All Service redesign articles – Page 151

  • News

    Dignity campaign extended to mental healthcare

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    A campaign launched to help elderly people is to be extended to improve the care of people with mental health problems, care services minister Ivan Lewis has announced.

  • News

    Scotland falling behind on waiting time target

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has said meeting the country's national cancer waiting time target is 'long overdue'.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Born under a bad sign

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Perinatal depression is gaining a higher profile, with. a drive to increase awareness and provide wider access. to specialist provision. Emma Dent reports

  • News

    Union 'gobsmacked' by ambulance funds blow

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    North West Ambulance Service trust has admitted it can only afford to buy 35 of the 128 ambulances it needs to replace, raising questions over the reconfigured service's buying power.

  • News

    Inquiry calls for action on age discrimination

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Age barriers to mental health services must be removed to end widespread discrimination against older people, a national inquiry has found.

  • News

    Inquiry calls for action on age discrimination

    2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Age barriers to mental health services must be removed to end widespread discrimination against older people, a national inquiry has found.

  • Comment

    Hospital closure is not an option

    2007-08-14T00:00:00Z

    This letter is in response to 'Super kids in bid to save hospital' (news, page 6, 2 August).The article states: 'Closing the [Royal Surrey] hospital is one of a number of options being considered by NHS South East Coast.' This is not true.Surrey primary care trust has been publicly discussing ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    New research links healthcare spending to outcomes

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    The Health Foundation has published the first independent analysis of the Department of Health's programme budgeting data across 300 primary care trusts.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Professionals submit their ideas for improving healthcare

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Nearly 100 professionals have submitted their ideas for improving the quality of healthcare in the UK as part of a prize draw run by the Health Foundation at the NHS Confederation conference in June and the foundation's own summer event in July.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Stephen Thornton on developing leaders

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    'Shared leadership is based on the idea that teams work together more effectively if all team members assert their individual leadership qualities'

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Reducing maternal death rates in Malawi

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Maternal and neo-natal death is one of the biggest healthcare issues facing developing countries. To help tackle this, the Health Foundation is running a three-year programme dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare for mothers and babies in Malawi.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    David Lee on encouraging honesty

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    Once again, it is the time of year when a young manager's thoughts turn to the staff survey. The NHS staff survey is the largest of its kind in the world, and annual familiarity can breed contempt. But the results have a way of impacting on organisations' parts that even ...

  • Comment

    Hospital closure is not an option

    2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

    This letter is in response to.'Super kids in bid to save hospital' (news, page 6, 2 August).

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Stephen Thornton on developing leaders

    2007-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Plastic-wrapped Devon fudge appearing in the office kitchen is a sure sign that August has arrived. Bringing back treats from your summer travels can be a nice way to foster team spirit, but it's not necessarily the most effective.The Health Foundation has been testing ways to build strong teams using ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Tackling the 18-week wait

    2007-08-10T00:00:00Z

    Achieving the referral to treatment target will require the involvement of all staff, writes Alastair Henderson

  • News

    Darzi pledges not to tinker

    2007-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Junior health minister Lord Darzi has pledged not to 'tinker' with the tools of reform as part of his Next Stage review of the NHS.

  • News

    GP tendering could herald new era of competition for practices

    2007-08-09T00:00:00Z

    A scheme allowing primary care trusts greater sway over GP services could be the 'tip of the iceberg' in exposing family doctors to competition.

  • News

    Meldrum unconvinced by BMA's 'cosy' reform plans

    2007-08-09T00:00:00Z

    The new chairman of the British Medical Association has distanced himself from one of the union's major recommendations for health service reform.

  • Comment

    Darzi takes the blows as review develops

    2007-08-09T00:00:00Z

    'Darzi says his rapid consultations around the country, as he prepares his interim report for October's comprehensive spending review, demonstrate widespread support for the current direction of reform'

  • Comment

    Established GPs prepare to feel the heat of big business

    2007-08-09T00:00:00Z

    'Running a practice may not be a huge money-spinner for commercial firms, but the rewards from a greater role in commissioning could be considerable'