Service design – Page 154
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Hewitt should not be a patsy for the health service's mistakes
Will history be kinder than the immediate verdicts on the former health secretary? Niall Dickson puts her in the dock, assesses the evidence and judges that her record is more complex than the jury of public opinion has allowed
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PCT calls for GP referral competition to be shelved
Plans to have the NHS and the private sector compete for GP referrals in north Cumbria should be shelved in favour of the two working together, its primary care trust has said.
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Providers criticise NHS Choices site
The NHS Choices website is hampering users' ability to access the extended choice list, a network of independent providers has claimed.
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NHS split over Darzi review's reach
Managers and clinicians are split over whether a review of the NHS will result in major changes to policy.
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Sir Ara sets out London vision for cradle-to-grave healthcare
Junior health minister Professor Sir Ara Darzi has set out a radical vision of future healthcare provision in London that would see the end of hospitals in their current form.
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Darzi's review shows who has the power in the new top team
'Most ministers can be brought to heel by threat of the sack, but not one with a global reputation well beyond politics'
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London review: everyday problems at heart of proposals
'Darzi argues that his approach to this study - listening to Londoners, building a clinical consensus, providing evidence for the recommendations, working with the mayor and London boroughs - provides the foundations for success'
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Darzi sets out vision for London
Junior health minister Professor Sir Ara Darzi has set out a vision for future healthcare in London in his Framework for Action.
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Brown to outline legislative plans
Prime minister Gordon Brown will give a preview of his first legislative programme this afternoon, with a focus on housing, education and the NHS. In a break with tradition, Mr Brown is announcing in advance a large part of the Queen's speech, and he has promised a series of region-by-region ...
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Super surgeries to open in Greater Manchester
As part of the wave of super surgeries opening under the local improvement finance trust initiative, two new primary healthcare facilities have been announced for Greater Manchester.
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Stephen Thornton on smart ideas to shape the health service
'It is about picking those small sparks and fanning the flame so that good practice, and a belief that it is possible to do good practice, will spread across the whole healthcare system.'
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Health Foundation seeks applicants for quality improvement fellowships
The Health Foundation's quality improvement fellowships are now open for applications. Now in its fourth year, this US-based fellowship is designed to equip.up to three clinically qualified senior NHS professionals with tools and techniques in quality improvement.
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Health Foundation report: treating people with heart failure
A report published.by the Health Foundation as part of its £2.5m Quest for Quality and Improved Performance research initiative examines the evidence on how treatments and services for people with heart failure should be delivered.
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Lessons in clinical leadership
Jean Balfour explains how she has helped the safety team at NHS Tayside, part of the Health Foundation's Safer Patients initiative, work together more effectively and engage others in their safety improvement work
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Achieving cultural competency in mental health
In response to requests from staff to find out more about the cultures, customs and practices of their patients, West London Mental Health trust has produced a cultural competency toolkit.
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David Lee on the members' club
'Explaining to people that NHS trusts are becoming membership organisations, owned by their members, is not dissimilar to the believability hurdle faced by the Labour Party in the mid-1990s when it was trying to reposition itself as a tax-cutting party'
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Lisa Rodrigues on managing change
'Some people think the quiet revolution in mental health, with the closure of the asylums and the introduction of community care alternatives, is a model for the rest of the NHS. But I am the first to admit that we did not.always get it right'
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Paul Cooper on emergency ward nine and a half
'Our local doctor is as good as anyone else's, I suppose, although I don't really know that as I have little choice'
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The MTAS failure is no ripple in a teacup
The cuts in funding for junior doctors' pay and study leave were very bad management and smacked of panic measures when they were announced half-way through the financial year.
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Northern Ireland tackles waiting times
Targets to cut waiting times for services including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry and speech and language therapy have been launched in Northern Ireland.