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Patient experience

Stories with this category.

Ward changes at Pilgrim to improve care

25-May-2012
New patient rating system plans welcomed

25-May-2012
How patient perspectives can help improve service design

24-May-2012
'It is within leaders' power to make things better'

24-May-2012
Overnight discharge data questioned as hospitals hit back

24-May-2012
Information strategy an early example of major policy process - DH

23-May-2012
Shropshire Healthwatch consultation

22-May-2012
Sherwood FT two years without MRSA

21-May-2012
Patient discharged with cannula

21-May-2012
Information strategy details: Lansley promises online GP access to 'end 8am rush'

20-May-2012
Nottingham draws up death advice for children

18-May-2012
Mixed-sex breaches rise across the NHS

18-May-2012
'A culture shift can help reduce prescription wastage'

17-May-2012
Diabetes audit reveals thousands of errors in one week

17-May-2012
Analysing the results of the largest ever stroke care survey

17 May 2012
How to implement evidence-based stroke care

17 May 2012
The six steps to delivering better stroke care

17 May 2012
'Concern' over pledge to give patients access to GP records

16-May-2012
Nottingham trust achieves lowest ever C difficile rate

15-May-2012
Patients to tell Chesterfield how to improve

15-May-2012
PiP scandal: Lessons must be learned says Lord Howe

15-May-2012
Leicester receives CQC rebuke over trolley waits

14-May-2012
RCN warns of treatment in corridors and long trolley waits

14-May-2012
BSUH pens deal for EPR system

13-May-2012
Top 40 ranking for Frimley Park

13-May-2012
Chief exec praises waiting time efforts

13-May-2012
New medical unit at South Essex FT

11-May-2012
Breastfeeding award for West Suffolk

11-May-2012
Consultation on new GP centre

11-May-2012
Patients to 'self check-in' at Robert Jones

11-May-2012
Wasted medicines costing Leicestershire £5.6m

11-May-2012
Waiting times risk rating worsens at Shropshire's orthopaedic trust

11-May-2012
Infection rates slashed at Lincolnshire hospitals

11-May-2012
Increased sleeping pill use costs NHS £50m

11-May-2012
Chesterfield Royal units get upgrade

10-May-2012
DH appoints civil servant to prepare for Mid Staffordshire report

10-May-2012
Four principles to improve the care of older patients

10 May 2012
How enhanced recovery can improve elective surgery experiences and outcomes

10 May 2012
Seeing GP of choice would cut elective admissions - study

10 May 2012
Why it's time community healthcare providers stepped up to the mark

10 May 2012
Ombudsman criticises care at Sherwood Forest Trust

9-May-2012
Lessons learned from war injuries

4-May-2012
TIA clinic leads the way for Nottingham

4-May-2012
Mid Staffs hit by norovirus

4-May-2012
Don't be daunted by the duty of candour

3-May-2012
'The reforms could be the coalition's poll tax'

3-May-2012
How to identify - and manage - conflicts of interest

3 May 2012
Private sector avoiding 'shambolic' NHS 111 procurement

2-May-2012
Eye surgery error at Sandwell

1-May-2012
New patient body praised in Staffordshire

1-May-2012
Improved complaints response at Northampton General

1-May-2012
Are online patients empowered patients?

1-May-2012
Stroke recovery care 'failing' patients

1-May-2012
The duty of communicating information to patients

26-Apr-2012
From healthcare to self care: services that help patients look after themselves

26 April 2012
How GP practices can help patients help themselves

26 April 2012
How to deliver integrated care alongside effective staff engagement

26 April 2012
Putting patients in the centre: the whole person approach to integrated care

26 April 2012
Royal Cornwall patients request alternative provider

25-Apr-2012
More patients report nurse shortages on wards

24-Apr-2012
Integrate mental health services for bigger savings - Confed

20-Apr-2012
NHS Bristol awards £1.9m contract

20-Apr-2012
Latest waiting times 'embarrassing' for government - Labour

20-Apr-2012
Devon Partnership reports a year with no mixed sex breach

19-Apr-2012
Demand for lifesaving treatment could outstrip supply

19-Apr-2012
NHS private patient units let down by 'customer service'

