All Health Service Journal articles in 3 July 2008
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Comment
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On our website, we asked you to tell us who you thought were among the most influential people in the history of the NHS, and why. These are some of your suggestions.
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HSJ Knowledge
Handling an inquest: a guide for NHS managers
Healthcare organisations need to prepare themselves for the challenges of dealing with an inquest, particularly in light of the Human Rights Act and the forthcoming Coroners Bill. Simon Tait and Barbara Anthony explain
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HSJ Knowledge
Making cardiac telemedicine work
One trust has used an EU grant to get its cardiac telemedicine project off the ground. Chris Webb explains
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Comment
Partnership is key to delivering Lord Darzi’s NHS vision
Lord Darzi’s Final Report High Quality Care for All puts quality at the heart of the NHS. His vision can only be achieved on the required scale through new forms of partnership between public, private and third sectors.For healthcare providers, there are some exciting incentives to encourage new service models:As ...
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News
Universal service
The rules that have generated the present set of stories about people being refused cancer treatment do not apply to patients.
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News
Governors and governance
We welcome Monitor's report on its survey of foundation trust governors and agree there is still some way to go in making governance as effective as it needs to be.
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HSJ Knowledge
Future NHS: the heat is on
As the population changes, the web transforms our relationship with information, medicines emerge to suit individuals' genomes and the planet warms, the NHS faces momentous challenges. By Daloni Carlisle
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News
Hospitals may lose out in plan to make funds follow student
The shake-up of education and funding for training proposed by Lord Darzi could have a 'major destabilising impact' on established teaching hospitals.
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News
Polyclinic debate
How depressing to read HSJ's leader which claims the British Medical Association's campaign trades on fear and ignorance.
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Comment
Media Watch: response to Darzi
If Lord Darzi reads his press he will be basking and bawling in equal measure.
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Comment
Michael White on Darzi politics
Even before the saintly Lord Darzi uttered the first sentence of his latest report, or Henley had even voted, the Cameroon Conservatives had got their NHS retaliation in first.
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News
Darzi and patient power
There is no doubt Lord Darzi is a distinguished surgeon, respected and trusted by professional colleagues. And this is at once the strength and weakness of his final report.
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News
Make it count for mental health
Lord Darzi has set out a far-reaching vision for the health service. Giving people who use health services for long periods control of their own budgets can revolutionise healthcare in this country.
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News
Conservatives will support parts of Darzi review
The Conservatives have welcomed parts of the Darzi review, saying they will support proposals that chime with their policies.
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News
Proper incentives for clinicians
At Imperial College Healthcare trust we have been looking at how we might develop the idea of rewarding performance and achievement.
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News
Managers put faith in Darzi's clinical vision
Managers believe Lord Darzi's vision for the NHS, where quality is financially rewarded and commissioning is the lynchpin of the service, is achievable within the next 10 years.
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Leader
Darzi review will be a success when it causes managers grief
Lord Darzi’s next stage review has been met with a remarkable degree of support. The few critics have failed to shoot any substantial holes in it.
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News
Unions call for caution on direct elections move
Unions have called on the Scottish government not to divert money from frontline care by introducing direct elections to NHS boards.
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Lansley slams Darzi's 'bureaucratic' regional roles
Greater influence proposed for strategic health authorities has raised fears about regionalising the NHS.