All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 201
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Andrew Castle on root causes
How often do we find ourselves in the same old situations at work? Things are not going ideally, we know what is going to happen and, eventually, it does. How often, when we are in these situations, do we step back and analyse why it has happened and how we ...
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Doncaster PCT: helping incapacity benefit claimants back into work
A new local occupational health service has resulted from a project that focused on incapacity benefit claimants.
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US best practice on diabetes care
Knowledge gained from a Health Foundation fellowship trip to the US is being brought into play.in Bolton
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Patient safety in Scotland
The patient safety team at NHS Tayside has won two accolades for progress in improving patient safety.
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Helen Bevan on transformational learning
Every so often, I come across research or evidence that gives me profound insight into why things happen the way they do. I experienced just such an epiphany in December, when I led a workshop on transformational learning at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Forum, the largest healthcare improvement gathering ...
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Quicker diagnosis makes good timing
Strides towards the 18-week patient pathway have been made in Blackpool, where a trust slashed diagnostic waits. Varya Shaw reports
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PEP talk to combat HIV
The Terrence Higgins Trust has doubled both awareness and take-up among gay men of a treatment that can prevent HIV infection after exposure to the virus.
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No cash, lots of commitment
Deprivation in leafy Staffordshire provided an interesting challenge for Dr Zafar Iqbal
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Two more dates confirmed for Good Management Live
Two new dates have been confirmed for the next set of Good Management Live dates - dealing with the application of lean techniques and with length of stay.
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10 high-impact changes for service improvement and delivery
'We sought evidence to show which areas realised the greatest benefit the 10 high-impact changes. We wanted to find out how these benefits changes might be measured in relation to the impact on service users and carers, staff and organisations, service delivery and social care outcomes'
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Brent relapse prevention project
An award-winning project aims to maintain the recovery of people with complex mental health needs who use other services
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Legal briefing: medical care for prisoners
The challenges faced by primary care trusts in delivering health services to prisoners have been seriously underestimated, says David Lock
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South Tyneside urgent care team
The South Tyneside urgent care team is a multidisciplinary team that provides intensive therapeutic interventions to people who have a substantial or critical level of mental health need. It was highly commended in the high-impact changes for mental health Positive Practice Award 2006.
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David Ramsey on developing a competitive strategy
One of the key issues for NHS organisations is the issue of how to manage in a dynamic and competitive market place whilst at the same time operating within the boundaries of national tariff, payment by results and choice.
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Early intervention in psychosis team
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster's early intervention in psychosis team has a range of help available over a three-year period for clients aged 14 to 35 who have experienced an episode of psychosis.
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Legal briefing: treatment abroad
The large numbers of patients heading overseas to avoid NHS waiting lists, or to access cheap private treatment, are well documented.
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Data briefing: cutting emergency admissions
Recent data briefings have presented trends in emergency admission rates per strategic health authority and the national picture remains very variable. This data briefing presents a case study from one trust and its experience of the practical issues in reducing such rates.
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Admissions: cutting excess bed days
Avoiding hospital admissions and reducing stays are ongoing priorities for primary care and acute trusts.
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Health outcomes measurement in Southwark adult mental health services
The CSIP project is linking with local services to share best practice and learning.
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Sheffield makes advance in endoscopic practice
In many cases patients with suspected early stage bowel cancer face the prospect of major surgery, intensive care and considerable changes to their lifestyle.