19-Apr-2012
Hospitals to review discharge policies

17-Apr-2012
Police investigate health board over serious incidents

17-Apr-2012
NHS redundancies costing tens of millions - Labour

16-Apr-2012
Keogh pledges action on overnight discharging

12-Apr-2012
Diagnosis: earlier

12 April 2012
Serious about improving care? Then use the net promoter score

12 April 2012
Tim Wilson: thirty good men and true

12 April 2012
Doctors: disabled patients get poorer care in hospital

11-Apr-2012
Trust aims to slash mortality by quarter in 5 years

5-Apr-2012
Trauma network adds five major centres

2-Apr-2012
Lansley condemns expensive GP phone calls

29-Mar-2012
Quarter of trusts consider negligence scheme exit

29-Mar-2012
Guidance on producing an any qualified provider implementation pack

29 March 2012
How to deliver on patient experience promises

29 March 2012
How to make patient experience out of this world

29 March 2012
Increase in patient liberty restrictions - CQC

27-Mar-2012
Patient ‘passport’ launched at East Kent Hospitals

26-Mar-2012
Older cancer patients' treatment restricted, Macmillan claims

26-Mar-2012
From the BBC to the NHS, can public sector reform ever please everyone?

22-Mar-2012
Ciarán Devane: patients must be able to join the conversation

22-Mar-2012
Evaluating evidence from integrated care pilots

22-Mar-2012
How to create an IT solution to support integrated local care

22-Mar-2012
'Our vital out of hours services are being sidelined'

22 March 2012
Health Bill will widen inequalities says experts' 'risk register'

19-Mar-2012
NHSCB patient role ‘too information focused’

16-Mar-2012
'Mandating staffing levels is not the answer to reducing poor care'

15-Mar-2012
Unexpected benefit from summary care record in Kent

12-Mar-2012
Patient waits 23 hours to be admitted to trust A&E

12-Mar-2012
Better interventions could cut missed appointments by third

9-Mar-2012
'High volume surgery outcomes suggest there is safety in numbers'

8-Mar-2012
Are GPs the right people for the job?

8-Mar-2012
Harnessing the benefits of wireless technology to improve healthcare systems

8-Mar-2012
Why a national implant registry is vital for patient safety

8 March 2012
Your Humble Servant: the silence of the slaughtered lamb

8-Mar-2012
Health Bill: government limits FTs and private income

5-Mar-2012
RUH launches 'accelerated' introduction of ward rounds

5-Mar-2012
Is telehealth the future? An HSJ special supplement

2-Mar-2012
'Patient choice should not force commissioners away from competition'

1-Mar-2012
CCG performance framework missing key quality indicators

1-Mar-2012
Nick Seddon: healthcare reform's new dawn

1-Mar-2012
How to identify and treat patients in appropriate care settings

1 March 2012
Hospitals meet 18 week waiting time target

29-Feb-2012
'Command and control' management style leads to poor care

29-Feb-2012
'We care' what patients think, says Western Sussex Hospitals

27-Feb-2012
New Kent hospital runs into trouble with CQC

27-Feb-2012
Pressure ulcers hike at Notts Healthcare

27-Feb-2012
Rise in patient stays at Leicestershire partnership

27-Feb-2012
Common cancers get faster referrals, study shows

24-Feb-2012
MPs reject healthcare cost statement plans

23-Feb-2012
GPs overpaid millions for 'ghost patients'

23-Feb-2012
How real-time therapies can deliver better mental healthcare

23 February 2012
How to cut overnight stays and improve trauma pathways

23-Feb-2012
Why trusts should pay closer attention to surgical site infections

23 February 2012
Leeds looking doubtful on 18 weeks

22-Feb-2012
'This business model lets us focus on quality services and safe staff'

20-Feb-2012
Private sector competition 'leaves NHS with more costly patients'

20-Feb-2012
Give it to me straight: improving patient communication for better outcomes

16 February 2012
NHS Midlands and East launches 'real time' monitoring of patient experience

14-Feb-2012
How reduced internal delays can save money, and thousands of bed days

