All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 75
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Legal lessons: securing judicial review of service reconfiguration
The Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust has successfully claimed Judicial Review of the Safe and Sustainable consultation about Paediatric Congenital Cardiac Services. Hempsons colleagues Bertie Leigh and Christian Dingwall explain how.
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Why early discharge in stroke care can be vital for recovery
Home rehabilitation is a vital component of improving stroke care. Mirek Skrypak and colleagues explain how they have put it into practice in north London.
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Developing a new care pathway to enhance responses to alcohol cases
Alcohol-related emergency care demand needs to be understood and managed if the number of cases is to be reduced, say James Bell and colleagues.
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Developing leadership by managing unconscious behaviour
Improving leadership within an organisation through identifying our subconscious behaviour can galvanise a workforce and deliver better performance, write Nicholas Bradbury and Barbara Moyes.
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Book review: How to have Creative Ideas
NHS Trafford service reform lead Hannah Lowry reviews How to Have Creative Ideas by Edward de Bono, and asks whether it can help the NHS develop new solutions to old problems.
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How service line management can inspire improved behaviours throughout NHS organisations
Service line management can empower frontline clinicians to make the changes the NHS needs for future viability. The big challenge is changing the way NHS organisations are managed, says Chris Calkin.
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How to get the best out of the new healthcare procurement framework
Much has been written about the principles of the new healthcare procurement framework ProCure21+. But what does it mean in practice for NHS and other health related organisations? And for those who have not used the scheme before, what can they expect? Andrew Jowett explains.
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The critical need to evaluate and improve back office functions
The health reforms have ushered in a difficult period for health service providers to deliver improving services, but just as challenging is the crucial reorganisation required to improve the back office functions that support frontline services. Claire MacConnell explains.
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How a new heart valve treatment can improve heart disease mortality rates
A new treatment available to combat valvular heart disease could be an opportunity to improve the care provided to those who would previously have been too ill for open heart surgery - and cut mortality rates in patients with the disease. Dr Mark De Belder explains.
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Why improved design is key to reducing violence against NHS staff
A pilot scheme intended to reduce assaults on NHS employees by improving accident and emergency waiting areas is a vital first step in making sure staff feel safe and protected at work, says Noel Walsh.
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Where is the NHS equivalent of the strategic defence and security review?
The so-called “radical” health reforms are for the large part anything but, but they raise a central point about an imbalance in the NHS workforce and its sustainability in the current system. This needs to be addressed urgently, writes Robert Royce.
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How to meet QIPP challenges in end of life care services
A review of palliative care services at one PCT led to the creation of a commissioning strategy that met both the DH’s end of life brief and the QIPP challenges. Andrea Ching explains what NHS Berkshire West did.
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Why shifting DVT management into primary care can improve clinical outcomes
DVT can be clinically very difficult to diagnose but early recognition and appropriate treatment can improve clinical outcomes.
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How engagement within intermediate care can prevent admissions
A pilot study of prevention-focused intermediate care services looked to evaluate the approach of engaging with patients and staff as a way to improve efficiency and avoid admissions. Dawne Garrett runs through the results.
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Why trust procurement needs price comparison to be efficient
Barriers to comparative price information in the NHS make good judgement on procurement difficult for purchasers. The benefits outlined in a recent Foundation Trust Network pilot shows why this information needs to be easier to obtain, says Sue Slipman.
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How specialist housing can improve the lives of older patients while cutting care costs
Specialist housing is an investment that could save the NHS millions a year and make lives happier, says Jeremy Porteus
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Is the transfer of public health services a problem for professionals?
The transfer of public health services from the NHS to the local authority will mean many professionals are set for a stark self re-evaluation that could call into question their employment with the NHS, writes Simon Bird.
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How workforce transformation can help organisations hit QIPP targets
Using a competence based approach to workforce transformation across patient pathways helped improve patient experience in the North West and South West, as well as gains in productivity and quality of care. Robert Sumpter and Tim Lund explain.
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How UK healthcare professionals can help countries needing international development
Healthcare workers are being challenged to take up their most demanding but rewarding career move yet as international development charity VSO urgently needs 100 healthcare professionals to volunteer in some of the world’s poorest countries next year.
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Why it is vital trusts learn lessons from coroners' reports
When a patient dies, the Coroners Rules 1984 allows coroners to produce a report that has the single purpose of preventing future deaths, if it is deemed the risk of death will continue to exist. Joanna Trewin has some advice on how trusts can avoid these - and what to ...