All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 85
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Arthritis Research UK launches new range of patient information resources
A health charity is addressing the information needs of arthritis patients head on, with a series of booklets designed to provide clear, relevant and authoritative information to
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A guide to achieving maximum value from NHS estate
With the NHS and planning system changing so fast, there is no time like the present to engage with change to maximise capital value. Richard Baxter offers some guidance.
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Restoring order: how a commissioning senate can lead a smooth transition to consortia
The transition away from PCTs ahead of 2013 is already proving to be one of turmoil. NHS Cambridgeshire have elected a group of eight GPs to form a commissioning senate that will help smooth the way as consortia emerge.
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Why it's vital to focus on staff wellbeing in health organisations
An organisation’s workforce wellbeing strategy must be integral to its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention programme, says the Health and Safety Labratory’s board champion for health, work and wellbeing Andrew Curran.
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The key steps to delivering excellence in emergency surgery
New guidelines are helping organisations to ensure that most vital of services, emergency surgery, is up to standard. Richard Collins explains.
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Improving transition care of young cancer surivers: new publication launched
NHS Improvement steps up to the claim that a better transition care of young cancer patients is needed by creating a new publication to focus on the issue.
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The benefits better communication and negotiation skills could bring to the NHS
Forget the current proposals made by the government to change the organisation of the NHS, it’s an improvement in communication and negotiation skills that are needed in the service, according to Huthwaite International business director Alison Morris.
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Tackling public health inequalities: NHS BEN's fight against smoking
With smoking levels above average in Birmingham East and North, NHS BEN’s Fight Back campaign has aimed to remove inequalities and improve health and wellbeing in the area.
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Online seminar: Will health service reform improve the quality of NHS care?
HSJ’s free webinar, in conjunction with the Chartered Quality Institute, is available on demand now.
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Why consortia need to be focused online
In the modern landscape, newly-formed consortia are bound to want their own websites - but these must genuinely justify their existence, says Precedent strategist Mike Guida.
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Leading the line: how service line management can promote clinical excellence
Implementing service line management means recognising and promoting clinical leadership, says Monitor policy adviser Kate Hall.
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The need for clarity in evidence based commissioning
Simply producing evidence to aid commissioning is not enough. Emmanouil Gkeredakis and Claudia Roginski report on efforts to understand how it is used.
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Why the outlook for NHS managers isn't all doom and gloom
Although the health secretary is promising to abolish PCTs within two years, to the tune of nearly 25,000 management posts, concerned managers and GPs may be surprised to find many opportunities await them in the reformed NHS.
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Why regional projects are leading the way on innovation in the NHS
Case studies from the frontline are highlighting how NHS organisations are innovating services using Regional Innovation Funds. Sarah McGeehan looks at the evidence.
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The Circle Prize for Inspiring Innovation - the shortlist
Which idea has the biggest potential to influence healthcare thinking? HSJ reveals the shortlist of the Circle Prize for Inspiring Innovation – for which the winner will receive £20,000.
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QIPP and care plans for long term conditions: revisited
Last year a study into the impact of care planning on patients with long term conditions showed the early benefits of individual care plans. Now, follow up data has strengthened those results - and could transform the patient-clinician relationship. Shahid Ail, Julia Coletta and Richard Pope report.
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The opportunities 'any qualified provider' can bring to the NHS
Four former private sector leaders now working for the NHS explore how “any qualified provider” can bring the NHS’s entrepreneurial spirit to the surface.
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Why innovation in the NHS is attracting European funding programmes
EU funding for healthcare innovation is recognising NHS success in partnership working, says Jenny-Lee Spencer.
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How patient opinions are shaping services
Patients can provide services with some illuminating views about safe practices, which may help to bring about real improvements. Daloni Carlisle reports
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How pathway mapping software is improving evidence based care delivery
Few people would question the importance of implementing evidence based practice in healthcare, but making improvements in professional practice is not a simple matter. The Map of Medicine tool could change all this, argue Colin Cohen and Bal Duper.