14-Feb-2012
Treatment information for outpatients must improve, trusts warned

14-Feb-2012
Hospital infection strategies 'wrong' - study

14-Feb-2012
The benefits of delivering healthcare in patients' homes

14-Feb-2012
East Kent Hospitals launches ‘passport’ for LD patients

13-Feb-2012
'Hospitals should be hungry for quality patient meals'

13-Feb-2012
Calls to reduce 1.6m unnecessary prescriptions

10-Feb-2012
Government benefits clampdown 'increasing disability abuse'

7-Feb-2012
CQC calls for improved care quality data

7-Feb-2012
How to prioritise disinvestment in support services

7-Feb-2012
'New insights could help CCGs be clear on population health services'

6-Feb-2012
Death rates higher after weekend admissions, study confirms

3-Feb-2012
Bristol just misses out on A&E standard in December

2-Feb-2012
Croydon out-of-hours care failures exposed

2-Feb-2012
Fears over 'destabilising' C difficile fines to be investigated

2 February 2012
How a 'bottom-up' approach to innovation is making service improvements easier

2 February 2012
How to make change management a driver of quality care

2 February 2012
Health bodies caution against Cabinet Office open data push

1-Feb-2012
Warning as social care funding falls £0.5bn

30-Jan-2012
Health board fined after patient contracts Legionnaires'

30-Jan-2012
More private clinics to treat implant patients for free

27-Jan-2012
AMU causes hike in mixed sex breaches at Mid Staffs

26-Jan-2012
Surrey and Sussex improves on mixed sex performance

26-Jan-2012
Maidstone and Tunbridge improves on mixed sex performance

26-Jan-2012
East Sussex improves on mixed sex performance

26-Jan-2012
Dartford falls back on mixed sex breach progress

26-Jan-2012
Brighton slips on mixed sex performance

26-Jan-2012
'Don't rush through regulation at the expense of innovation'

26 January 2012
Why it's vital to improve patient access to information

26 January 2012
Commissioning board 'likely' to enforce standard patient records

25-Jan-2012
Fine hospitals restricting bowel cancer care, charity says

25-Jan-2012
How to improve patient satisfaction in maternity services

25-Jan-2012
The rise of the patient leader

20-Jan-2012
Patient Safety Awards 2012 now open for entry

19-Jan-2012
Five integral steps to support commissioning headache services

19-Jan-2012
How to achieve the cultural change required to drive NHS innovation

19 January 2012
Western Sussex at centre of food spending row

17-Jan-2012
Reaping joint benefits of streamlined hip and knee care pathways

16-Jan-2012
ICO: Former Royal Liverpool employee unlawfully accessed medical records

12-Jan-2012
Jeremy Taylor: the Future Forum's work is about changing culture

12-Jan-2012
Hospitals spending less than £3 on patient meals

11-Jan-2012
How a transformation programme helps improve community services' efficiency

11-Jan-2012
How doctor-patient phone calls can cut unnecessary emergency care attendances

10-Jan-2012
NHS stuck in 'information dark ages', says Future Forum

10-Jan-2012
Abuse and negelect: what 2011 will be remembered for

9-Jan-2012
Sight loss patients 'need more help'

9-Jan-2012
Sheffield pioneers community and mental health user experience plan

6-Jan-2012
Understanding non-compliance to improve patient behaviours

6-Jan-2012
Why AQP can drive real benefits in primary and secondary care

6-Jan-2012
Why early discharge in stroke care can be vital for recovery

6-Jan-2012
Cameron announces 'Nursing Forum' review of care standards

5-Jan-2012
Give doctors stronger assisted dying powers, report says

5-Jan-2012
'Integrated care should be this decade's number one priority'

5-Jan-2012
'Patients and organisations still need an information revolution'

5 January 2012
Exclusive: contractual penalties to combat ‘hidden waits’ will not take effect until 2013-14

4-Jan-2012
Government unveils extra £150m for home care

3-Jan-2012
'Failing' social care system putting older people at risk

3-Jan-2012
Lansley vows to reduce readmissions

30-Dec-2011
'Make change a mantra, and lead the patient centered revolution'

30-Dec-2011
NHS Confederation calls for end to hospital-or-bust NHS

29-Dec-2011
A day in the life: at the Mid Staffs inquiry

29-Dec-2011
Patients launch legal action as trust reviews services

29-Dec-2011
How a new heart valve treatment can improve heart disease mortality rates

