All Service redesign articles – Page 135
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Stoke on Trent invests in mental healthcare
Stoke on Trent primary care trust is investing £2.25m in an initiative to boost support for people with depression and other common mental health problems.
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Allied health professionals and the 18-week target
Allied health professionals play a vital role in delivering services to millions of patients, but there is still potential to use their expertise in assessment, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation to even greater effect.
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Allied health professionals and the 18-week target
Allied health professionals play a vital role in delivering services to millions of patients, but there is still potential to use their expertise in assessment, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation to even greater effect.
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NHS reform is stalled, think tank claims
The government is in denial about the stalled progress of NHS reforms on the ground, think tank Reform has claimed.
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Decision on ISTCs 'pivotal', says Confederation of British Industry
The Confederation of British Industry has challenged the government to give the go-ahead to a further wave of independent sector treatment centres.
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Decision on ISTCs 'pivotal', says Confederation of British Industry
The Confederation of British Industry has challenged the government to give the go-ahead to a further wave of independent sector treatment centres.
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Managing technology in the health service
One side effect of new technology is increased cost. In the latest in our series celebrating the NHS's 60th anniversary, Ingrid Torjesen asks how the service should decide what it can afford to offer
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The information highway
Two doctors are transforming the way in which the NHS collects and uses data, says Daloni Carlisle
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on the need for evidence
There's a scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail where a king has an errant son under guard. After a father-son exchange, he prepares to leave and asks the guards to stay with his son. After walking a short distance, he turns to find them walking behind him. There ...
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Council opposes East Sussex maternity plans
Changes to maternity services in East Sussex have been put on hold after the county council's health scrutiny committee referred the plans to the health secretary.
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Local control puts boards under the spotlight
The drive for local autonomy means non-executives and chairs are under ever-closer scrutiny. The body charged with recruiting them hopes to prepare them through improved selection and training
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NHS mountain bikes could ride to the climate's rescue
The health service should consider giving people NHS-branded bicycles to help them get fit and contribute to tackling climate change, according to an organiser of a landmark conference on sustainability and the NHS.
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Plan to transform Northern Ireland health services
Northern Ireland health minister Michael McGimpsey has outlined a shake-up of services, including the creation of a new regional body to replace five health and social services boards.
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Patient experience research centre opens
A centre for the research of patient experiences will be launched in Scotland as part of the Better Together programme.
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Learn from patient safety failures, trusts urged
Poor leadership, ineffective management and inadequate teamwork are common to failings in patient safety, the Healthcare Commission has said.A report looking at lessons from 14 investigations said the boards of failing trusts often concentrated on work such as meeting targets or mergers at the expense of other activities.
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nurse nib
Barts and the London trust says a policy that allows nurses to discharge patients without the need to wait for a doctor has already saved the trust thousands of pounds and helped free up hospital beds. Under the scheme senior nurses can discharge patients using clear criteria agreed with medical ...
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Review of free personal care to report in March
Lord Sutherland today confirmed that the independent funding review of free personal and nursing care in Scotland, which he is leading, is on track to report at the end of March.
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Mental health partnership sets out to boost physical health
Improving the quality of life for people with severe and enduring mental illnesses has been the focus of a partnership in Bolton, writes Alan Jones
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NHS bodies ill-equipped to cope with challenges, survey suggests
Health sector organisations are over-confident about their ability to cope with uncertain times, according to new data. The findings suggest that employers in the sector are taking too many risks with their business, despite identifying the key challenges they face.
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Community hospitals grab local care lifeline
Two years after Our Health, Our Care, Our Say promised to shift care away from the acute sector, community hospitals are redefining how they provide services. Alison Moore looks at the emerging models and asks what has held up progress