All Health Service Journal articles in 28 May 2009
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HSJ KnowledgeWorking in partnership to tackle health inequalities
Managers from NHS Birmingham East and North explain the work their PCT has done to tackle health inequalities. Sponsored by Dr Foster
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Using business intelligence to drive improvement in the NHS
Business intelligence can help health managers get the most out of the data available. Stuart Shepherd reports
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NewsNHS trust director to lead national review of welfare system
An NHS trust director is to lead a national review of how the welfare system treats people with mental health conditions.
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SupplementsRound table - health Innovation: the future's bright
As spending is reined in the NHS must find ways to increase quality without raising costs. The answer, according to chief executive David Nicholson, is innovation. Jennifer Taylor finds out how the NHS can become cutting edge while stimulating economic growth
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CommunityWhite noise
Hot on the heels of its advice on what to do if approached by a sneezing piglet in a sombrero, the Department of Health has issued tips on how to survive the impending heatwave.
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CommentMichael White on the patient-consumer parallel
It is always good to hear the NHS’s top brass trumpeting the service’s virtues, as NHS chief executive David Nicholson did when launching his third annual report. At least his list of modest triumphs serves to counteract some of the negativity generated by more regular reports of NHS failures in ...
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HSJ KnowledgePast, present and future productivity in the NHS
Higher performance bought with heavy investment in the NHS is in jeopardy from arbitrary cost cutting in the name of efficiency. Andrew Street reports
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NewsNew NHS tariff upsets PCT financial plans
Cost inflation caused by the introduction of the latest version of the payment by results tariff could hit primary care trusts’ preparations for the financial downturn, commissioners have warned.
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CommunityLookey-Likey: David Stout and Richard Thomas
NHS Confederation primary care trust network director David Stout has more in common with information commissioner Richard Thomas than just looks: both take a keen interest in freedom of information laws, on which Mr Stout has penned a report.
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HSJ KnowledgeInterim NHS managers help solve long term crises
NHS organisations can fill management gaps with talented interim professionals. Stuart Shepherd looks at the work of a programme that specialises in bailing out trusts in need
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NewsTrusts in the dark over cost of private patients
How much should NHS hospitals be charging to make a profit on private care? With foundation trusts’ income cap up for debate, Sally Gainsbury looks into costs, calculations and rates of return
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NewsMassive variation in London child obesity
Childhood obesity levels vary by more than 100 per cent between primary care trusts within London.
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Comment
Sheila Williams on changing your habits
There seems to be a lot of change happening right now - personal, professional, economic, regulatory. Enough to affect everyone at least a little. So why is it that we often intend to make changes in our lives, make some progress but then end up right back where we started?
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NewsPotential bidders circle as first NHS trust goes up for grabs
Twenty-two NHS organisations, including one based 200 miles away, are vying to take over the first trust offered up for competitive takeover.
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Leader
Takeover is a test-run for nervous bidders
The NHS has entered the world of competitive trust takeovers. In the first process of its kind, NHS East of England has invited bids to takeover Bedfordshire and Luton Mental Health and Social Care Partnership trust, after its chair and non-executive directors resigned in February. This act of governance harakiri ...
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LeaderSafe, streamlined services give the best – and cheapest – care
There are signs of rancour in the NHS over how best to address the forthcoming funding squeeze.
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SupplementsDivide and conquer: how patient segmentation can beat inequality
Tackling health inequalities is one of the most complex and important tasks facing the healthcare system today.