28-Dec-2011
'It's time to remove the barriers to telehealth'

28-Dec-2011
Norovirus 'within expected levels'

23-Dec-2011
'Warning system' proposed for overseas doctors and nurses

20-Dec-2011
Hospital closure plan rejected by health secretary

20-Dec-2011
Sussex Partnership receives royal approval for hospital food

19-Dec-2011
GMC to provide assisted suicide guidance

16-Dec-2011
Hospital infection control procedures criticised

15-Dec-2011
Acute trusts risk understaffing as short notice requests increase

15-Dec-2011
24,000 diabetes deaths 'preventable', report claims

14-Dec-2011
Analysis: patients in poorer regions using A&E over GP

13-Dec-2011
Concerns over junior doctors' acute care training

13-Dec-2011
Care homes review website planned

12-Dec-2011
Ward noise review at Western Sussex

12-Dec-2011
High-risk surgery care 'poor' for more than half of patients

9-Dec-2011
Calls for trusts to source British food for patient meals

7-Dec-2011
Lansley sets 60 new performance indicators for hospitals

7-Dec-2011
How speaking up improves safety and saves lives in the health service

7-Dec-2011
Privacy concerns over Cameron NHS data sharing plan

5-Dec-2011
'Choosing the comfortable path is a route towards trouble'

1-Dec-2011
Patients' right to alternative provider should be 'publicised'

1 December 2011
'The Francis report will be the most important NHS event in 2012'

1 December 2011
Hospitals plan strike contingency

30-Nov-2011
Exclusive: All patients to have access to GP record by 2015

29-Nov-2011
Trust me, I'm a leader: creating a climate for higher performance

29-Nov-2011
Exclusive: Government to link GP and hospital data

28-Nov-2011
Dr Foster: weekend A&E admissions '10pc more likely to die'

28-Nov-2011
Strike cancels thousands of operations

28-Nov-2011
Exclusive: weekend hospital arrivals up to 16pc more likely to die - DH

28-Nov-2011
Putting patients first: an HSJ primary care supplement

25-Nov-2011
Does the NHS really believe information technology can improve healthcare?

25-Nov-2011
Setting out the principles for integrated care

23-Nov-2011
Home care services to have CQC inspections

22-Nov-2011
Looped Lansley welcome message defended

22-Nov-2011
Why a better understanding of emergency admissions needs better data

22-Nov-2011
How a COPD care bundle is reducing readmissions

22-Nov-2011
CQC orders DHUFT to make improvements

21-Nov-2011
Unions warned over strike ballot turnouts

21-Nov-2011
'We have not found an area where improvement has not been possible'

21-Nov-2011
When customer care alone is not enough

21-Nov-2011
Wiltshire's innovative outcomes based commissioning restricts patient choice

17-Nov-2011
Government to delay risk register appeal

17-Nov-2011
DH to act on thousands of long-wait patients

17-Nov-2011
'It's time for a one year maximum wait'

17-Nov-2011
Making the boardroom the place to improve patient experience

17 November 2011
Ombudsman names doctor in swearing row

17-Nov-2011
Bury ‘patients champion’ charged with £60,000 fraud

16-Nov-2011
Redesigned A&E departments to reduce violence

16-Nov-2011
Medway had to alter 13 per cent of outpatients appointments

14-Nov-2011
Patients Association attacks care of older people

9-Nov-2011
NHS facing 'tsunami' of patient anger

7-Nov-2011
Gay men blood donor ban lifted

7-Nov-2011
How to improve care standards for dementia patients

7-Nov-2011
Rising patient complaints at Portsmouth trust

4-Nov-2011
Two in five adult abuse cases 'at home'

4-Nov-2011
How mobile healthcare solutions could help tackle waiting times

3 November 2011
New care home operator takes over 240 Southern Cross sites

2-Nov-2011
Community care failing the vunerable, report claims

1-Nov-2011
How a holistic approach to healthcare drives better value

1-Nov-2011
Patient data breaches occur 'five times a week'

28-Oct-2011
How to achieve best practice referral management for mental health patients

