All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 182
-
HSJ Knowledge
Cycle to work scheme booklet
The London NHS travel plan network has published a guide to the government’s cycle to work scheme in collaboration with the London Cycling Campaign. The scheme provides employees with tax-free loans to purchase bikes for commuting to work. The booklet includes a list of trusts currently operating the scheme.
-
HSJ Knowledge
New cardiac network website
Shropshireand Staffordshire cardiac network has launched its new website. It contains information about heart diseases and procedures, local services, and the network's activities.
-
HSJ Knowledge
Clinical networks - delivering world-class commissioning
Clinical networks have proven to be a valuable tool in delivering effective service provision and commissioning. Peter Melton explains
-
HSJ Knowledge
Community matron intervention tools
Gina Jones at Coventry primary care trust has kindly supplied NHS Networks with some community matron intervention tools developed by the PCT. These are now available to download from the community matrons network.
-
HSJ Knowledge
Two new tools to help diabetes networks
Developing a Diabetes Service: using the diabetes commissioning toolkit provides a systematic approach for everyone involved in diabetes networks on how to use the diabetes commissioning toolkit. It aims to bridge the gap between national policy and local services to commission effective diabetes services.
-
HSJ Knowledge
The lessons of e-learning
The medical profession has had a difficult relationship with IT recently. Yet, away from the media spotlight, there has been a quiet computer-led revolution in the world of medicine. Janet Husband explains
-
HSJ Knowledge
Staff engagement: getting it right
After 18 months running the out-of-hours GP service in Cornwall, services company Serco has learned some valuable lessons about training and staff engagement
-
HSJ Knowledge
Public health networks reorganised
The public healthelectronic networks project has now come to an end and the content of some of the sites has been moved to new sites.
-
HSJ Knowledge
David Amos on the Wanless report
Six years have passed since the publication of Sir Derek Wanless's interim report on the long-term view for the NHS. What has changed since then?
-
HSJ Knowledge
Foundation trusts applications: shape up or ship out
The deadline for all acute trusts to apply for foundation status by 2008 has proved unrealistic. What now for those that have not made the leap? Helen Mooney reports
-
HSJ Knowledge
Creating a viable national maternity service
Confidence in flexible community midwifery services should transform current reliance on acute settings, writes Marina Colville
-
HSJ Knowledge
Raising organisational energy
Raising energy levels by just a small amount can yield great results for organisations, says Rupert Symons
-
HSJ Knowledge
Kate Silvester on managing staff, not parenting them
In a hierarchical NHS, how can managers help create a world of equals where everyone contributes?
-
HSJ Knowledge
Public sector efficiency - driving down costs
Plenty of column inches have been dedicated to local authorities' efforts to drive down costs in line with the efficiency targets imposed by the Gershon review of public sector efficiency. The scope of the review goes beyond local government, however, containingrecommendations for the public sector as a whole, including spending ...
-
HSJ Knowledge
Obesity and healthcare estate design
At least one-third of adults in the UK will be obese by 2020 if current trends continue, yet there is little guidance, or even recognition, of this in healthcare estate design. Paul Willetts and Morag McGill say it is time to act
-
HSJ Knowledge
Four-hour waiting target fuels admissions
How have targets changed the way we organise emergency workloads and what has the impact been of the four-hour waiting target in accident and emergency? Paul Robinson explains
-
HSJ Knowledge
Productive Ward programme extends its reach
The drive to develop tools to help acute staff improve their ward processes and help nursing staff spend more time on patient care has moved forward with the creation of 10 'learning partner' trusts and two 'whole hospital' sites to road test the draft modules.
-
HSJ Knowledge
Patient choice: a systematic approach
Another 'once in a lifetime' review of the NHS is upon us and despite the inevitable cynicism, there appears to be good reason to believe that Lord Darzi's review will bring a step change in the quality of care, writes Natalie Grazin
-
HSJ Knowledge
Tackling the causes of blindness
Health Foundation clinician scientist fellow Dr Robert MacLaren has made significant breakthroughs in tackling the most common cause of blindness in the developed world, previously thought to be incurable.
-
HSJ Knowledge
Community matrons: new guidelines on fitness to practise
New guidelines have been published to support the development and implementation of community matrons and case managers. Lucy Dennis explains