All QIPP articles – Page 5
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NewsNICE's QALY approach 'flawed'
Research funded by the European Commission has claimed the quality adjusted life years approach to deciding which treatments are made available by health services is “dangerously flawed”.
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CommentCan greater transparency expose future care failures?
The government sees openness as key to preventing failures
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NewsNHS austerity drives income fall for private mental health hospitals
The income of privately-run mental health hospitals fell by 3.3 per cent in 2011, driven by the start of the NHS’s unprecedented savings drive, according to a new report by market analysts Laing & Buisson.
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CommentHealth and health services: the next 20 years
The winning Finnamore F20 essay on the future of healthcare
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NewsHospital trusts lack 'top drawer' leaders
The NHS’s ability to make significant savings over the next two years through service change could be limited by its problems recruiting “top drawer” hospital leaders, the health service’s chief executive has suggested.
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HSJ KnowledgeGood nutrition can replace costly supplements in care homes
How Food First is fighting malnutrition
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CommentFree from the dead hand of Connecting for Health
“We need to link the technology to see the benefits people want”
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CommentClinical research can improve health and wealth
Research projects can improve hospitals’ finances and treatment
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NewsNicholson argues he should survive to implement Mid Staffs recommendations
NHS Commissioning Board chief executive Sir David Nicholson believes he should survive any criticism levelled at him by the forthcoming report into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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CommentCommunity care should be the NHS's first option
Community FTs are crucial to the mandate’s aspirations
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HSJ KnowledgeThe building blocks for integrated care
Six key building blocks are required for the delivery of integrated care
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Joint commissioning reforms 'are disruptive'
The reality of joint commissioning in health and social care often falls short of expectations, according to a report.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: MPs to probe policy of health budget underspending
The chair of the health select committee has warned that there could be a “significant danger of perverse incentives” if the health service remains unable to carry over unspent funds from one financial year to the next.
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HSJ KnowledgeBest of 2012: innovation in acute care
An end-of-year round-up of some of HSJ’s best practice content
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HSJ KnowledgeBest of 2012: mental health
This round-up of best practice articles looks at mental health
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HSJ KnowledgeBest of 2012: commissioning
We highlight a selection of best practice commissioning articles
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HSJ KnowledgeFast-forward to quicker discharge
Trusts should look to processes closer the home to reduce delayed discharge
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HSJ KnowledgeDrive change with staff engagement
A Midlands trust won an HSJ Award for its Listening into Action programme