All articles by Jan Filochowski
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CommentA model to put the NHS right?
A workable business model underpinning a great social model is what the NHS needs to avoid serious failure. By Jan Filochowski
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CommentSuccess means different things for different trusts
How to turn a failing hospital into a winner
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CommentJan Filochowski on leadership
Sir Hugh Orde’s thoughtful interview raises the obvious question: “How alike are the leadership challenges in healthcare and policing?”
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CommentPerfect placement: getting patients out of hospital and onto their preferred pathway
The biggest problem facing West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust is giving patients who no longer requiring hospital treatment the support and care they do need in the next stage of their pathway efficiently and cost effectively. Chief executive Jan Filochowski looks at the issue.
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HSJ KnowledgeMaking changes to achieve savings - without disastrous consequences
In managing the NHS, we have choices. When we have a difficult problem do we think radical, fundamental, realistic, or painstaking? Jan Filochowski, chief executive of West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust, says that when push comes to shove, it’s worth being an evolver more than a radical, and a realist more ...