Service design – Page 141
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PCT abandons emergency surgery site
A Lincolnshire hospital is to lose its emergency general surgery for good - nine months after it was suspended as a temporary measure.
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SHAs slash top-up payments for complex care
Strategic health authorities have slashed the number of hospital providers eligible for 'top-up' payments for specialist treatment after coming under pressure from the Department of Health.
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Belinda Phipps on choice in maternity services
Government policies on maternity services are changing and managers must ensure services around the country are prepared to respond
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS cancer services - are we meeting the mark?
The conference NHS Cancer Services - Are We Meeting the Mark? is being organised by the Scottish cancer networks on 29 February and1 March 2008atHeriot-WattUniversityinEdinburgh.
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Paul Jennings on personalised services
Developing personalised services for people with learning disabilities has helped to improve access
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A guide to world class commissioning
The Department of Health's 'world class' masterplan aims to create a commissioning system other nations will envy. Daloni Carlisle examines the progress of an initiative that has re-energised PCTs and created huge expectations
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New practices for under-doctored areas
Thirty-eight primary care trusts identified as having the poorest provision of GPs have been selected as the first to benefit from 100 new GP practices over three years.
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Andrew Castle on planning outpatient services
Co-ordinating outpatient clinics in a way that avoids overbooking, delays, over-running, underutilisation and inappropriate attendances requires a clear understanding of the demands on the system, as well as sound planning
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Cancer care - reaching out to communities
The Bengali Cancer Health Advocacy and Cancer Awareness Service was set up to address the needs of the Bengali community in Tower Hamlets. Caroline Moren and Ruth Bradley report on its progress
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Comment
No plans to close Queen Mary's
You present a stark analysis of the implications of existing private finance initiative schemes on reconfiguration options for outer south east London ('PFI debt fears as district general hospitals feel the squeeze'), writes Simon Robbins
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Sophie Christie on the holy grail of NHS policy
NHS policy seems populated by some remarkably persistent ideas that pop up every decade or so
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Our NHS, Our Future summit goes virtual
Presentations from a clinical summit to be held as part of Lord Darzi's Our NHS, Our Future review on 21 and 22 November are to be available live on the virtual world site Second Life.
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PFI debt fears as district general hospitals feel the squeeze
District generals' income is set to take a hit as specialist hospitals and primary care trusts move in on their territory. How will they pay PFI debts of £28.5bn, asks Sally Gainsbury
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Local blueprint for primary care revolution kickstarts GP reform
Heart of Birmingham primary care trust has placed itself in the vanguard of the drive to modernise primary care.
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A&E shake-up plans face clinical opposition
Plans to radically change hospital services in West Sussex - including downgrading two out of three accident and emergency departments - are facing competition from new options favoured by clinicians.
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HSJ Knowledge
Stroke care - leading the way
The Health Foundation has responded to the Department of Health's consultation on a national stroke strategy in England.
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Getting to grips with health inequalities
Improving healthcare for people from black and minority ethnic communities is the aim of a new Health Foundation Shared Leadership for Change project.
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Clinical audit: measurement is only half the story
The Department of Health recently announced its commitment to reinvigorate clinical audit. While we welcome this, we would argue that measurement and audit are crucial but are only half the story. It is equally important to have the tools and skills in place to improve practice based on the results ...
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Long-term conditions: help patients to help themselves
Co-creating Health is a three-year project to encourage patients manage their own treatment. Natalie Grazin explains
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Noel Plumridge on finding the right GP
Is it worthwhile to register with a GP when there are other alternatives available?