All Service redesign articles – Page 129
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Health managers seek clarity on PCT assets
Health managers are calling for clarity on how primary care trusts should manage their assets when separating commissioner and provider functions.
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Social enterprise investment fund enters round two
The Department of Health has opened the second round of bidding through its social enterprise investment fund.
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Londoners back polyclinics, survey shows
The majority of GP practices in London should become part of a polyclinic, either physically based in one or networked with one, say 51 per cent of respondents to the largest-ever consultation on health services in the capital.
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Aleix Bacardit on palliative care and place of death
The publication of the cancer reform strategy is a sign of the government's commitment to developing world class cancer services, but questions remain over using place of death to inform management decisions.
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David Lee on mental health heroes
As every good HSJ reader knows, good management is not about heroics or donning a Superman costume. Good management in mental health is about supporting local innovation and frontline service improvements.
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Mental health history: taking over the asylum
In our latest feature marking the NHS’s 60th anniversary, Mark Gould charts the journey from Victorian asylums to the national service framework and recent backward steps
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Neil Goodwin on academic health science centres
A quiet revolution due to take place across university hospitals will fundamentally change the relationship between doctors and managers in the NHS.
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HSJ Knowledge
Building a successful radiology network
Last March, a pilot project was set up to establish England's first radiology network in Kent and Medway. During its first year, the network made cash savings, delivered quality improvements and laid the foundations for new models of radiology service delivery for the future, writes Moira Crotty
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Research and development network for Leicester
A new network is being launched in Leicester to support and develop clinical research in the region.
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NHS constitution should include financial charter - Reform
Think tank Reform has published a report calling on the government to ensure that the NHS constitution being prepared to mark 60 years of the NHS includes a financial charter.
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Jon Restell on information overload
Outsiders in their first few months in the NHS as, say, non-executive directors, are often aghast at the vast amount of information reporting that is required.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS constitution should focus on value for money
The NHS constitution should include a financial charter setting out how commissioners must achieve value for money, rather than just a set of anodyne values, a think tank has claimed.
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Doubts over community foundation trusts
Conflicts of interest, difficulties in demonstrating autonomy and low pay are just some of the potential problems facing community foundation trusts.
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HSJ Knowledge
Integrated care - lessons from America
The US healthcare industry is often ranked below the UK system in international comparisons. But the UK health service still has much to learn from America about integration and partnership working
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Nurses vote to end private cleaning contracts
Nurses want hospital cleaning brought back into the NHS rather than contracted out to private firms, according to a poll of delegates at a Royal College of Nursing conference.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS60: Five days that shook the NHS
The NHS has weathered countless scandals, speeches, policy launches and inquiries. Peter Davies and Daloni Carlisle discuss five landmark events and talk to those involved.
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HSJ Knowledge
Sexual health - protection plea
Stuart Shepherd visits Nottingham to see how the NHS is coping with a surge in sexually transmitted infections, amid calls to keep them top priority
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health equality drive
Partnerships with imams are breaking down barriers between mental health workers and Sheffield's Pakistani community
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient satisfaction - how do you score?
An area's population profile shapes patients' perceptions of service quality, with greater diversity bringing a wider array of demands. This suggests trusts should make more effort to understand their public
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London must focus on prevention
Service reform in the capital must go beyond Healthcare for London proposals and focus on prevention if fatal strokes are to be avoided, the London health observatory has warned.