27-Oct-2011
Rising discharge delays blamed on NHS, not local authorities

27 October 2011
NHS estate spend rising despite lower bed numbers

26-Oct-2011
Lansley plans increased spot checks to improve elderly care

26-Oct-2011
Why public and patient engagement must work in the new commissioning system

24-Oct-2011
Mixed-sex ward breaches continue to improve

21-Oct-2011
How enhanced recovery in acute trusts can improve quality and outcomes

20 October 2011
Why exceeding patient expectations should be central for clinical commissioners

20 October 2011
Drop in patient information performance at Kent and Medway Partnership

19-Oct-2011
Royal Surrey County appoints director of nursing

19-Oct-2011
NHS whistleblowers to get better protection

19-Oct-2011
Will Any Qualified Provider bring the private sector and the community together?

19-Oct-2011
Improved hospital IT would save 'thousands' of lives

18-Oct-2011
NHS missing an 'opportunity' over complaints

18-Oct-2011
Waiting targets being missed by one in three PCTs

14-Oct-2011
Hospitals failing elderly on care quality

13-Oct-2011
Government 'duty of candour' plans criticised

13-Oct-2011
'After destructive debate, the case for reform needs to be rebuilt'

13 October 2011
Can maternity care learn from how the retail sector operates?

13 October 2011
Courage, leadership and public support are needed to avoid nightmare scenarios

13 October 2011
How to utilise a clinical audit to achieve 'equity and excellence' in healthcare

13 October 2011
Consultant choice benefits based on 'limited evidence'

12-Oct-2011
Uneaten meals costing trusts £20m a year

11-Oct-2011
How to develop a culture of excellence

10-Oct-2011
Duty of Candour to be enforced through contracts

10-Oct-2011
MS patient care not improving, report claims

10-Oct-2011
Hospital competition could 'negatively affect' quality

10-Oct-2011
Breathing space: how one trust's approach to respiratory pathways is improving outcomes

10-Oct-2011
Patients facing 27-week waits for physiotherapy services

7-Oct-2011
The key factors behind a successful implementation of telehealth services

6 October 2011
'We cannot tolerate incompetence in the search for sustainability'

6-Oct-2011
Surrey trust loses confidential patient records

5-Oct-2011
Wide variety in UK organ donation rates

5-Oct-2011
Croydon Health Services planning work around discharge delays

4-Oct-2011
Exploring the benefits of coaching for clinicians and patients

4-Oct-2011
Overseas doctors face English tests before starting work

4-Oct-2011
Exclusive: data security regulation 'should not increase'

29-Sep-2011
'Healthcare history can help us transform elderly care today'

29 September 2011
How mobile computing can maximise the performance of community health teams

29 September 2011
Positive outcome: why the new DH strategy for COPD and asthma promises improvements

29 September 2011
Southern Cross homes transfer to take place this week

28-Sep-2011
Financial challenge facing NHS is 'unprecedented' - Farrar

27-Sep-2011
Flexible hospital visits claim defended by Carter

26-Sep-2011
Doctors 'failing' cancer patients on side effects

26-Sep-2011
Why sharing information is central to preventing heart conditions

23-Sep-2011
£625m synthetic insulin had 'no clinical benefit'

23-Sep-2011
Integrated care needs the clinical-managerial marriage to work

23-Sep-2011
'The NHS needs to avoid the wrong kind of integration'

22-Sep-2011
Depression recovery varying wildly across the country

21-Sep-2011
Return to MSA target breach status at Medway

19-Sep-2011
Slight worsening of MSA performance in Surrey and Sussex

19-Sep-2011
Brighton worsens on mixed sex breaches

19-Sep-2011
Dartford breaches mixed target

19-Sep-2011
Maidstone and Tunbridge improves on mixed sex breaches

19-Sep-2011
Changes to improve maternity care outlined

19-Sep-2011
Overseas GPs require UK induction before treating patients - GMC

19-Sep-2011
'We need to hear the whistles loud and clear'

16-Sep-2011
Making improvements in medical error: lessons from the aviation industry

15-Sep-2011
How to utilise online feedback to improve services and increase patient involvement

