All News articles – Page 1167
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Striving for excellence
I was delighted to see the Healthcare Commission's latest national survey of adult inpatients. This highlights the proportion of patients who rate their care as 'excellent' rather than aggregating together the proportion that rate it 'good, very good or excellent'.
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Cost problems blight healthcare proposals
It is both regrettable and depressingly inevitable that objective debate surrounding Lord Darzi's Healthcare for London vision has been blighted by practical concerns. In my experience, GP surgeries are already struggling to invest in the latest equipment, so it is hardly surprising that the prospect of having to kit themselves ...
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Funding on the front line
I read Michael White's column with interest. I would like to offer a view from the front line. All primary care trusts have mechanisms to consider requests for funding specific drugs or interventions on a named-patient basis in exceptional circumstances. Usually termed as individual patient requests, these are for requests ...
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Mental health requires combined approach
Samantha Allen's article on the non-holistic approach in some mental health services, which too often separates the body from the mind, is spot on.
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Housing crisis
Simon Stevens' suggestion of individual budgets for the whole of a patient's healthcare needs in one year rather than a disease-specific approach is attractive and makes a lot of sense. However, individually tailored and purchased healthcare is not much use if the individual has housing problems or is finding maintaining ...
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Recruit senior managers from medical ranks
Clare Chapman and Professor Ian Gilmore are quite right to encourage the recruitment of senior managers from medical ranks as a means of accelerating the breakdown of 'perceived' barriers between managers and medics.
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Regulator must not ignore social care
Jo Stephenson's article identifies the concerns that many of us in social care have about the creation of the Care Quality Commission and whether it will become fixated on healthcare priorities.
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British drinking habits raise worries
Many adults are ignorant of safe drinking guidelines and a fifth of 11 to 15 year olds say they have tried alcohol.
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Call for better primary care for BME groups
Primary care trusts and GPs must work more closely together to find ways to improve primary care for black and minority ethnic groups, says a new report.
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Public to quiz Scots health boards
Local people will be able to quiz NHS leaders directly at annual review meetings of health boards, the Scottish government has announced.
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Screening help for people with disabilities
Resources to help women with learning disabilities in Wales understand and access breast and cervical screening will be unveiled by health minister Edwina Hart today.
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New measures to improve care for elderly
A group of experts will advise the NHS on better services for falls and fractures under new plans to improve care for older people.In a speech to the King's Fund, health secretary Alan Johnson also announced a review of footcare services and promised more work to reduce waits for hearing ...
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Gordon Brown's speech at the Patient Safety Congress
Visit www.patientsafetycongress.co.uk to watch a video clip of Gordon Brown's speech.
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Gordon Brown visits Patient Safety Congress 2008
Prime minister Gordon Brown has told patient safety managers the success of the NHS is in their hands.
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Patient Safety Congress 2008: Ann Keen urges staff to champion safety
Health minister Ann Keen has called for frontline staff to ensure patient safety is a top priority in the NHS.
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Patient Safety Congress 2008: Don Berwick criticises blame culture
Institute for Healthcare Improvement chair Don Berwick has called for honesty, forgiveness and teamwork among healthcare professionals to improve patient safety, adding that such improvements do not have to be costly.
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Darzi review: North East vows to improve public health
NHS North East has pledged to renew its focus on public health and long-term conditions in its regional Darzi review.
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Neglect of records departments puts patient safety at risk
HSJ's investigation into missing patient records has prompted calls for enforceable standards on their availability.
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New section for non-executive directors
HSJ.co.uk launches Board Talk - a new section especially for trust non-executive directors and chairs.The channel will give NHS trust board members a forum for sharing best practice and raising issues and concerns regarding clinical governance, financial management and communication.
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Missing: the notes of more than a million outpatients
Hundreds of thousands of NHS patients are seen each year without the clinician having their medical records, an HSJ investigation has found.