All Service redesign articles – Page 177
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Turning curves
In the first part of our series on organisational turnaround, HSJ writers quiz three NHS trusts on how they fought their way back from the brink of financial Armageddon
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Simon Stevens on long tails and J curves
'Bremmer's book turns in a clever explanation for why things often get worse before they get better'
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'Couple of genuine guys' pay visit to Kingston
The chief executive of the first hospital to be visited by the prime minister and health secretary in their new roles told HSJ they 'seemed like a couple of genuine guys'.
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Public health must move in 'corridors of power'
The voice of public health must become less 'fragmented', according to new Faculty of Public Health president Professor Alan Maryon Davis.
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The SHA interviews, Margaret Edwards: 'People can see that the NHS is core to me'
Laura Donnelly interviews the new chief executive of Yorkshire and the Humber SHA
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London SHA struggling to cope with junior doctor recruitment
London's strategic health authority has spent millions of pounds and employed hundreds of extra staff to handle the junior doctor recruitment process.
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Cooking up a storm
An organisation the size of the NHS has a huge responsibility to the environment and communities. But are trusts ready to do their bit? Kaye McIntosh investigates
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Mike Cooke on mental health
'We have to dance, sing and juggle, often at the same time - and now we need more proof we are accountable'
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Reconfiguration: Maidstone faces opposition to emergency surgery consultation
A Kent trust's plan to centralise emergency orthopaedic and general surgery work is facing opposition from local people who fear they will have to make longer journeys to access urgent care.
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Herts consultation labelled a 'sham'
A Hertfordshire trust has announced plans to withdraw services from one of its sites - just 12 days after a public board meeting at which the issue was not discussed.
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Michael White on consultants
Chairing a session at a recent Unison conference on the future of the NHS I chided Clive Efford, Labour MP for Eltham in south London, after he had cheerfully abused consultants. I think the word he used was 'spivs', unaware that the room was full of them, including the nice ...
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Confederation hits out at regulation overhaul
The Healthcare Commission's plans for the annual healthcheck ratings are 'bordering on performance management', the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Report condemns 'information overload'
Trust boards are drowning in 'Amazonian' levels of useless information, the latest Intelligent Board report from Dr Foster has found.
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The Fall Guys: staff safety is a major concern
Violence against NHS staff is still at unacceptable levels, with incidents often unreported and perpetrators uncharged. Emma Dent reports
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Private companies to join support framework
The Department of Health is set to announce next week the list of private companies that have won a place on the government's national framework for procuring external support for commissioners, HSJ has learned.
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Local health community Demonstrators
The NHS Integrated Service Improvement Programme is working with strategic health authorities to support the change agenda.
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How overview and scrutiny committees can help, or hinder, NHS service redesign
Nick Edwards reports on a survey of OSC chairs about their attitudes towards NHS managers
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Scrutiny committee overruled in Herts
A health scrutiny committee has complained to the health secretary after a mental health ward was closed despite its objections.
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Listen and learn: keys to good commissioning
How does accountability to patients and the public fit into the commissioning framework, asks David Colin-Thome. Below, Tim Gilling outlines the 10 areas essential to effective scrutiny
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Health Commission Wales under threat
A major question-mark has been placed over the future of Health Commission Wales - the agency dealing with highly specialised services - after it was slammed by the Welsh Assembly's audit committee.