15 September 2011
Kent and Medway Partnership ‘mostly comparable’ with other trusts

14-Sep-2011
Mostly ‘good’ PEAT result for East Sussex Healthcare

14-Sep-2011
Mid Staffs chair to stand down

14-Sep-2011
Coventry PCT reveals GP complaints data

13-Sep-2011
Older people’s unit opens in Devon after £1.5m refurbishment

13-Sep-2011
QEH issues apology to patient moved nine times

13-Sep-2011
Four in five satisfied with IAPT at Suffolk Mental Health Partnership

12-Sep-2011
Giving dementia the attention and support it needs - and deserves

12-Sep-2011
Referral falls could cause financial difficulty for hospitals - BMA

12-Sep-2011
How community based diagnostic services can improve patient care and cost-efficiency

12-Sep-2011
Open to suggestions: can the National Programme for IT be saved by open source software?

9-Sep-2011
Overseas nurses a 'risk' to healthcare - Lord Winston

9-Sep-2011
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare gets 40 more A&E beds for winter

8-Sep-2011
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare looks to £2m A&E refurbishment

8-Sep-2011
Getting better with age: the challenges an ageing population poses to care providers

8 September 2011
Patient outcomes could be threatened by HR cuts

8 September 2011
How to share innovation across the health service

6-Sep-2011
Only two hospitals rated 'poor' in annual PEAT scores

6-Sep-2011
West Middlesex scores PEAT hat trick

5-Sep-2011
'Leadership is key to preventing another Mid Staffs'

5-Sep-2011
Stepping Hill nurse 'made a scapegoat' by police

5-Sep-2011
Mixed sex accommodation targets missed in Staffs hospitals

1-Sep-2011
Ensuring the correct provision of mental health services for children

1 September 2011
How investing in therapeutic services provides a clinical cost saving in the long term

1 September 2011
Ipswich Hospital 'not to achieve' patient experience improvement

31-Aug-2011
Why valuable health outcomes data is vital to improving care

31-Aug-2011
Outpatients self check-in saves Royal Surrey County £80,000

30-Aug-2011
Healthcare without limits: what the EU directive on cross-border care means for the NHS

30-Aug-2011
Cancer drug access unequal across UK

30-Aug-2011
Online patient-doctor consultations encouraged by Keogh

30-Aug-2011
Free Wi-Fi for Bradford Teaching Hospitals patients

26-Aug-2011
Legionnaires' death sparks hospital investigation

26-Aug-2011
FTs will be compelled to report complaints by DH

25-Aug-2011
Media Watch: malnutrition nourishes the Mail

25 August 2011
Sally Gainsbury: PROMs prove McKinsey right - nearly

25 August 2011
NHS patients will wait longer under reform - Unison

24-Aug-2011
C difficile deaths on the decline

24-Aug-2011
Infections rise forces hospital to close to new patients

23-Aug-2011
Less than a third of patients asked about diet

23-Aug-2011
Why sustainable health services are key to the future of healthcare

23-Aug-2011
Delayed transfers of care increasing at Nottinghamshire Healthcare

22-Aug-2011
Gateshead hopes to save 'millions' with new appointment reminders

22-Aug-2011
Improving the quality of nutritional care in hospitals

22-Aug-2011
A new opportunity to protect and improve patient advocacy

18 August 2011
Can cloud computing precipitate a revolution in managing patient data?

18 August 2011
Mental health personalisation campaign 'losing momentum'

18 August 2011
The benefits the 'Productive Ward' can deliver to patients, staff and organisations

18 August 2011
Out of the darkness: how quality assessment can improve out of hours care

17-Aug-2011
Bradford hospital wrongly tells woman of miscarriage

16-Aug-2011
New appointment service introduced at Ashford

16-Aug-2011
Review into ‘poor’ palliative care completed at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare

16-Aug-2011
IVF treatment errors on the rise in UK

15-Aug-2011
Patients left confused by Swindon A&E scheme

12-Aug-2011
Medical resistance hampers doctor-patient decisions programme

10-Aug-2011
Fewer tonsil operations are risking patient lives, hospitals warned

5-Aug-2011
'Fragmented' transport service threatens access to care

4 August 2011
Improving end of life care through patient record registers

4 August 2011
The financial challenges GPs face in developing surgery estate

4 August 2011
Changing the approach to complaint handling in the NHS

3-Aug-2011
Improved early cancer detection initiative begins

2-Aug-2011
The trouble with PTLs

2-Aug-2011
New drivers will be asked to sign up to donor register

1-Aug-2011
Redesigning reablement: why these services need to focus on patient independence

