All Innovation articles – Page 82
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CommentMark Britnell on the future of Agenda for Change
Agenda for Change does not need to be scrapped and renegotiated - just applied properly
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NewsNHS needs 'business model' change, says former Brown adviser
The NHS needs to change its “business model” to survive investment cuts, Gordon Brown’s former adviser on public service transformation has said.
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NewsNHS Confed challenges construction industry to innovate
The NHS Confederation has challenged the construction industry to create a new generation of affordable, flexible primary care facilities.
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NewsMaking safety a board priority is a winning move
HSJ is delighted to announce that Ann Farrar and colleagues from Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust and Phao Hewitson and colleagues from Walsall Hospitals Trust are the joint winners of the HSJ and Nursing Times Patient Safety Award for Board Leadership.
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HSJ PartnersAn introduction to First Thursday
I am delighted to introduce this year-long series of articles about innovation from leading thinkers and practitioners around the world.
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HSJ PartnersThe quality & productivity innovation challenge – getting over ourselves
In the first of a year-long series on healthcare innovation, NHS National Director for Improvement and Efficiency, Jim Easton, explains why innovation is so important to the future of the NHS.
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NewsHome care ‘could save NHS more than £1bn a year’
The health service could save more than £1bn each year by increasing the number of patients it treats at home rather than in hospital, according to a report seen by HSJ.
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NewsCall to address £23bn cost of dementia
Dementia costs the country £23bn a year - more than cancer and heart disease combined - but receives a fraction of the funding, according to a “wake up call” report.
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NewsDH to expand integrated care pilots through 'good will'
The Department of Health is looking to expand its integrated care pilot scheme by “harnessing good will”.
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NewsElder care pilot slashes hospital admissions
A pilot programme for improving care of older patients has slashed hospital overnight stays and accident and emergency attendances, and produced significant financial savings.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy innovation means survival in the NHS
Innovating is an evolutionary process with trials and errors - bit it is vital in financially hard times, says Becky Malby
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NewsPolitics ‘distracting’ from NHS quality drive
Political pressure and rapid leadership turnover are hampering the health service’s ability to improve quality of care, two reports have warned.
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NewsImprovement tsar warns SHAs to ‘refresh’ Darzi visions urgently
The health service will be set timetables and held to account for implementing “must do” quality and efficiency improvements to try to save £20bn, the Department of Health has announced.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Change by Design
In the context of the urgent challenges facing the NHS, Change By Design is both timely and significant. And, while booksellers’ shelves bow under the weight of organisational thinking and change management manuals, there is a sense of daring, optimism and humanity running through its chapters that strikes a more ...
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Telehealth and telecare
With the UK’s ageing population and ever more effective treatments for long-term health conditions placing immense amounts of pressure on public sector budgets, the urgency to deliver more-for-less has never been greater.
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Nursing standards
In September 2010 the Nursing and Midwifery Council launched their standards for pre-registration nursing education.
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Private equity in healthcare
Over the last two years the number of private equity investments in the UK has fallen by over 50 per cent, due mainly to an absence of debt and the high returns required by investors.
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QIPP challenges
QIPP is a cornerstone of the government’s drive to make the NHS take a more preventative and patient-centred approach.
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Competion law and the health bill
The health sector needs to brace itself for a severe competitive shock, with the anticipated Health Services Bill expected to give Monitor the power to apply the Competition Act 1998 to the provision of health services and adult social care across England.
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NewsCross-sector clusters set up to fast-track NHS innovation
The government has announced the creation of 17 new bodies designed to help speed up the implementation of innovative ideas at the frontline.