Service design – Page 145
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Darzi report stresses equality and access
Health secretary Alan Johnson says he is confident GPs can be persuaded to provide the additional services proposed in Lord Darzi's review of the NHS, published this morning.But he made clear that the private sector would also be a part of moves to set up 150 new walk-in centres and ...
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Comment
Marian Carroll on the breastfeeding dilemma
Women must be given full support, regardless of whether they choose to breastfeed their babies or not, writes Marian Carroll.Any discussion around infant feeding evokes strong reactions in people who seem to take a 'for or against' approach to breastfeeding.
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Report outlines clinical vision for the NHS
The NHS Confederation and the Joint Medical Consultative Council have launched a paper on their clinical vision of a reformed NHS.
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Trust may change how it manages international patients
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children trust is consulting on a proposal to manage its international and private patient division through a separate charity.
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HSJ Knowledge
Provider services: get up to speed on quality
Stockport primary care trust has pioneered a model for assuring quality of provider services. Rebekah Cresswell explains
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Neil Goodwin on new research into the success of organisations
Sometimes it can be frustrating waiting for research papers that are sufficiently grounded in the day-to-day life of real organisations. Such papers, like the two highlighted here, are often of enormous practical value in helping organisational leaders think through future strategy, writes Neil Goodwin
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Restructuring ambulance services: the benefit of foresight
Bob Sunley describes an ambulance service restructuring process that was evaluated from the outset, not just at the end
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Andrew Castle on innovation in obstetrics
A dip into the history of obstetrics shows how inventiveness is one of its trademarks, says Andrew Castle
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Public consultation to decide on the NHS's next step
Public 'juries' in 10 cities linked up live last week to kick off a huge consultation to help decide nothing less than the NHS's future. And the prime minister put in a suprise appearance. Helen Mooney reports
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Labour conference: localist messages do not cover a nasty whiff of central control
The speeches at Labour's annual conference mapping out the principles for Gordon Brown's stewardship of the NHS highlighted the tensions with which the new ministerial team is grappling.
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Labour conference: health secretary tackles flagging morale and 24-hour drinking
Improving the morale of staff is not the first aim of Lord Darzi's review of the future of the NHS, health secretary Alan Johnson has admitted - but 'buy-in' by employees will be essential to its success.
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Michael White on this year's Labour conference
I filed this column, from Labour's Bournemouth conference, a little later than usual this week. Gordon Brown had brought the annual leader's speech forward by 24 hours (he is in such a hurry, that man) and I wanted to catch what he had to say.
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Primary care risk-taking could end in disaster
Changes to primary care organisation suggested by the Confederation of British Industry could seriously damage the system, argues Martin McNicol
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Reach out to excluded groups, urges NHS Confederation
The NHS Confederation report In Sickness and In Health states that moves to create a personalised NHS must start with the most excluded and work to tackle health inequality.
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Pilots make all the difference
The article 'Pilots making little difference' states that, according to research, pilot projects that have focused on the government’s policy of shifting services from hospitals into the community have made little difference.In reality, far from achieving little, the pilots have helped identify key learnings that will enable NHS organisations to ...
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New proposals to improve cancer care
A new cancer reform strategy published this autumn will set out proposals to improve cancer care, the Department of Health has confirmed.
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Comment
Dismissing improvement programmes misses the point
Alan Maynard's criticism of the quality improvement efforts under way for more than a decade in the NHS, and specifically of the role of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in that work, abounds with misunderstandings, write Stephen Thornton and Don Berwick
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HSJ Knowledge
Health hotel: exploring inequalities
At the 'Access to all areas' event speakers will address the uneven picture of public health, and ask why - despite some progress - gaps are still widening. Helen Mooney reports
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Health hotel: the road less travelled
What is the safe distance to a hospital? Adrian O'Dowd examines the implications of reconfiguring services
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Staying informed on healthcare
Christine Halpin talks about establishing a health information service for disadvantaged groups.