Service design – Page 148
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Secure hospital numbers reach record high
The number of people detained in secure medium and high psychiatric wards in England reached a record high of 3,723 in July, according to a study by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. The study found that most secure patients stay for less than five years and have been admitted ...
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Prison mental healthcare: developing cultural competence
Link workers are enhancing mental healthcare for black and ethic minority prisoners.One such person, community development worker Irfan Mohammed, acts as a link worker for prisoners in Dorset.
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Exclusive: SHAs understaffed and under pressure, say managers' union
Strategic health authorities will struggle to do their jobs properly because of ‘draconian’ staff cuts, union Managers in Partnership has warned.
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Hundreds join protest over claims that mental health nurse was suspended for speaking out
Hundreds of health workers in the North West were due to go on strike for the second time in two weeks over the suspension of a trade union activist.
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London unveils first polyclinic
London's first polyclinic is set to be built by University College London Hospital and Camden primary care trust.
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Scotland under the searchlight as executive begins its reforms
With 100 days in power under its belt, the Scottish National Party has enjoyed some crowd-pleasing NHS moves and a positive report from the Scottish Executive, but is it a significant policy shift or political opportunism? Jennifer Trueland reports
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Mental Health Barometer August 2007
Mental health chief executives are feeling less confident this month. Almost all scores are down.
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Comment
Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on aspiring to good service
'Complex systems and difficult interfaces - isn't that supposed to be us?'
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Phil Kenmore on Agenda for Change
With a lack of focus on underlying behaviours, Agenda for Change cannot deliver long-term results, says Phil Kenmore
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Conservatives claim they would interfere less in NHS
A report by the Conservative public services improvement group to the shadow cabinet has called for less political interference and greater freedom for healthcare professionals in the day-to-day management of the NHS.
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David Peat on sharing good practice
'Our European health colleagues listened intently as I told them how our working together principles operated'
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Delivering race equality: community development workers
A developing community mental healthcare role is improving access for diverse groups, says Louis Appleby
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Redesigning the workforce
A unit based at Southampton University is re-examining healthcare roles as changes take place in the world of work. Debra Humphris explains
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Alan Maynard on medical safety
‘It may be efficient to let marginal patients die from avoidable infections’
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The waiting game: technology and the 18-week target
Most agree the 18-week target is a worthy one, but how can it be measured? Lyn Whitfield asks whether current technology can keep up with the good intentions
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Telehealth takes off
Telehealth's time may finally have come, with three demonstrator sites spending £12m on the technology to help patients manage their conditions, writes Daloni Carlisle
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Alan Maynard on medical safety
'It may be efficient to let marginal patients die from avoidable infections'
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Johnson praised for backing reform plans
Health secretary Alan Johnson has been commended for backing managers' plans to reconfigure hospital services in Manchester - as Conservatives face the fallout from a row about district general hospitals.
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Pilots making little difference
Pilots designed to drive the government's flagship policy of shifting services from hospitals into the community have made little difference, according to research.
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Media Watch
There's a whiff of former health secretary Patricia Hewitt's infamous map of NHS-trouble-spots-which-could-cost-Labour-MPs-their-seats to the weekend's coverage of service changes in Greater Manchester.