All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 160
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Why clinical coding is crucial
In the first of a series on the importance of data, Paul Robinson looks at the issues surrounding clinical coding
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Improving the detection of COPD
There are over 15 million people in England with long-term conditions. Lord Darzi's interim report last October highlighted how less than 50 per cent of patients with long-term conditions receive optimal treatment, and that care does not always meet recommended guidelines.
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Finding the perfect non-executive
How can trusts choose non-executives who are up to the demands of a rapidly changing NHS? Here, we look at the qualities that make a great NED
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Getting the most out of NED talent
Non-executive directors bring unique knowledge and experiences to the boards they serve on. By overlooking this, NHS organisations are missing an opportunity for adding grit and aiding transformation, says Sam Milbank
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Restoring trust in the healthcare profession
Patients need to believe in their doctor to get the best care, but how can real trust be built if they are always seen by different GPs? It is time to return to old-fashioned good manners and small practices
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Recruiting financial talent in the health sector
Recruiting and retaining the best financial minds is about more than just offering the right salary. NHS organisations need to get the word out about their unique selling points if they are to compete for the best candidates, argues Nick Hague
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Slivers of time: a new approach to flexible working
Slivers-of-Time Working is a new scheme that uses unskilled workers to perform routine, but essential, tasks. Tonye Brown explains
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NHS boards: getting the mix right
NHS boards' composition must reflect not just the community but the changing needs of the service itself, says Robina Shah
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Disease: a warning from history
Improved public health, medical advances and greater public awareness should have consigned many diseases to the past. But now illnesses such as rickets and syphilis have staged a comeback. Ingrid Torjesen looks at the latest efforts to combat them
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View from the floor: mental health services
Matthew Stone manages the East Sussex primary mental health worker team, which has a key role in joined-up working as part of the wider child and adolescent mental health services offered by Sussex Partnership trust
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The Corporate Manslaughter Act: a guide for boards and managers
The Corporate Manslaughter Act has come into force, opening NHS organisations to possible prosecution. Andy Hopkin explains how trusts can prepare themselves
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The Health and Social Care Bill - changing regulation
The new Health and Social Care Bill could radically change the way healthcare is regulated. Susan Thompson explains
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A free ride?
Results and recommendations from the 2008 Spokes NHS Bicycle Mileage Survey
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Paediatric care pathways
TheCoventryand Warwickshire Maternity Services Network Group has developed three paediatric care pathways, for children with acute, life changing and life limiting conditions. Documents describing the pathways are now available to download from the Group's page in the NHS Networkshttp://www.networks.nhs.uk/cwmsng
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Waiting times are just so... 1950s
As waiting times hit an all-time low in the NHS, anecdotal evidence suggests a need to revise the view that waiting continues to be a substitute for prices as a rationing mechanism.
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Care quality data on mental health is too hard to pin down
Data about the care of people with mental illness in the independent sector is inadequate. The government must fix this before service users get lost in the system, say Anthony Deery and Veena Raleigh
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Expert witness immunity: in the interests of justice?
Should expert witnesses face sanctions if their testimony is found to be incorrect? Carolyn Wilson takes a closer look
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Appointing a new chief executive
Involving staff in the appointment process can help to ease the transition to a new chief executive, explain Sally Hodges and Susan Thomas
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How to score public accountability points
Primary care trusts must start to come under local public accountability, argue Richard Lewis and Ruth Thorlby
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How primary care grew up
In our latest feature marking 60 years of the NHS, Ingrid Torjesen charts the general practitioner's rise from poor relation to commissioner