All Service redesign articles – Page 130
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Leader
Welsh health service set on different path
Proposals to abolish the internal market, end the purchaser provider split and fund services from the centre are setting Wales' health service on a different course from the rest of the UK.
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News
Vascular checks could mean insurance hikes
Thousands of people face higher health insurance premiums and may unwittingly invalidate their policies if government plans for vascular checks get the green light.
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News
Breaking away: Wales maps out its own future
The Welsh Assembly has plans for a third way between an internal market and a command and control system, with local health boards losing control of the commissioning purse strings. Alison Moore explains
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News
Audiology waiting times slashed at last minute
Trusts' last-minute push to hit an audiology assessment target has led to a dramatic fall in waiting times for diagnostic services.
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Leader
London's red alert on Darzi will affect other regions
NHS London has highlighted concerns over the implementation of Lord Darzi's proposals for healthcare, raising its rating of the risks of insufficient leadership from amber to red.
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Comment
Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on acute trust challenges
The financial year just gone has not been the easiest for acute services, with tough targets, population changes and possible structural shifts all putting pressure on trusts.
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News
Wales announces autism plans
The Welsh Assembly has announced wide-ranging efforts to tackle autism and improve services for those affected by the condition.
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HSJ Knowledge
Restructuring: united for growth
The idea behind the UK's first academic health science centre is to combine research and service delivery. Ann McGauran met the team who sowed the seeds of its success
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Comment
Andrew Jones on the next big shift in healthcare
I often wonder what will drive the next quantum shift in healthcare. If we ran a poll today, world class commissioning or the Darzi review would probably top the list. These ideas are fine, but it seems to me that they represent an incremental nudge rather than a quantum shift.
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HSJ Knowledge
Getting up to speed on 18 weeks
As the deadline for the 18-week referral to treatment target gets closer, David Beeson explains what trusts can do to ensure compliance and guarantee the best possible access to care
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News
NHS Confederation calls for calm in polyclinic debate
A report published by the NHS Confederation today looks at why the polyclinic model has caused so much controversy and calls for common sense in the debate.
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Comment
Simon Jones with news from the NHS in Wales
I suppose, as this is the first of my missives from Wales, it would be just as well to bring the less than ardent follower of things Welsh quickly up to date on where we are in the principality.
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Comment
Is your trust tackling inequalities?
Is your trust making real progress in overcoming health inequalities? Read Robina Shah's commentary and join the discussion by posting your thoughts below
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HSJ Knowledge
Restoring trust in the healthcare profession
Patients need to believe in their doctor to get the best care, but how can real trust be built if they are always seen by different GPs? It is time to return to old-fashioned good manners and small practices
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News
Severe mental illness unit to close
A national service for people with severe personality disorders is to close. South West London and St George’s Mental Health trust is ‘temporarily’ closing Henderson Hospital in Surrey next Wednesday due to insufficient referrals and income.
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News
IT a challenge for polyclinics
The patient record and information systems created by NHS Connecting for Health will be a 'significant challenge' to the realisation of the vision for polyclinics.
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News
Targets create ambulance staff tension
Government targets and organisational change have been blamed for 'disappointing' staff survey results from ambulance trusts.
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News
Diagnostic waiting times halved, new statistics show
The number of patients waiting longer than six or 13 weeks for 15 key diagnostic tests in England has halved in the past month, statistics published by the Department of Health show.
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News
Let fathers bond with newborns, says think tank
Fathers are shut out at the birth of their children and are often prevented from bonding with them, according to a report by think tank the Fatherhood Institute.
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Comment
David Peat on facing up to health inequalities
I suppose it is human nature to try to focus on the feel-good sides of life and shield ourselves from difficult or unpalatable realities.