All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 179
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Legal briefing: patient confidentiality beyond the grave
Amelia Newbold examines a recent legal landmark protecting the duty of confidentiality between doctor and patient beyond a patient's death
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Commissioning: wise buys
Helen Mooney asks the early adopters of FESC and their private sector partners what they hope to achieve from the framework
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Commissioning: delivering better services to communities
The government plans to improve services by making trusts better commissioners. Helen Mooney explains how a framework to help PCTs access skills in commissioning from the private sector should help them ultimately deliver better fitting services to communities
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Can a constitution seal the health service's freedom?
Lord Darzi's interim report last month brought the government a step closer to drawing up an NHS constitution. The challenge, writes Liz Kendall, is to bind the service without restraining it
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Mental Health Barometer November 2007
There has been a tentative rise in confidence among mental health chief executives this month.
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Joint working: health and local government
All eyes are on Chris Bull as he becomes the first person in the country to head up both a council and PCT. Jennifer Taylor reports on a revolution in joined-up working in Herefordshire
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Reinventing the hospital induction process
Induction is important in familiarising staff with their new post and promotes safer medical practice. However, the process is usually labour and paper intensive. Mariwan Husni and Fiona Taylor explain
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Getting to grips with health inequalities
Improving healthcare for people from black and minority ethnic communities is the aim of a new Health Foundation Shared Leadership for Change project.
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Health Foundation continues quest for quality
The Health Foundation's Quest for Quality and Improved Performance is a five-year, £2.5m research initiative that aims to provide impartial evidence about which policies have the greatest impact on improving the health of the population and the productivity of the NHS.
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Stroke care - leading the way
The Health Foundation has responded to the Department of Health's consultation on a national stroke strategy in England.
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Clinical audit: measurement is only half the story
The Department of Health recently announced its commitment to reinvigorate clinical audit. While we welcome this, we would argue that measurement and audit are crucial but are only half the story. It is equally important to have the tools and skills in place to improve practice based on the results ...
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Website offers health advice straight from the horse's mouth
A new online networking site is encouraging users to share expertise and advice on a range of issues, including healthcare
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Richard Gleave on Michael Moore's Sicko
As the US enters the next presidential campaign, Michael Moore's film Sicko has reignited the debate about healthcare
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Race equality in healthcare - getting up to speed
The NHS is still behind the times on realising the principles of ethnic equality law for all staff and service users. Caroline White reports
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Long-term conditions: help patients to help themselves
Co-creating Health is a three-year project to encourage patients manage their own treatment. Natalie Grazin explains
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Ken Jarrold on Darzi's call to shape a world class NHS
No-one who has had the privilege of working with health minister Lord Darzi will be surprised his report Our NHS, Our Future is clear and highly relevant to the challenges ahead
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Maternity services and breastfeeding: a lot of bottle
Unicef estimates four in 10 English maternity hospitals make no effort to encourage more mums to breastfeed. Daloni Carlisle asks what can be done to get them on board
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Continuing healthcare: resolving disputes betweeen trusts and local authorities
Primary care trusts and local authorities may sometimes disagree over continuing care decisions and it is vital to have dispute procedures in place, says David Lock
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Supporting older people after discharge
A co-ordinated approach between healthcare agencies, housing associations and local authorities can make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable older people after they leave hospital, as Judy Peaker explains.
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Website launch
Many’s the GP that has lamented the invention of the internet as yet another terrified patient comes into the consulting room with a print off and an outlandish self-diagnosis.But there’s more to the internet than dodgy medicine as a raft of new websites launched over the course of this autumn ...