All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 208
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Stephen Thornton on getting engaged, committing to a partner, raising offspring
'One of the common misconceptions around patient safety work is that it is all common sense. But if it were that simple then why don't all our hospitals have a zero per cent adverse event rate?'
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Improving prescribing in mental health: the patient perspective
The Healthcare Commission's State of Healthcare 2006report, published on 1 November, highlights a number of problems with mental health prescribing which frequently deviates from best practice and national guidance with potentially devastating effects for patients.
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GM Live 2: new dates coming
It's always good to look up old friends. How have they changed? What's better? What's worse? Over the coming months in this HSJGood Management Live gateway we will look at the progress the hosts of the first series of events are making.
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Breath of fresh air on self-care
Self-care often has a very poor reputation among primary care trust staff - yet it can bring substantial cash savings and improve health.
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Controlling interest
An enterprising project is aiming to define standards of care and service expected in the neglected area of continence
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Helen Bevan on the push for productivity
'Over the past 10 years, we have learned a great deal about applying the principles of modern operations management to healthcare delivery'
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Tackling nuisance behaviour on NHS premises
Disturbances in hospitals are sadly an all too common part of life in the NHS. Over 60,000 assaults against staff were reported to the NHS Security Management Service during 2004 and 2005, and the Healthcare Commission estimates that only around two-thirds of assaults are actually reported - the true number ...
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Care services efficiency delivery: demand forecasting and capacity planning
The care services efficiency delivery programme was established by the Department of Health to implement the recommendations of Releasing Resources to the Front Line, Sir Peter Gershon's review of public sector efficiency.
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Copying outpatient clinic correspondence: letter to patient or GP?
The NHS plan flagged up improving communication between doctors and patients by having outpatient clinic letters to GPs copied to patients. We ran a study comparing this with writing a letter to the patient copied to the GP.
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CSIP's eBook resource for commissioners and service providers
The Care Services Improvement Partnership's commissioning eBook (www.cat.csip.org.uk/commissioningebook) was launched at the end of March and contains a range of articles that represent current thinking and practice in commissioning.
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Nigel Walker on commissioning for outcomes
The publication of the white paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Sayand subsequent feedback have shown commissioning to be the highest single priority across the country. In response the Care Services Improvement Partnership is bringing together a commissioning programme that can be delivered through its eight regional development centres. The ...
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Help for councils to get to grips with money
The October 2005 report by the Association of Directors of Social Services on spending pressures in learning disability services showed that the number of people with learning disabilities getting help from councils is going up.
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David Lock on pressure to prescribe
'There are two potentially conflicting legal duties here - the duty to prescribe the drug and the legal requirement to break even'
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Dr Raj Persaud: mind games
'There are paradoxes at the heart of gaining power and influence over others. The first and most obvious in that others have to give it to you'
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Ruth Hussey on public health
'What are the new opportunities to improve the public's health and what can the public health team do for you?'
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Resource to improve primary mental health services launched
The Care Services Improvement Partnership has published a practical guide to was produced as part of the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE, now part of CSIP) primary care and commissioning programme and aims to offer best-practice guidance for improving primary care mental health services.
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Lean machine
The application of lean principles to reduce inefficiency is accepted in the NHS, but what about applying them to policy? Experience suggests mixed policy messages can be directly linked to waste.
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Matron's mate
Community matrons can save money and improve care - and Nina Barnett and colleagues have the evidence to prove it
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Our Health, our care, our say: a new direction for community services
2006 Government white paper setting out the ambitions for community-based care which is close to home, a shift of emphasis towards prevention, and support for people with longer term needs. The final two chapters are dedicated towards 'making sure change happens' and a 'timetable for action'.
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Predicting the future
Cutting emergency hospital admissions among those with long-term conditions would save the NHS millions. But how can those at risk be identified, traced and their needs addressed? Daloni Carlisle looks at two solutions