All Integrated care articles – Page 97
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HSJ KnowledgeUnited front: why leadership is vital to a successful merger
A shared vision with three critical tests decided on by the various leaders involved is critical to calming the choppy waters of a merger, writes Graham Atkins.
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NewsCentralising blood services could help trusts achieve huge savings
The number of full service transfusion laboratories in England could be cut from 220 to just 30 if a system about to be piloted by NHS Blood and Transplant in partnership with NHS trusts proves successful.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy service integration is central to improving the patient experience
Everyone, from government to health charities to individual patients, agrees that integration is a key component of successfully improving the care of patients. But the worry is that the focus on competition will push integration off the agenda. National Voices director of policy Don Redding speaks up.
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NewsNeurology care criticised by RCP
The standard of care for UK patients with conditions such as migraines, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease is inadequate to support patient needs, according to a new report.
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NewsNew guidance warns of higher bar for JSNAs
The new “enhanced” joint strategic needs assessment does not represent “business as usual” for the NHS, guidelines have warned.
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NewsSouthern Cross to defer rent in bid to slash £230m rental bill
Under pressure care home provider Southern Cross will underpay its rent over the next four months as it seeks a long-term solution to its financial crisis.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving 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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HSJ Local
SW London cluster considers hospital pathology and pharmacy consolidation
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust cluster has launched a clinically-led review of services across the health economy and said consolidation options were being looked at across its acute trusts.
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NewsGovernment must remove barriers to integrated care, warns King's Fund
Barriers to more integrated care must be overcome if the NHS is to rise to its challenges, the King’s Fund has written in its official response to the Health Bill’s “pause”.
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HSJ KnowledgeQIPP 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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HSJ KnowledgeWhy 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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HSJ Local
Blackburn with Darwen surplus was ahead of plan in January
FINANCE: The care trust plus was reporting a 2010-11 in-year surplus of £1.195m against its NHS commissioning and provider services budgets at the end of January, £23,000 above its planned surplus to that point of the year.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow 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.
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NewsDuty to co-operate on social care proposed for NHS and councils
Proposals for a duty to co-operate between the NHS and councils in relation to providing social care have been unveiled by the Law Commission.
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HSJ Local
‘Prevention Assessment Team’ launched in West Sussex
WORKFORCE: A new community service has been set up to improve the health and wellbeing of adults and older people in West Sussex.
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HSJ KnowledgeAre commissioners in it for the long haul?
Long-term conditions are likely to take centre stage as GPs get to grips with commissioning - but reforming care for patients with chronic diseases may require changes closer to home, says Alison Moore.
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The barriers to achieving cost effective interventions
A lack of clarity around the effectiveness of out of hospital interventions is preventing their potential cost efficiencies from being realised. But, says Nuffield Trust director Jennifer Dixon, there are reasons to be cheerful.
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CommentWhy the reforms need to avoid penalising NHS and local government relationships
Areas where improved health outcomes are already being delivered through strong NHS and local government partnerships will be hoping the negative impact the reforms could have on this success will be seriously reviewed, writes Blackburn with Darwen chief executive Graham Burgess.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy full scale IT adoption is the logical step for safer healthcare practice
While IT is transforming UK healthcare practices and procedures, a significant proportion of the NHS relies on outdated paper-based processes, which are wasteful, inefficient and putting lives at risk. Unquestionably, the time is ripe to fully exploit IT in the NHS, argues Dr Paul Shannon.
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HSJ KnowledgeStepping up: the collaborative approach to becoming a model of innovation
A group of organisations has developed a stepped approach for healthcare services to identify the best ways of joining forces in the search for bigger savings.