Service design – Page 78
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HSJ KnowledgeServe up a change that lasts for life
Combined weight therapy and medication is cutting demand for surgery
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting end of life care right
With no second chances, it will impact not only on the patient, but on those around them
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CommentPutting the quality back into QIPP
Pursuing value could be the right step towards transforming the NHS
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CommentFixing the broken system
Urgent action is needed to change how health and social care are delivered
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CommentThe focus on reablement
How health care and social housing can join to deliver good reablement is being fervently discussed
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HSJ KnowledgeOut of the shadows
The British Thoracic Society is calling for a stop to the overlooking of a debilitating condition
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to make modern dementia services
Daniel Harwood looks at how to develop a 21st century memory service
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CommentUniting voices in epilepsy treatment
Patients and clinicians can lead in standard and availability of neurosurgical options
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HSJ KnowledgeA collaborative operation
Charities and the NHS should work together to deliver joined-up care patients deserve
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HSJ KnowledgeBring social care best to NHS
Health itself improves or declines at an individual level, so care must begin there
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HSJ KnowledgeIn control of their condition
Clinics are making patients feel more informed and autonomous
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HSJ KnowledgeInto the patient pathway
Wellbeing clinics for planning life after cancer are responding to a vital need
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HSJ KnowledgeMake time for talking
The introduction of a web-based tool that lets patients maximise limited time
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HSJ KnowledgeMental health - a joint approach
Getting the most out of an area means working together for NHS North of Tyne
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy staff policy should revolve around patient needs
The Royal College of Nursing’s head of policy and international Howard Catton talks to Ruslan Zinchenko about designing staffing policies based on patient need.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to improve variation in inappropriate admission performance
Paul Fitzsimmons explores the rate of inappropriate inpatient admissions associated with diabetes and discusses why CCGs must know how to harness information and to act on it.
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HSJ KnowledgeBest foot forward: improving NHS organisations' carbon footprint
The NHS’s carbon footprint is massive, so what can be done to improve the environmental sustainability of healthcare, asks Chris Naylor.
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HSJ KnowledgeDeveloping a route map for sustainability
A three-stranded plan for how to build sustainability in to the NHS can be used from local to national level as a spur to action, writes Sonia Roschnik.
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HSJ KnowledgeReady for the unexpected: how one trust is tackling unplanned admissions
Southend Estuary CCG provides one good example of how to deal with unplanned care issues when serving a challenging health population.