Health Service Journal
8 March 2007
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18 weeks supplement: how to target no delays
Achieving the 18-week patient pathway is arguably the most important and certainly the most ambitious initiative the NHS has ever committed to, as it will transform the patient’s experience. -
Andy Burnham to launch Information Centre business plan
Andy Burnham, minister of state for delivery and reform, will be the keynote speaker at the launch of the Information Centre for health and social care's business plan 2007/08 and information strategy. -
Best practice: stopping patients falling in hospital
When a patient falls in hospital it betrays the principle that a doctor - and by extension the healthcare system - should do no harm. -
Emma Dent
Bring back cotton hankies. In addition to having an increasingly sore nose, a grumpier than usual disposition and failing taste buds, I am also fighting the urge to be consumed with guilt. -
Geraint Lewis on predicting admissions and the wisdom of staff
Geraint Lewis on predictive risk algorithms -
Legal briefing: franchising
Merger with a successful foundation trusts may seem the obvious solution for failing trusts. Indeed, the first such merger between Heart of England and Good Hope is well under way. But merging a successful trust with an unsuccessful target will not necessarily create a financially viable organisation, and the risks could be hugely unattractive to risk-conscious foundation trusts. -
New system for processing commissioning data sets
The NHS-Wide Clearing Service was decommissioned on 31 December 2006. The secondary uses service is now the single NHS wide system for processing commissioning data sets. -
Preparing for healthcare resource group four
Healthcare resource groups are standard groupings of clinically similar treatments which use comparable levels of healthcare resource. -
Stronger links between annual health check and peer review
Links between peer review and the annual health check are to be strengthened, following discussions between the Health Commission and Information Centre.
