All Service redesign articles – Page 97
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CommentAlan Maynard: could the Tories give PCTs bite?
The ‘toothless bulldogs’ of the NHS might hope for more control over purchasing under the Conservatives
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NewsIndependent review of Cornwall reconfiguration
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel is to review a controversial reconfiguration of upper gastro-intestinal cancer services in the South West.
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HSJ KnowledgeTransforming community services: handover heralds a flexible future
Transferring community services to a foundation trust allows one PCT to focus on choice, say Jamie Foster and Jane Gateley
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CommentStephen Eames on NHS merger turkeys
Most evidence of the impact of mergers is mixed and suggests benefits do not always materialise.
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CommentJanice Stevens on same sex hospital accommodation
Same sex facilities call for changed attitudes more than new buildings
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NewsReport highlights trauma care variations
Up to 600 victims of stabbing, shooting and road accidents die each year due to “unacceptable” variations in how NHS hospitals manage trauma cases, according to an official report.
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NewsTrusts told to monitor use of safer surgery checklist
Many acute trusts could be failing to monitor the use of a mandatory patient safety tool, HSJ understands.
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NewsHome care ‘could save NHS more than £1bn a year’
The health service could save more than £1bn each year by increasing the number of patients it treats at home rather than in hospital, according to a report seen by HSJ.
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NewsProvider arms given timetable to vertically integrate
Most primary care trust provider arms will be expected to integrate with acute or mental health trusts by the end of March 2011, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS improvement: find the right ways to do things differently
With trusts under increasing pressure to improve performance on tighter finances there are some aspects they should all be tackling now, says David McArtney
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NewsPCT benefits from ambitious knowledge and skills framework redesign
A Yorkshire primary care trust has successfully transformed the knowledge and skills framework into a tool to aid workforce planning and boost productivity.
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HSJ Knowledge
Pathology Modernisation
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Pathology Modernisation conference
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HSJ Knowledge
Pathology Modernisation - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Pathology Modernisation conference
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CommentCan healthcare spending thaw icy economies?
Health spending represents great value both as a short term economic stimulus and for its long term economic benefits.
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NewsElder care pilot slashes hospital admissions
A pilot programme for improving care of older patients has slashed hospital overnight stays and accident and emergency attendances, and produced significant financial savings.
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NewsCancer care plans could cut costs
Primary care trusts could make significant cost savings by adopting a more personalised approach to the follow-up care of cancer patients, national clinical director for cancer Professor Sir Mike Richards has said.
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NewsFour countries’ pulses beat to different tunes
The devolved nations of the NHS are showing striking contrasts in productivity and performance, with Scotland’s policy paths in particular appearing to have led its services into a much less healthy state than England’s. Alison Moore reports
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Brian James: how to save NHS services in a recession
If politicians want to protect frontline services, they should ask those working there what they should do
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NewsPCTs face redesign backlashes as cost cuts loom
Primary care trusts face a tough year attempting to convince the public that service redesigns are in the best interests of patients and cost-saving measures are inevitable.
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HSJ Knowledge
Trauma service transformation
The Healthcare for London programme is carrying out a clinically driven service reconfiguration that will ensure world class care at all stages of the patient journey. The Healthcare for London major trauma team explains how they have tackled the challenge of centralising trauma care in the capital.