Information strategy details: Lansley promises online GP access to 'end 8am rush'
The health secretary has promised patients easier interaction with GP practices, as he published the long awaited NHS information strategy today.
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Pension reform deterring would-be doctors - BMA
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Information Centre to focus on cost of over-60s hospital care
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Night discharges controversy down to the time data was entered, says Barnet and Chase Farm
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Burns go-ahead for 2012 clinical excellence awards
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RCN prepared to battle government over regional pay plans
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Day surgery could increase by 15pc say analysts
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Mixed-sex breaches rise across the NHS
Integration pioneer Torbay to merge
STRUCTURE: Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care Trust looks set to abandon its foundation trust ambitions and seek a merger.
Analysed: reform of education and training budgets in London
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week, HSJ looks at reform of education and training budgets in London.
Information Centre to focus on cost of over-60s hospital care
Patients aged 60 and over account for more than half of the income hospitals receive under the payment-by-results tariff, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has reported.
Pension reform deterring would-be doctors - BMA
Junior doctors have been urged to fight for their pensions amid fears government reforms could dissuade talented students from studying medicine.
Thriving in the NHS - five tips for healthcare leaders
Redundancies, reduced budgets and endless uncertainty. Being a senior manager in the NHS certainly brings its challenges. But there is a way to turn almost every high-pressure situation into an opportunity to shine, as Judith Krichefski explanis.
RCN chief 'fears' for commissioners negotiating with private sector
NHS commissioners will be “taken to the cleaners” by private sector providers, the head of the Royal College of Nursing has claimed.
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Can the NHS afford not to adopt mobile working?
With £20bn savings needed and the demographic time bomb ticking, how can the NHS afford not to adopt mobile working?
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Dial Q for quality: the programme helping healthcare leaders deliver change
To improve quality leaders must focus on relationships that facilitate change. Daloni Carlisle looks at a project to develop the right skills.
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The six steps to delivering better stroke care
Five years on from the National Stroke Strategy, London has turned around its performance. Alec Fraser, Sue Fenwick Elliot and David Cohen explain how the changes were made.
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Why stroke care in England needs modernising further
The inconsistency in stroke care across England shows that although some issues have been addressed, there is still room for improvement, says Damian Jenkinson.
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How to utilise the technology that can transform urgent care
Technology that could revolutionise care has already been developed, so how do we roll it out to all of the NHS, ask Jim Parle and Terry Young.
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Thriving in the NHS - five tips for healthcare leaders
Redundancies, reduced budgets and endless uncertainty. Being a senior manager in the NHS certainly brings its challenges. But there is a way to turn almost every high-pressure situation into an opportunity to shine, as Judith Krichefski explanis.
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How to implement evidence-based stroke care
Alec Fraser and colleagues discuss four challenges that were overcome in successfully implementing better stroke services.
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Analysing the results of the largest ever stroke care survey
The Stroke Association conducted the largest ever survey of stroke survivors undertaken in the UK to get a better understanding of the issues facing stroke survivors in their daily lives. Joe Korner looks at the responses.
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The issues facing 'suitable alternative employment' changes
Sejal Raja considers the issues faced by employers when seeking to redeploy employees and justifying that the new role is suitable alternative employment to avoid a redundancy payment being made.





