Service design – Page 131

  • News

    West Sussex A&E campaign undoes reconfiguration plans

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    A two-year battle to keep accident and emergency services at all three hospitals in West Sussex has ended in partial victory for campaigners.

  • News

    NHS Networks to close

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    NHS Networks has announced that it is to cease operating on 31 October after running out of funding.

  • Comment

    Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on customer service

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    It may not have escaped your notice that I have moved on from King's College Hospital foundation trust to a new role at University Hospitals of Leicester trust.

  • Comment

    Media Watch: Darzi shake-up

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Managers must brace themselves as junior minister Lord Darzi's shake-up is unveiled. 'Ministers are preparing for a summer of protest as residents campaign against proposals that could mean local hospitals losing specialist services to large regional centres,' reported The Daily Telegraph.

  • News

    Darzi review: view from the East of England launch

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    It could have been the lack of coffee, but the air was not exactly buzzing at the launch of the first regional Darzi report.

  • News

    Call to curb Liverpool's pub and food outlets

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    A ground-breaking commission looking into how to improve health in Liverpool has called for health impact assessments for planning applications to help fight obesity and alcohol-related problems.

  • News

    Inquiry shows gap in paediatric training

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Children and young people with life-threatening illness are not being treated appropriately because professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.

  • News

    Darzi review: NHS East of England is first with 10-year map

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Mental health waiting-time targets, urgent care centres and patient-held budgets all feature in NHS East of England’s 10-year ‘road map’.

  • News

    Darzi tells PCTs to involve public at each stage of process

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Primary care trusts will be expected to take the lead in developing proposals for local service redesign and ensuring patient and public involvement at all stages under Lord Darzi's proposals.

  • News

    Yorkshire publishes vision for delivering Darzi reforms

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Higher life expectancy and fewer admissions to hospital for patients with long-term conditions, brought about in part by increased patient responsibility, are among the goals for NHS Yorkshire and the Humber.

  • News

    SHAs to oversee delivery of Darzi reforms

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Strategic health authorities will be responsible for ensuring there is 'appropriate capability and capacity' in the NHS to deliver 'robust, evidence-based proposals', produce effective consultations and implement changes successfully, Lord Darzi's framework document says.

  • News

    Darzi review: Clinicians to be consulted on service redesign

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    The mantra for the reconfiguration of specialist care services is 'centralised where necessary, localised where possible'. Clinicians will play a lead role in determining what is possible under the proposals.

  • News

    First regional Darzi visions offer glimpse into future

    2008-05-15T09:00:00Z

    Lord Darzi's review of the NHS finally became a reality this week with the publication of the first two regional plans spelling out what the process means for patients.

  • News

    Inquiry reveals gap in paediatric training

    2008-05-14T13:21:00Z

    Children and young people with life-threatening illnesses are not being treated appropriately because the health professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.

  • News

    Confed warns Darzi: avoid policy making pitfalls

    2008-05-13T11:52:00Z

    Lord Darzi must learn the lessons of previous poor policy making to ensure reform in the NHS delivers real and sustainable benefits, an NHS Confederation report released today warns.

  • News

    NHS East of England starts strategic review

    2008-05-12T11:35:00Z

    NHS East of England is the the first regional strategic health authority to launch a public consultation on its clinical vision for the next 10 years.

  • News

    Alan Johnson launches national social care debate

    2008-05-12T11:23:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Johnson has launched a six-month debate on the future of social care and support services. Regional events will be held to gather views on how to create an affordable system targeted at those most in need.

  • News

    £50m for productive ward roll-out

    2008-05-09T12:47:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Johnson has announced a £50m fund to support the national roll-out of the Productive Ward programme.

  • News

    NHS Confederation responds to Darzi report

    2008-05-09T11:54:00Z

    Commenting on a report outlining the principles behind junior health minister Lord Darzi's vision for the health service, NHS Confederation policy director Nigel Edwards said: 'This new guidance is very welcome in sharing good practice and helping reassure the public about what they can expect.'

  • News

    Darzi report reveals service change plans

    2008-05-09T09:30:00Z

    Lord Darzi has pledged to put clinicians at the centre of local decisions to change health services.