All Health Service Journal articles in 26 July 2012
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Single patient bedrooms
Are hospitals with 100% single patient bedrooms the answer to healthcare needs?
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How well do you want to live?
The number of people in the world aged 80 or over is expected to almost quadruple by 2050, rising to 395m or 4.3% of the global population.
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What’s healthcare worth to you?
With debate raging in the UK about legislation to introduce the private sector to the National Health Service (NHS), now might be a good time to ask what value we place upon healthcare. And of course, the answer to that depends upon where you live.
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Building healthy communities
Improving the health of disadvantaged communities presents a complex challenge; one that we are only starting to understand, let alone effectively address.
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Can inspiration be contagious?
In a year when the eyes of the world will be turning towards Britain, firstly for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and then the Olympic and Paralympic Games, civic buildings are one feature that can highlight the true character of a nation.
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The key to successful waterfront development?
Apparently, one out of five people choose to live in a city that is located beside water.
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Good design demands strong design culture
Good design is cool, right? Definitely. But good design is about much more than fashion.
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Sports venues of the future
The UK has a goal of attracting 80 international sporting events by 2015.
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Jump-starting the EV battery market
Creating a market for used batteries would help to reduce cost barriers to electric vehicle uptake.
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Landfill sites can make great nature reserves
Because landfill sites are man-made, they offer the chance to create unique habitats that are a positive contrast to the surrounding landscape typology.
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Give plastics a second chance
The great advantage of plastics is their diversity of types and properties. Sadly, this is also the biggest obstacle to recycling them.
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How High Speed 1 revitalised Stratford
The redevelopment of Stratford in East London, sparked by the High Speed 1 rail line, is a great example of what a creative, independent approach to projects can do for a major city.
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Airports and passenger-centric design
In the competitive world of global aviation, airports designed around the ever-changing needs of passengers will continually gain the edge over their competitors.
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We can't use biomass for everything
There has been already been a lot of excitement (and heated debate) about the contribution biomass can make to our energy needs.
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Electric cars: a numbers game
When it comes to predicting the rate of electric vehicle (EV) uptake, one thing is clear: there is little consensus.
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NE ambulance service below target in rural areas
PERFORMANCE: The North East Ambulance Service is struggling to achieve emergency response targets in rural areas despite a £1.9 million investment in services, board papers show.
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Yorkshire Ambulance Service top performer on emergency calls
PERFORMANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service has outperformed all other English ambulance trusts on responding to emergency calls within eight minutes so far this year.
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MSA breaches at Warrington and Halton
PERFORMANCE: Lastest board papers reveal breaches of the government’s rules on mixed sex accomodation earlier this year at Warrington and Halton Hopsitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Incomplete pathways increase at NHS Halton and St Helens
PERFORMANCE: Halton and St Helens PCT has seen an increase in patients waiting for treatment, with 7 per cent more than planned in April, shows a report to the NHS Merseyside PCT cluster.