All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 66
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HSJ KnowledgeStaff engagement: an essential ingredient for good management
Staff engagement isn’t an optional extra or something that’s nice to have in good times. It’s an essential ingredient of good management and for helping trusts tackle the challenges they are facing in today’s NHS
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HSJ KnowledgeThe NHS Commissioning Board local leadership challenge
The Commissioning Board’s local medical leads should be “shape shifters”, says David Black – flexibly commissioning a variety of services while keeping a clear strategic overview.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow CCGs can be innovative about their functions
As clinical commissioning groups look set to outsource most of their functions, an open mind towards innovative measures is required, says Howard Freeman.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow one trust's efficiency programme benefitted its foundation bid
As part of its foundation trust bid, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust embarked on a challenging three-year efficiency programme. Chief executive David Loughton explains what it achieved and how.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to futureproof patient care
Peter Homa looks at how healthcare has evolved in the thirty-five years since the Silver Jubilee, and what can be done now to protect patient care from future difficulties.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy CCGs should be encouraged to innovate in the new NHS
Clinical commissioning groups must embrace diversity and innovation to be truly progressive, says Simon Bird.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe ideas and innovations taking health services by storm
The Liberating Ideas Award was established to encourage the spread of service improvements. Alison Moore catches up with the 2011 winners to find out how they have fared.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow productivity improvements pay off for patients
David Loughton explains how new productivity methodologies are aiming to improve Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust’s patient and staff experience, and save over £2m per annum.
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HSJ KnowledgeIdentifying the opportunities for CCGs to make savings and efficiencies
Clinical commissioning groups must unite their GP practices if bureaucracy is to be cut and targets met. Valerie Martin-Long has four ideas to make this happen.
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The benefits to CCGs from sharing patient information
Sean Riddell explains why sharing patient information is vital in the new NHS and how clinical commissioning groups can make it happen on the ground.
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HSJ KnowledgeFlying high: how organisations can aim for top performance
An ambitious study has set out to discover what makes high performing organisations fly above the rest. Naomi Chambers and colleagues reveal their findings.
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HSJ KnowledgeApplying leadership to organisational change
Effective leadership programmes work to a model of organisational change; Charles Marshall explains how to make this a reality.
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How the government can promote the value of social enterprise
Social enterprises must be dealt a fair hand, says Ross Griffiths.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to successfully lead from within a partnership
Leading from within a partnership may sound like a paradox but with care it can be done. Adam Turner looks at how to go about it
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HSJ KnowledgeHow an MBA programme is helping staff to lead more effectively
Clinical and non-clinical leaders in London are thinking more strategically and commercially thanks to an MBA programme that helps staff be more effective in the workplace.
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting patients to take responsibility for their own health
Patients will only progress when they take responsibility, writes David Haslam.
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HSJ KnowledgeCollaboration can bring improvements in the quality and productivity of care
Barbara Green examines the barriers to improving quality and productivity in the NHS through collaboration.
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How better equipment management offers time and money savings
Managing medical equipment is an often overlooked and typically inefficient aspect of running a healthcare facility.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to buy: outsource car parking services for an easier ride
Running a trust car park that keeps patients, staff and coffers happy can seem an impossible task, but success is all in the outsourcing, writes Alison Moore
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HSJ KnowledgeTools to help CCGs take predictive risk modelling forward
Predictive risk tools are more efficient and accurate than clinicians at targeting at-risk patient groups – so CCGs should not shy away from them, says Ian Blunt