1-Aug-2011
The crucial role health charities have to play

1-Aug-2011
Patient operations deliberately delayed, CCP claims

29-Jul-2011
How healthcare providers in America can teach lessons on quality improvement

28-Jul-2011
Application of liberty safeguards 'inconsistent'

28 July 2011
Liberating innovation in the NHS: award winning ideas, six months on

27-Jul-2011
Delivering effective care: five elements that define a better service

26-Jul-2011
Perfect placement: getting patients out of hospital and onto their preferred pathway

25-Jul-2011
Two foundation trusts breach private patient cap

22-Jul-2011
Hepatitis B fears at hospital delay surgery

22-Jul-2011
Stepping Hill latest: fourth and fifth 'sabotage' patients die

21-Jul-2011
Ambulance service changes needed to tackle infections

21-Jul-2011
Providing mental healthcare alongside physical healthcare

21-Jul-2011
Local services need the backup of national support

21-Jul-2011
Putting power in the hands of patients to tackle long term conditions

21 July 2011
South London Healthcare recorded 117 mixed sex breaches in May

20-Jul-2011
Why battling surgical site infections can complement infection control

20-Jul-2011
Trusts face annual CQC inspections under tougher regime

20-Jul-2011
Government launches new COPD strategy

19-Jul-2011
250 Southern Cross homes to be rescued

19-Jul-2011
Black Country cluster patients less satisfied, poll reveals

15-Jul-2011
HealthWatch: local scrutiny and national tension

14 July 2011
More NHS complaints upheld by ombudsman

14 July 2011
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells not compliant with mixed sex rules

13-Jul-2011
Rise in complaints about health bodies

13-Jul-2011
Derby Hospitals missing five Monitor targets

12-Jul-2011
Lung cancer survival differences revealed

12-Jul-2011
The difficulties reform poses for improving quality in the NHS - an HSJ round table

12-Jul-2011
IT can double patient contact time

11-Jul-2011
Eleven acute trusts failed dignity and nutrition inspections - CQC

7-Jul-2011
Hospital 'superbug' infections at new low

7-Jul-2011
How GPs can help patients make sense of health information

7 July 2011
Power to the patients: promised improvements to patient choice need backing up

7 July 2011
Mental health patient bed levels fall

6-Jul-2011
New hi-tech hospital to be opened by the Queen

6-Jul-2011
Half of NHS leaders predict longer waits, survey reveals

6-Jul-2011
Reforms could put patient safety focus in danger

5-Jul-2011
Why patient safety should remain the priority in healthcare

5-Jul-2011
End-of-life funding change would be 'fairer' on patients

1-Jul-2011
Fine trusts and hospitals more for data breaches, says information chief

1-Jul-2011
South London Healthcare Trust misses referral to treatment target

30-Jun-2011
St George's Healthcare misses its referral to treatment time target

30-Jun-2011
Hospitals failing stroke admissions target

29-Jun-2011
GPs focus on financially rewarding patients, study shows

29-Jun-2011
Hospital fire 'to cost millions'

28-Jun-2011
Most trusts could be using faulty surgical tools

27-Jun-2011
NHS fracture care spend to hit £6bn

27-Jun-2011
Negotiating a better pathway for dementia care

27-Jun-2011
Four GP visits before cancer diagnosis for quarter of young patients

24-Jun-2011
Abuse case care home closes today

24-Jun-2011
CQC says East Surrey Hospital meeting dignity standards but notes minor concerns

22-Jun-2011
All ears: have the public's preferences for Health Bill changes been heard?

