All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 155
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Questions to ask yourself about health policy
The Darzi report looks set to unleash another wave of reforms, but those making and implementing new policies must learn from past mistakes.
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NHS Diamond 60
On 3 July, as part of our celebration of the 60th anniversary of the NHS, HSJ will publish its list of the most influential people from the last six decades. We asked you to suggest who should be on it, and over the next few weeks we reveal some of ...
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Solving the staff morale equation
Your trust's performance is improving, staff vacancies and turnover are low and absenteeism is going down. So why is morale still low? Blair McPherson looks at the factors that affect how staff see their jobs and their organisation
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Workforce planning - six steps for success
Using national guidance to plan its whole workforce has been a trust-wide ambition for a South West PCT. Helen Mooney reports on how the work has paid off
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Service planning: shock of the new
Sherford is a new town being built near Plymouth and plans for its health services promise to test support for new models - just don't mention polyclinics. Lynn Eaton takes a look
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Stephen Ramsden on measurement
There is an old adage, 'if you can't measure it, you can't manage it', and measurement has been a big ingredient of NHS performance management.
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Is the doctor a museum piece?
A consultation among doctors has revealed discomfort about their future but detected a degree of optimism. Steve Dewar explains the results
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Engaging the public in commissioning
Engaging patients and the public has long been policy mantra. Now legislation is making it a reality. Andy Cowper explains
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Supporting world class commissioning
Primary care trusts will be able to call on a rich network to help find their way with world class commissioning
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World class commissioning: joint working
Joint working between PCTs and local authorities means a two-pronged attack on health inequality
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Health inequalities in primary care
Benchmarking can help PCTs tackle deprivation and achieve performance and funding practices that compare with the best, says Nigel Crew
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Making practice based commissioning perfect
Practice clinicians are being seen as the linchpins of future local procurement of quality care services, as Andy Cowper explains
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World class commissioning: quality assurance
How can PCTs be sure they are on the right path to world class commissioning? We look at the quality assurance system developed by the Department of Health to help clinicians and managers achieve their targets
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Suspending trust chairs and non-executives
New legislation coming into force this month gives the Appointments Commission the power to suspend trust chairs and non-executives. However, suspension is unlikely to occur often, as Janice Scanlan explains
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Change of focus for Primary Care Contracting
After NHS Primary Care Contracting lost its national funding, it had to ask each primary care trust to subscribe to its services. Despite positive feedback on its performance, it had to adopt a more practical focus to win support, say Helen Northall and Roy Greenhalgh
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Bringing a troubled PCT back from the brink
After forming from smaller trusts in 2006, Cambridge PCT found it owed £70m and needed to make some serious changes to avoid disaster. Gail Newmarch explains
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Understanding the new NHS standard contract for acute services
A new contract has tightened the rules governing interactions between acute care providers and commissioners. Johanne Smith explains the new requirements
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Darzi review: Give old people a seat at the modernisation table
Services for older people are falling down government priority lists. Two consultant nurses argue for specialist care, in hospital and the community, to be made explicit in reform plans
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Maternity services at 60: the birth of a new era
For pregnant women, the birth of the NHS meant the family doctor’s advice could be sought freely without incurring expense, according to the 1949 Ministry of Health report.
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Jon Restell on the NHS's 60th anniversary
Are managers going to be unwelcome guests at the NHS's 60th birthday party in July and merely bit players in the next instalment of the next stage review?