All Service redesign articles – Page 119
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Sophia Christie on management lessons from literature
While the 1980s saw an explosion of books promising 'the management secrets of...', War and Peace seems to have been sadly neglected. But Tolstoy's commentary is instructive in the context of current discussions about the next stage review.
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Charities warn on information prescriptions scheme
Charities in information prescription pilots have warned the scheme risks failure unless it is mandatory and supported by incentives.
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Leader
NHS centralism is in the small print
Buried within the 59 pages of brittle-dry prose of an ‘impact assessment’ on the failure regime for foundering trusts are extraordinary assumptions by the Department of Health about how many providers will go to the wall.
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Lord Carter to head up NHS competition panel
Lord Carter of Coles is to be the first chair and director of the NHS Co-operation and Competition Panel.
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Integrated care warning
Integration is in vogue. This is fine, but different enthusiasts interpret 'integration' differently. Confused enthusiasm is never a good thing on which to base health policy. At its best, such confusion could waste money; at its worst, it could cost lives.
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NHS Direct relieves pressure on A&E and GPs
I refer to your feature on NHS Direct and referrals to accident and emergency. Independent research published in June shows that NHS Direct is helping take the pressure off A&E and GP surgeries as it increasingly continues to advise callers to treat themselves at home. In fact, our most recent ...
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NHS failure regime: up to 92 trusts may be culled
The Department of Health expects to cull up to six hospital trusts a year under its new failure regime, figures in its impact assessment reveal.The document shows the DH expects to save £200m a year under the plans, which are out for consultation. It focuses on six trusts affected by ...
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Cases of legionnaires' to rise
More cases of legionnaires' disease are likely as a result of climate change, researchers predict.
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Patient information consultation begins
Connecting for Health has launched a consultation on the use of patient information. It wants the public and health professionals to give their views on the use of patient information for purposes such as health research and managing and planning care.
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Scottish walk-in pharmacy services launched
Eight Scottish pharmacies are piloting walk-in services such as immunisation, health checks, nurse-led minor injury clinics, sexual healthcare and smoking cessation. The pharmacies will stay open until midnight six days a week during the pilot, which is due to run until March 2010.
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Scotland holds annual quality improvement review
The annual review of NHS Quality Improvement Scotland will be held in public today, chaired by health secretary Nicola Sturgeon. The review will include a question and answer session with members of the public.
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News
Stroke care improvements 'must continue'
There has been a major improvement in the organisation of stroke care over the past two years, according to the latest National Sentinel Organisational Audit of Stroke.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety records: silent witness
General practice logs just 0.4 per cent of all patient safety reports. Are GPs keeping quiet to protect their businesses or are patients reluctant to complain? Mark Gould investigates
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HSJ Knowledge
Health system integration: straight to the point
Data analysis is revealing why people make inappropriate calls to the emergency services and prompting the discovery of new solutions to the problem, reports Stuart Shepherd
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Comment
Steve Field on the case for a GP-led health service
Lord Darzi's review of the NHS advocates a healthcare system led by clinicians and centred on patients - and rightly so.
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HSJ Knowledge
View from the floor: end of life care
Helene Hibbert is a Macmillan occupational therapist. She works in end of life care at St Mary's Hospital in London's Imperial College Healthcare trust
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News
Stroke services imporved
Stroke services have shown marked improvement in the last two years, an audit by the Royal College of Physicians has shown.The audit of 224 hospitals in all areas of the UK except Scotland found near universal provision of specialist stroke beds.About 30 per cent are offering thrombolysis for stroke and ...
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NHS home oxygen service a hit
The first national patient survey of the home oxygen service has found high levels of satisfaction.
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DH publishes plans for failing NHS trusts
The Department of Health has published its proposals for managing failing NHS hospitals and trusts.
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Chair of NHS co-operation and competition panel named
The first chair and director of the NHS co-operation and competition panel will be Lord Carter of Coles. He will take up the post in October.