Service design – Page 139
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James Kennedy on rethinking out-of-hours care
Forcing GPs to provide out-of-hours care may not be the best way to rebuild public confidence in these services. Instead, the government should look to other providers to fill the gap
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Patients bid to save Henderson Hospital
Inpatients of Henderson Hospital at South West London and St George's Mental Health trust have launched a legal bid to prevent its closure.
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Scottish A&E closure plans flawed
An independent scrutiny panel has said health boards NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Ayrshire and Arran did not listen to the public when deciding to close accident and emergency departments at Monklands Hospital in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, and Ayr Hospital, Ayrshire.
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HSJ Knowledge
Solutions for reducing length of stay
The NHS could save up to £400m a year in length-of-stay costs with some simple measures, argues Andrew Webb
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HSJ Knowledge
Maggie Rae on action for equality
Christmas came early for me insofar as all the objectives I wanted to deliver were prioritised in the NHS operating framework. I was delighted to see health inequalities in there.
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HSJ Knowledge
Home truths from New Zealand's healthcare system
The UK and New Zealand are similar enough for them to learn from each other's very different health service reforms, writes Chris Ham
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Private treatment centre to go ahead despite local critics
NHS South Central has said it will press ahead with controversial plans for a new independent sector treatment centre despite local concerns that added capacity is not needed.
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Brown talks to HSJ about his preventive healthcare vision
Foundation trusts are to provide primary care services, recruit more members and take over failing trusts under the prime minister’s vision for the future of the NHS.
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HSJ Knowledge
Most managers doubt 21st century NHS will stay free
Only one fifth of health service managers believe the NHS will be free at the point of demand in 60 years.
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Royal Marsden open to patients again
The Royal Marsden Hospital in south west London has opened to patients for the first time since suffering a major fire last week.
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HSJ Knowledge
Partnerships against heart disease
A collaboration between pharmaceutical firms and the NHS is forming a united front against heart disease, explains Jan Balmer
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HSJ Knowledge
We survey managers on the past, present and future of the NHS
Over 1,600 managers gave HSJ their views on the past, present and future of the NHS. The results reveal that, while most plan to stay in the service until they retire, 80 per cent think the NHS will not remain free at the point of demand
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Comment
Gerry Robinson was never about saving the NHS
Sir Gerry Robinson's latest programme confirms that he is not and never was about 'saving the NHS', argues Paul Knutson
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HSJ Knowledge
Andrew Castle on streamlining processes in the NHS
Why not find out why a process risks wasting money rather than add another process to try to check it, says Andrew Castle
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving mental health procurement
Two mental health projects in the East Midlands are improving outcomes and cutting costs through better procurement practices.
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HSJ Knowledge
HSJ review of the year: jobless doctors, lethal bugs and a £1.8bn pile of unspent cash
A year with more than its fair share of drama saw medics on the streets, C difficile in the wards, Blair and Hewitt on the way out - and an embarrassing surplus in the bank. By Richard Vize
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NHS Shared Business Services not obligatory
NHS organisations will be given incentives but not forced to use NHS Shared Business Services for back-office administration, according to Department of Health finance deputy director Peter Coates.
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HSJ Knowledge
Reducing length of stay
It has long been recognised that some hospitals have longer lengths of stay than others. The true extent of the variations becomes starkly apparent when trust-by-trust data is closely analysed. According to information supplied by NHS trusts to data warehouse HES for 2005/6 (the most recent available), patients’ hospital ...
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Emergency reconfiguration plans approved
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has endorsed two separate plans to concentrate emergency services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Creating the perfect acute hospital
Judges for the HSJ Award for acute healthcare organisation of the year said if you pulled together all the best practice around the country, you would have the perfect trust. So what would it look like, asks Daloni Carlisle