All Service redesign articles – Page 170
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'Raise bar' on consulting
Trusts and strategic health authorities must 'raise the bar' on the quality of local service consultations, says Sir Ian Carruthers in his national review of current reconfiguration proposals.
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Chest cancer framework published
A framework for improving care received by people with mesothelioma, a chest cancer related to exposure to asbestos, has been launched.The framework includes advice on how to build on structures of care already in place for lung cancer patients.Read the framework here
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Campaigners plan weekend protest
Campaigners are calling for the public and NHS staff to protest against service reforms in south London.Protestors will be demonstrating against service reviews at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals trust.Find out more here
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Alliance chair joins cancer board
NHS Alliance chair Dr Michael Dixon has been appointed to the new cancer reform strategy board.Dr Dixon said he aimed to 'breaking down the barriers' between care pathways across secondary and primary care.
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King's Fund identifies key NHS challenges
The NHS needs to overcome five key challenges to create a viable, long-term future when lower growth in funding kicks in from 2008, according to the King's Fund.Its report, Funding Healthcare: 2008 and beyond, says the government must take action to reduce variation in performance and clinical practice in the ...
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Poll finds low awareness of choice options
Public awareness of the ability to choose a hospital for a referral remains relatively low, although more patients say they are being offered choice and four in five of those are happy with the process, according to a poll by Ipsos MORI.The results of the September 2006 national patient choice ...
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Partnership agreement for joint working agreed
The government, NHS Employers and unions have signed a partnership agreement to show their collective commitment to joint working.The Department of Health said the new agreement would provide a 'springboard' to promote effective partnership on the workforce implications of policy.Find out more here
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Institute launches new No Delays Achiever
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched an improved second version of its No Delays Achiever, a web-based tool created to help NHS organisations achieve the 18-week target for GP referral to first treatment.More than 140 NHS organisations are registered as users of the free service, which was ...
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Top thinkers hail power of imagination
If clinicians are the likely generators of the ideas that will transform NHS performance, managers need the confidence to create the space for them to blossom. Our main feature this week looks at a group of very different ideas with the potential to make a huge difference locally and nationally.
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Healthcare bodies in patient safety pledge
Key healthcare organisations will today make a public commitment to partnership in improving patient safety.The pledge will be made at a summit hosted by the National Patient Safety Agency and the Healthcare Commission.Read the press release here
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Minister calls for action on BME mental health services
Health minister Rosie Winterton has called for 'rapid improvement in the way mental health services respond to the needs of black and minority ethnic patients'.Ms Winterton said one in five BME patients treated in hospital for a mental health problem comes from a black and minority ethnic background.Read the press ...
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BMA sceptical over Blair's new push to meet 18-week target
Doctors have warned that financial difficulties in the NHS could block plans to hit next year's maximum 18-week waiting target by using operating theatres round the clock.
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New Deal for Carers launched
The government is to unveil its New Deal for Carers, which will see £33m used for measures to help people who care for elderly or disabled relatives.Most of the money, £25m, will go to local authorities to fund emergency respite care for people who need a break from the demands ...
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Cancer reform strategy board members announced
The advisory board for development of the new cancer reform strategy was announced by health minister Rosie Winterton today.The board's membership is drawn from experts across the cancer field including chief executives of major charities, cancer patients, social care and NHS clinicians and managers. See a list of board members ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Infection control: an outbreak of innovation
A robust outbreak escalation process has helped a trust cut Clostridium difficile cases by 50 per cent in the past year. Em Wilkinson-Brice and colleagues explain how it was done
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Cancer care: quick, clever and caring
An ambulatory surgery service for women undergoing breast surgery has cut target times and saved money, as Jo Marsden and colleagues explain
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Thirteen areas make 18-week target pledge
Thirteen local health communities today pledged to meet the government's 18-week treatment target a full year before the rest of the NHS.The government has said that by the end of 2008, patients can expect a maximum wait of 18 weeks from referral to the start of treatment. Eighteen weeks is ...
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Minister launches coding strategy
Health minister Lord Hunt has launched a strategy document on using auto identification data capture technologies.Coding for success - simple technology for safer patient care encourages the NHS and medical industry to use a standard coding system to help prevent medical error, increase efficiency and save money.Read the press release ...
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Acute and PCT indicators extended
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement and the Department of Health want to extend the current 13 quarterly Better Care, Better Value indicators for primary care trusts and acute trusts to 30 from the start of the next financial year.DoH commissioning director Duncan Selbie and NHS Institute chief executive ...
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Restructuring: how to get closure with your local MP
Anne Campbell offers pointers on how to get local MPs onside when your organisation