All Innovation articles – Page 86
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NewsHealth science centre appoints managing director
The UCL Partners academic health science centre has appointed David Fish as managing director.
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NewsSteve Barnett says it’s 'make or break' for the NHS
The NHS is facing a “make or break” moment in its history, NHS Confederation chief executive Steve Barnett told delegates at the conference today.
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NewsNurses back NHS operating theatre initiative
A programme that encourages operating theatre staff to work as a multi-disciplinary team can save time and improve the working lives of staff, according to health experts and nurses.
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SupplementsRound table - health Innovation: the future's bright
As spending is reined in the NHS must find ways to increase quality without raising costs. The answer, according to chief executive David Nicholson, is innovation. Jennifer Taylor finds out how the NHS can become cutting edge while stimulating economic growth
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CommentHilary Thomas on treating lymphoedema in the community
One of the most heart sinking conditions an oncologist encounters during his or her career is lymphoedema. I use the term “heart sinking” with some embarrassment but, if I am really honest, this is one of those afflictions that made me feel powerless as a clinician.
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NewsDavid Nicholson sticks by NHS quality cash claims
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has defended plans to save significant amounts of money by improving quality in the wake of criticism from patient safety experts.
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NewsDavid Nicholson puts innovation on NHS to-do list
The power of having a “nationally integrated healthcare system” should be exploited to embed innovation across the health service, NHS chief executive David Nicholson has said.
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CommentPaul Corrigan: Darwin's theory on the NHS
The greatest truth in Darwin’s On the Origin of Species is that to survive in a rapidly changing environment, species must adapt. And for a species to be adaptable it needs to love diversity.
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NewsImperial College Healthcare pioneers shift in managerial relations
Imperial College Healthcare trust chief executive Steve Smith tells Alastair McLellan how the new academic health science centre allowed a radical cultural shift to clinical leadership
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NewsConservatives outline nursing policy for the NHS
Preceptorship schemes for newly qualified nurses could form a central plank of the Conservative Party’s policy on nursing, should it win the next general election, HSJ’s sister publication Nursing Times understands.
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DH invites NHS education and innovation cluster bids
Groups of NHS organisations, universities and colleges, and private companies are expected to form clusters, with the potential to take on responsibility for health education, by the end of the year.
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HSJ KnowledgeSound advice on workforce development
Healthcare 100 winners Yasmin Ahmed-Little, Deborah Kendall, Omar Najim, Mathew Bluck and Steve Ellis explain their work
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS marketing: a new future
Primed with resilient data and analysis, intelligent marketing has the potential to make a big difference, easing the burden on NHS services and driving positive patient experiences. Ingrid Torjesen explains
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HSJ KnowledgeMental health innovation with Gránne Fadden
Dr Gránne Fadden details the ambitious work of the Meriden programme, which won an award for innovation at the HSJ Awards 2008
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CommentMark Goldman on clinical leadership's tipping point
Many years ago, I was advised by an eminent professor that if enough people all wanted something to happen at the same time it always happened. As far as the events of men rather than nature are concerned, this has proved to be a truth.
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NewsInterview: David Nicholson talks leadership
In an exclusive interview following the first meeting of the national leadership council last week, NHS chief executive David Nicholson tells HSJ what was discussed, why the council won’t become a “dustbin” for difficult issues and why all chief executives must take responsibility for leadership.
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CommentPaul Corrigan on NHS cultures
My problem with a single powerful culture comes from growing up in the 1950s. English culture was pleased with itself. Its rejection of difference threatened that the cost of being different would be high. You would be on your own.
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NHS culture stifling innovation, Confed warns
The NHS is stifling innovation through an organisational culture that places barriers in the way of staff with good ideas, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NHS news blog: NHS culture stifling innovation, Confed warns
The NHS is stifling innovation through an organisational culture that places barriers in the way of staff with good ideas, the NHS Confederation has warned.In a report timed to coincide with the launch by Lord Darzi of a £220m fund to boost innovation in the health service, the confederation said ...
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NewsNHS IT programme given seven months to improve
The Department of Health has given the NHS IT programme seven months to make “significant progress” in installing working IT systems in hospitals.