to keep patients out of hospital
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Comparing UK maternity services
Recently, HSJ looked at spending and productivity in England and Scotland. This article investigates differences in the maternity services across three countries (England, Northern Ireland and Wales - reliable data for Scotland was not found for the whole period).
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Clinicians and managers: vive la difference
Clinicians and managers may have very different perspectives, but this can be viewed in a positive light, says Jacky Eyres
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View from the floor: end of life care
Helene Hibbert is a Macmillan occupational therapist. She works in end of life care at St Mary's Hospital in London's Imperial College Healthcare trust
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Frank Burns on the health informatics review
I've been writing this column now for two years or so and I fear this might be my last piece - not because I want to give up this marvellous platform to peddle my personal passion for clinical IT, but because I'm beginning to wonder if my difficulties in understanding ...
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NHS vocational training: branching out
A mental health and learning disability trust has helped one of its rehabilitation schemes become a social firm. Alison Moore reports
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NHS IT connections: one network to rule them all
An entire health community has been wired to a high-bandwidth network that allows GPs to book hospital appointments, gives them instant access to test results and promises efficiency savings. Stuart Shepherd plugs in
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Dealing with misconduct - know the law
Managers in charge of performance management and misconduct procedures need to be aware of potential problems and how to avoid them. Iain Patterson explains
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Making internal communications work
Communicating effectively with staff can head off PR disasters and help trusts take advantage of their best ambassadors, says Lyn Smith
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Reducing the traffic death toll
Why are the media and public not campaigning for new laws that would reduce road traffic collisions, particularly when nearly a half of all UK road deaths (40 per cent) involve young people?
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Bringing mental health under the NHS wing
Successive governments have left mental health in the shadows. At the Liberal Democrat conference leader Nick Clegg will outline his plans to turn the sector around and make it truly patient centred
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Protecting emergency workers in the NHS
The legal protection afforded to NHS workers varies considerably across the UK, a situation that could put some staff at risk. Ian Long explains