All Health Service Journal articles in 10 July 2008
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Integrating healthcare IT systems
Integrating hospitals' IT systems presents big challenges. Here, one newly formed trust explains how it is accomplishing the task
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NHS fraud investigations - know your obligations
The NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service can demand that trusts produce documents under the NHS Act 2006. Here, Andrew Craggs offers advice to managers on dealing with such requests
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Developing the endoscopy practitioner role
Angela Gardiner explains the benefits of developing the role of endoscopy practitioner and outlines the training available
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Protecting NHS data
NHS managers should prepare their organisations for tougher data protection rules coming into force. Simon Charlton explains
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Comment
Angela Greatley on a new vision for mental health
Next year, the first of the government's national service frameworks will come to an end. The adult mental health framework was published in 1999 as a 10-year plan for improving services and setting out what patients could expect from them.
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News
Raise the SBAR
Inadequate communication and weak teamwork often feature in reports of patient safety incidents to the National Patient Safety Agency ('Anyone here a doctor who speaks nurse?').
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News
Treasury set to rein in public spend
The Treasury has launched a fresh public sector efficiency review in a bid to keep an ever tighter rein on the public sector finances.
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Pensions reform
Reform of the NHS pension regime must be a priority for any government serious about health reform.
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HSJ Knowledge
Proud to nurse
I was a patient from 1942-52 and then went on against doctors' advice to become a nurse myself - and I was very proud to pay back my debt to society. (Sixty Years of the NHS supplement)
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News
News in pictures: women surgeons
The portraits of six female surgeons go on show today at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. The photographs, by Jane Brettle, mark the work of female surgeons who have played a major role at the college and helped raise the profile of women in surgery.
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Sickness management
The article Dealing with presenteeism contains misleading comments attributed to Julian Topping, head of workplace health at NHS Employers. It does not reflect the views of either Mr Topping or NHS Employers.
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News
Stressed leaders?
In an article in Quality in Healthcare in 2001, we reviewed the evidence for the effects of leadership on financial management and quality of care. We concluded development programmes should be tailored to the complexities involved.
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Mental health killings point to lack of support for teams
Independent investigations into the care and treatment of two mental health patients who went on to kill have highlighted a lack of support for mental health team managers.
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Question mark over future of NHS Institute
A question mark is hanging over the future of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement following Lord Darzi's review of the health service.
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Meldrum urges doctors to take leading role in reform
Doctors must 'roll up their sleeves' and get involved in Lord Darzi's healthcare reforms or risk being marginalised, irrelevant and ignored, according to the British Medical Association chairman.
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Shift in IT policy as trusts told they can develop their own system
The Department of Health has signalled a shift in the national programme for IT that will see it supporting NHS organisations that want to develop their own systems.
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Hospital death rates published
Death rates for four hospital procedures will be published by the Department of Health today in a move designed to help patients make more informed choices.
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Darzi drives doctors to scale the dizzy heights
The next stage review makes a priority of getting more clinicians into leadership roles. Alison Moore explores the implications of the workforce strategy for clinical professionals
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A Darzi future relies on data quality
Lord Darzi's report rightly focuses on patient care and sets out a broad and demanding agenda to achieve its vision of high quality of care for all.
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Comment
Simon Stevens on a good year for Darzi
As wine experts will occasionally admit, it's hard to know how a new vintage will perform. Wines age, maturation takes time. And a decent bottle may be overshadowed by a later blockbuster year.