All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 161
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Pharmacies' role in community care
From screening to health advice to treating minor ailments, pharmacies are embracing their new role as partners in the drive to improve public health
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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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HSJ corporate manslaughter webinar
The Corporate Manslaughter Act - what does it mean for you?A free interactive online debate, 17 April 2008, 9:30am.Register now!To sign up for HSJ’s new Board Talk email newsletter, amend your registration details here.
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Improving patient safety through crucial conversations
Holding crucial conversations - emotional and risky discussions - is key to improving patient safety, reducing errors, improving morale and reducing staff turnover, explains Richard Pound
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Vulnerable patients - who decides on their care?
Health service managers need to understand the laws protecting vulnerable patients, as Julie Austin explains
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Connecting in cancer
The recently published Cancer Reform Strategy, which sets the direction of cancer care for the next five years, has emphasised the importance of accurate and timely cancer statistics information to plan and evaluate cancer care and prevention activity, building a world-class cancer service for NHS patients in England.Cancer registries for ...
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GPs in the dock: case for the defence
Around 90 per cent of NHS work is done by family doctors, so why is there so much heat around their pay and workload? The Royal College of GPs' president answers the critics
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Prevention shows benefits across UK
Over the last few years, more and more emphasis has been placed on early intervention and/or prevention for long-term conditions. Has this started to show any impact on the number of hospital admissions?
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HSJ webinar
The Corporate Manslaughter Act - what does it mean for you?A free interactive online debate, 17 April 2008, 9:30am. Register now!
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Making workforce development work
Problems with workforce planning in the NHS can be overcome, as one initiative has shown. Kevin Elliston explains
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Do new patterns of learning produce employable graduates?
Employers of allied health professionals welcome applicants from flexible training routes, say Rupert Kerrell and colleagues
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Patient consultation: ask the panel
Different models of patient panels on inflammatory bowel disease services are emerging and all are helping to improve services. Peter Canham looks at a new patient involvement initiative
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Mental health: tackling suicide among young people
Suicide is the second most common cause of death among young men, after accidents. Government and voluntary initiatives are working to cut rates, but sensationalised coverage needs to be reined in, finds Mark Gould
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Engaging clinicians in service improvement: talking the talk
Changing how we talk can help to bring about a change in culture, as one hospital's approach has demonstrated
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Designing healthcare buildings: the legal framework
Who is responsible for ensuring that new healthcare buildings are fit for purpose? David March explains
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How to support evidence-based practice
Most clinicians and medical researchers believe the NHS should adopt an evidence-based approach to patient care. This will lead to greater effectiveness, fewer inappropriate interventions, greater consistency and less overuse or underuse of healthcare resources.
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Specialised commissioning: who will stand up for rare conditions?
As PCTs respond to popular local demand, the government must ensure illnesses that affect relatively few people are cared for too
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Recipes for organisational success
High-performing organisations - inside and outside the NHS - have a number of management techniques in common, explains Paul Allen
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NIBS
Headline:NHS Connecting for Health has completed the national procurement of an encryption solution for removable media and full disk encryption on behalf of the NHS.The selected product, SafeBoot, a McAfee solution, is provided by Trustmarque Solutions. The product is an enterprise class solution which integrates with existing software deployment tools ...
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Progress, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder
The very latest view of progress with the national IT strategy is contained in the recently published document Supporting Transformation - the first of what promises to be an annual statement of programme benefits.Naturally enough this report accentuates the positive and a quick superficial read will give the intended impression ...