All Service redesign articles – Page 144
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Report on shifting services to community settings
The Department of Health has published a report on frontline experience and evidence of shifting services into community settings.
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Clinical effectiveness recommendations published
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson and Professor Sir John Tooke have launched recommendations on how the NHS can ensure more patients receive the most effective treatments.
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Creating a viable national maternity service
Confidence in flexible community midwifery services should transform current reliance on acute settings, writes Marina Colville
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Sophia Christie on collective commissioning
Commissioning needs to be reformed and strengthened at every level, writes Sophia Christie
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Foundation trusts applications: shape up or ship out
The deadline for all acute trusts to apply for foundation status by 2008 has proved unrealistic. What now for those that have not made the leap? Helen Mooney reports
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Occupancy rates raise infection risk, say Lib Dems
Almost half of NHS trusts have bed occupancy rates that put patients at risk of contracting healthcare-acquired infections, according to the Liberal Democrats.
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NHS Scotland consultation launched
The Scottish government has launched a consultation on plans to introduce independent scrutiny of proposals for major changes to NHS services.
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Michael White on managers and motivation
If middle managers don't manage and nurses are poorly motivated, no amount of money can solve the NHS's problems, says Michael White
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Welsh trust mergers get green light
The Welsh government is set to go ahead with its reconfiguration of acute services across south east and west Wales.
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Junior doctors face a difficult job market
Already bruised by MTAS, junior doctors are now feeling the effects of market competition - but did the DoH bungle its workforce planning, asks Noel Plumridge, or did it know what it was doing all along?
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Health check case study: Mid Cheshire Hospitals trust praises staff
Mid Cheshire Hospitals trust has praised the efforts of staff in turning around a double 'weak' rating to a double 'good' assessment.
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Long-term care reforms will seek fairer system
The government's review of long-term care could shift the balance of payment between the individual and the state.
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New hope for people with long-term conditions
A new £4.95m Health Foundation initiative working with patients and staff across theUKhas offered new hope to people with long-term conditions. The Co-creating Health project will empower local people with long-term conditions to take control of their lives by encouraging better partnership working between patients, doctors and nurses.
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Patient choice: a systematic approach
Another 'once in a lifetime' review of the NHS is upon us and despite the inevitable cynicism, there appears to be good reason to believe that Lord Darzi's review will bring a step change in the quality of care, writes Natalie Grazin
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LMCs don't want polyclinics
GPs are set to challenge Lord Darzi’s blueprint for the NHS inLondon.BMA local medical committees inLondonhave called in doctors from the Royal College of GPs and the London Deanery in a bid to commission research that challenges what they say are assumptions in the plan.GPs are particularly anxious about the ...
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Patient involvement: young clients can become the boss
Getting users to shape a support service for young people was a tricky balancing act but worth the effort, writes Lizzie Neill
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Foreign affairs: migration and the NHS
Uncertainty about the number of migrant workers in Britain means that planning for demand on local NHS services may become increasingly tricky, writes Alison Moore
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Mental health at work: down should not mean out of a job in the NHS
People with mental health problems often get chewed up and spat out of work. The NHS can lead the way in breaking a vicious circle that has a high price for both employee and employer, says Steve Shrubb
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Conservatives defend district general pledge
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has defended the Conservative party's pledge to 'save' district general hospitals.
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Darzi report message is clear: reform faster
Lord Darzi's interim report for his review of the NHS clears the way for private sector providers to break the logjam over GP access.