All Service redesign articles – Page 164
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Comment
The figures are standardised, but the care certainly is not
Research published by Dr Foster this week shows unequivocally that addressing the problem of variation in quality is one of the biggest priorities facing the service this year (see news, page 7).
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Open or shut case as service shake-ups hinge on SNP result
An SNP victory in next week's Scottish elections would take a hatchet to a host of Labour's NHS reforms north of the border, writes Jennifer Trueland
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HSJ Knowledge
David Lee on tough communications
. 'Until you start getting complaints that the same message has been repeated too often, you probably aren't getting through to the masses' ...
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NHS staff risk losing pay and pensions, says union
Tens of thousands of NHS staff could lose out on pay and pensions if they are transferred to privately-run social enterprises, Amicus has warned.A report from the union said social enterprises are outside the NHS and Agenda for Change pay conditions would not necessarily apply.Read the report here
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Toolkit for better hip and knee replacements
A toolkit for orthopaedic teams to improve efficiency in primary hip and knee replacements has been launched by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.It identifies the six key characteristics of high performing organisations and includes audit tools for managers and teams to improve patient care.Read the report here
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Hospital patients to get VTE risk assessments
Every patient should be assessed for potentially fatal blood clots on admission to hospital, chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson announced as he launched a working party report on venous thromboembolism (VTE).A national risk assessment tool is being developed for clinicians to detect the complications of VTE, which include deep ...
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Government pledges £30m for safer women's mental health wards
Up to £30m in funding has been awarded to improve safety in adult inpatient mental health wards, particularly for women service users, following the safety issues highlighted in the National Patient Safety Agency report With Safety in Mind.National director for mental health, Louis Appleby, said in a letter to mental ...
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Comment
It's up to executive teams to champion productive wards
Do ward staff need the encouragement and support of their executive team to get on and make changes to improve everyday processes?
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Time to draw a line under Granger era
The national programme for IT is reeling from its most damning verdict yet - this week's report from the Commons public accounts committee that condemns uncertainty over the schedule of implementation and value for money (see news, page 9).
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Diagnostic test waiting times released by DoH
Diagnostics waiting times and activity data for February and the census of all diagnostic tests up to December 31 2006 have been published by the Department of Health.The data shows progress in tackling waiting times for tests such as scans. The monthly data gives the waiting times for 15 key ...
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MPs urgently demand a new IT strategy
A Commons scrutiny committee has said 'urgent' action is needed to rescue the national IT programme.
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NHS University: 'embarrassing' failure to deliver value for money, says government review
The NHS University, the internal training and education body which cost £72m and was scrapped after less than two years, delivered 'too little too late', according to a scathing report that the government tried to suppress.
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Move a fifth of surgery to specialists, says Darzi
A fifth of all planned surgery should be concentrated at specialist hospitals, according to a report by Professor Sir Ara Darzi, the national adviser on surgery.
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How crude tariffs are getting under the skin of specialists
Dermatologists and rheumatologists have claimed their specialties are under threat of bankruptcy and patient care at risk as the payment by results tariffs do not cover costs. Is a move into community care services really a better option, asks Daloni Carlisle
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Top-level shake-up continues at DoH
The reorganisation of top-level management in the Department of Health is to be continued following the departure of Bill McCarthy, its director of policy and strategy.
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NAO says consultants' contract is poor value
Under the new NHS consultants' contract, consultants in England are earning on average 25 per cent more than three years ago but are working the same number of hours or less states the report from the National Audit Office.The report on the contract found that while it has the potential ...
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New consultant contract 'not value for money'
The new hospital consultant contract is not delivering expected value for money, according to a National Audit Office report.
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Error data shows concern over coding
Comparative analysis of patient safety using a set of US indicators has heightened concerns about the quality of NHS trust coding, according to a Dr Foster Intelligence study.
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Cancer charity warning over HRT link
Cancer Research UK has highlighted a study published in the Lancet that has found women who take hormone replacement therapy are more likely to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer and to die of the disease.Results from the Million Women Study, the biggest of its kind in the world, show that ...