All Voluntary sector/third sector articles – Page 12
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Comment‘The Health Act is a car crash and that’s a shame’
‘Red Tory’ Phillip Blond, the thinker behind the Big Society, talks about how to put it right
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HSJ KnowledgeDispense with the old way of doing things
Lack of transparency in the medicines supply chain is of concern to many observers
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CommentLighten the checklist load
How changes to criminal record checks will affect the healthcare profession
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CommentThe focus on reablement
How health care and social housing can join to deliver good reablement is being fervently discussed
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HSJ KnowledgeA collaborative operation
Charities and the NHS should work together to deliver joined-up care patients deserve
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy NHS staff are going solo
The conditions are right for frontline staff to consider a move towards independence
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HSJ KnowledgeIn control of their condition
Clinics are making patients feel more informed and autonomous
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CommentReaders' letters – 19 July 2012
The information strategy has put data centre stage – but it is missing vital details on how it will be used; plus, why the voluntary sector is a hidden role
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to put patients at the centre of palliative care
Partnership working has been vital to delivering a co-ordinated 24-hour palliative care service, write Annie Macleod and Nicky Bannister.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow voluntary organisations can demonstrate their value
Local voluntary organisations bring value to healthcare – but now they need to demonstrate how, says Lisa Weaks.
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CommentThe NHS must address its blind spot on older people's services
End ageism and care will improve for all.
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HSJ Knowledge
How the government can promote the value of social enterprise
Social enterprises must be dealt a fair hand, says Ross Griffiths.
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NewsMental health charity funding falls as demand grows
Mental health services run by the charity Mind have seen a cut of 5.7 per cent in funding at the same time as a surge in demand from people requiring help.
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CommentMichael White: Burns resumes battle with NHS procurement
The private sector is not a magic wand.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: levelling the provider playing field
HSJ’s financial columnist on ‘sharks’, ‘ugly sisters’ and social enterprise.
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HSJ Local
Specialist trust chief executive leaves for charity
WORKFORCE: Jane Collins, chief executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust, is stepping down to take up the chief executive’s role at Marie Curie Cancer Care.
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HSJ Local
West Mids volunteers respond to 999 calls
PERFORMANCE: Volunteer paramedics in the West Midlands responded to more than 400 999 calls last month, it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
Mental health trust wins substance misuse contracts
COMMERCIAL: Derbyshire Healthcare FT has embarked on a new three-year contract to provide substance misuse services to people in the city of Derby and wider county.
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Comment
Health charities can help rescue the innovation drive
The challenging QIPP targets NHS is aiming to achieve can be helped by the voluntary sector, argues Marie Curie Cancer Care chief executive Thomas Hughes-hallet.
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Blogs
Are online patients empowered patients?
Liberating health data can stimulate innovation and get patients involved in their own health, according to one speaker at a US event. Pamela Garside blogs about whether this approach could take off in the UK as well.