Primary Care – Page 299
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Forging ahead with lessons from the future
Imagine being able to see the future and assess health needs and the repercussions of policy initiatives. Windmill 2007 did that and found some valuable pointers, as Alasdair Liddell and colleagues explain
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Anna Donald on lessons from Australia
'The NHS can't avoid political controversy, because what it does is too important, complex, and subject to debate'
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Michael White on politics
'Alan Johnson's been put there to talk to staff and take people with him, explains one ally'
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Get together
A new inspection regime - the comprehensive area assessment - is to be rolled out for a range of local services. HSJ and sister title LGC collected the great and the good to discuss how it will affect their work
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Is this really the end of under-capacity?
Financial incentives and technology mean inpatient demand and length of stay are falling, although the population is ageing. In 10 years waiting lists will be a thing of the past say Celine Druilhe and Eric Louie
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Sophia Christie on the power of targets
'The concern is shifting from absolute targets to the rather more difficult to track agenda of respect and values'
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Michael White on politics
'Labour MPs like Johnson, indeed they would have made him deputy leader'
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Simon Stevens on engagement and alienation
'Clinical engagement has to be approached critically. It cannot be pursued as an end in its own right'
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Michael White on politics
'Alan Johnson is keen on neglected causes like stroke so his startling brevity in the debate implies no disrespect'
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Money no excuse for hampering progress
As a medic and former White House adviser, Dr Mark McClellan is a natural opinion leader on health policy. He explains his vision
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Noel Plumridge on PFI passions running high
'Call a handyman to fit a notice board? Oh no, you'll need a quote from the PFI company'
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Michael White on politics
'It is hard for health professionals to admit it, but the Daily Mail is not always wrong'
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on getting safety on board
'Accounts of long and complex journeys give a sense of inevitability of error'
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Michael White on politics
'The key is persuading voters that many changes are driven by medical purposes, said Gordon Brown'
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Service redesign 'needs scrutiny', says Audit Commission
Local government must have a stronger voice in service redesign and commissioning decisions to ensure the public's concerns are heard by the NHS, according to Audit Commission chair Sir Michael Lyons.
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Target-chasing managers suffer 'pathological' levels of stress
Too many new policies, a lack of coherent strategy and invasive performance management are creating 'pathological' levels of stress among NHS middle managers, an NHS Confederation report has warned.
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Trusts face 15 public productivity rankings
All acute and primary care trusts are to have their performance publicly ranked against 15 efficiency indicators from this summer.
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Union votes show reform anger from staff and doctors
ballots Protests at private 'take-overs' and BMA leadership 'failure'
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Clinical engagement needs more teeth, says Farrar
The NHS should explore 'radical models of clinical engagement' to give clinicians 'more teeth' and to improve scrutiny of potential conflicts of interests, the new chief executive of North East strategic health authority has said.
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Burns claims political pressure over PCTs
A long-standing senior NHS leader has spoken out to challenge government decisions on new primary care trust boundaries.