All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 162
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Charing Cross
Until recently the Accident and Emergency department at Charing Cross Hospital encountered a number of problems when recording patient data. The problem wasn’t clinical, but administrative. Nurses were inputting and displaying patient information in two separate places - on a pen and ink manual whiteboard that was regularly updated throughout ...
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Are PCTs redundant?
The Thatcher government introduced the purchaser-provider divide in 1991. Ever since governments have been rebranding and “redisorganising” the structures of what are now primary care trusts. However these reforms of structure have had little impact on process and outcome. PCTs are viewed as largely feeble organisations that facilitate the continuing ...
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Using the Commissioning Simulator to guide confident and innovative commissioning
With the recent launch of the Department of Health’s world class commissioning agenda, there is increased pressure on primary care trusts to manage their budgets effectively while at the same time improving public health and patient satisfaction.However, many PCT staff have not had specific training in commissioning, and sometimes little ...
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Lyn Whitfield on
When you’re in a hole, stop digging. It’s a well known maxim, but one the government seems completely incapable of applying to ID cards.Home secretary Jacqui Smith had the spade out again last month [subs March], when she re-launched the much criticised scheme for the umpteenth time.The BBC loyally reported ...
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After the smoking ban: early conclusions
Early conclusions about the impact of the smoking ban since its introduction in England in July 2007 can be drawn from an Information Centre report into NHS stop-smoking services.
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Obesity drugs: a growing issue?
More than 1 million NHS prescription items were dispensed to treat obesity in England in 2006 - eight times the number dispensed in 1999 - according to a compendium of statistics on obesity, physical activity and diet published by the Information Centre for health and social care.
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Tim Straughan on improving NHS data collection
The 2008-09 NHS operating framework is clearly a catalyst for improving healthcare provision through better data collection and use.
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Developing inter-organisational governance
Effective governance between partner organisations is essential to safeguard each party's reputation, say Bryan Stoten and colleagues
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Unlawful killing: how trusts can prepare for an inquiry
With new corporate manslaughter laws soon coming into force, trusts need to ensure they know how to prepare for an inquest. Laura Hale outlines the essentials
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Employment dispute rules to be changed
The proposed repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures was welcomed by many people involved in human resources and employment law. But an employer or employee still risks substantial financial penalties if they drop their guard before 2009, when the new legislation comes into force. Jean Sapeta explains
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Can fluoridation help the poorest?
The health secretary's promise of £14m a year over the next three years for water fluoridation schemes has reignited the debate. Strategic health authorities and primary care trusts must persuade local communities to agree to it, but opponents protest that fluoridation is mass medication to benefit the few and point ...
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Managers should lend a listening ear to patients
Patients need to be heard in the boardroom, not complaining in the media. But good patient and public involvement doesn't just happen - it needs a healthy investment of time, money and training
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security
The nation’s headline writers did not hold back when HM Revenue and Customs was forced to admit that it had lost the confidential details of every child benefit claimant in the country.Words like “shocking” and “fiasco” featured above the first stories about how the information had vanished after a “junior ...
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Framinghamis a town inMassachusetts, not far fromBoston. It’s predominantly white and middle class. It provided a refuge for families persecuted in theSalemwitches trials and it’s where the Battle Hymn of the Republic was first sung.So what’s it got to do with how much English primary care trusts spend on statins?The ...
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Putting life into NHS teaching
Adopting new approaches to training in the NHS could benefit staff and patients, argues Nick Napper
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PCTs pledge to tackle race inequality
More than 20 primary care trusts have pledged to tackle inequality in healthcare
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More recipes for success from Race for Health
Why not click through and cook the latest fantastic meal from Race for Health? It's the NHS's flagship programme for supporting better health in black and minority ethnic communities.
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Faith in food: how the world's religions have flavoured our cuisine
Many of our favourite tastes and traditions have spiritual as well as culinary importance
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One man's vision for the future
Former junior health minister David Lammy, now skills minister, tells HSJ about his plans for a more skilled healthcare workforce
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Fresh thinking on problem drinking
Gillian Gale, Oliver Hill and Lucio Cicolecchia explain a twin strategy that aims to relieve some of the major pressures caused by alcohol abuse