22-Jun-2011
Queen Elizabeth II Hospital passes CQC dignity inspection

21-Jun-2011
Abuse investigation care home to close

21-Jun-2011
Half of NHS staff pessimistic on patient care

21-Jun-2011
Commissioners will have duty to tell patients about waiting time rights

20-Jun-2011
Central Manchester FT’s backlog of Trafford patients rises 30 per cent

17-Jun-2011
King's College Hospital working on Hospital at Night metric

17-Jun-2011
Queen Victoria Hospital passes CQC dignity inspection

16-Jun-2011
On dodgy ground: much needed NHS estate works are being held up by the Health Bill's progress

16 June 2011
The government shouldn't simply leave the past behind

16 June 2011
Improving end of life care: how IT processes can help comply with final wishes

15-Jun-2011
Call for spot checks to improve elderly care

14-Jun-2011
Assisted suicide documentary defended by Pratchett

14-Jun-2011
Care abuse investigation set for next month

13-Jun-2011
How clinically driven antenatal care can deliver better value maternity services

13-Jun-2011
Public health funding argument 'is over'

10-Jun-2011
'The independent sector has a track record of serving patients extremely well'

9-Jun-2011
Cancer treatment disadvantage for older patients

9-Jun-2011
Cameron criticised over test wait rise

9-Jun-2011
Trusts warned of increased legal costs as negligence claims rocket

9-Jun-2011
Arthritis Research UK launches new range of patient information resources

9 June 2011
The government's failure to justify reform has left the public short of options

9 June 2011
Why service integration is central to improving the patient experience

9 June 2011
Independent inquiry into care home abuse possible

8-Jun-2011
Neurology care criticised by RCP

7-Jun-2011
GP commissioning 'poses new data risks'

6-Jun-2011
CQC finds care of elderly patients lacking at more trusts

3-Jun-2011
Four arrested over residential hospital 'abuse'

2-Jun-2011
Southern Cross to defer rent in bid to slash £230m rental bill

1-Jun-2011
Ipswich Hospital NHS trust found wanting by CQC

31-May-2011
Clinician led changes to surgery 'could save NHS £40m'

31-May-2011
The key steps to delivering excellence in emergency surgery

31-May-2011
Macmillan urges support for cancer patients

27-May-2011
CQC attacks NHS elderly care levels

26-May-2011
Mixed sex ward breaches drop under tougher regime

26 May 2011
Torbay Care Trust closes NHS Devon hospital

23-May-2011
Call to overhaul NHS dental system after TV probe

23-May-2011
MS patients register launched

23-May-2011
Locum surgeons 'not appropriately qualified'

19-May-2011
Negligence claims against GPs rise

19-May-2011
No evidence for money saving potential of community care pathways

19 May 2011
How patient opinions are shaping services

17-May-2011
How pathway mapping software is improving evidence based care delivery

16-May-2011
Stroke care progress lagging, report suggests

13-May-2011
Patients warned they could be turned away from Weston Area Health Trust

12-May-2011
Senior medical figures criticise post-discharge care

12-May-2011
Why compliance is key to better patient and commercial relationships

12 May 2011
Neuro waits remain issue for NHS Brighton and Hove

10-May-2011
NICE shortlists Central Manchester University Hospitals for award

10-May-2011
Barnsley FT recognised for cancer patients' good experience

10-May-2011
Blood clot failings cost NHS £112m

10-May-2011
'Patient-friendly' IVF centre opens

6-May-2011
Patient care to suffer under reforms, CSP survey says

5-May-2011
How to develop an affordable approach to workforce planning

5 May 2011
Tory peer criticises hospital wait

4-May-2011
Good call: why telehealth is so important to patients with long-term conditions

28-Apr-2011
Croydon Hospital found to be missing CQC standards

28-Apr-2011
Maintaining and improving outcomes through transitioning point of care

28-Apr-2011
Empowering clinicians and nurses to drive QIPP best practice

28 April 2011
Medway hails ‘best results’ on mixed sex wards

26-Apr-2011
Acute mixed-sex ward breaches still in the thousands

26-Apr-2011
Eating assistance figure unchanged in nine years

26-Apr-2011
Pressure ulcers spark serious incident reports at Oxford Radcliffe

21-Apr-2011
Providing a quailty service to patients without English as a first language

21 April 2011
Why full scale IT adoption is the logical step for safer healthcare practice

21 April 2011
Adult social services face £300m cuts

20-Apr-2011
Waiting times rising amid cuts, King's Fund finds

20-Apr-2011
Bradford Teaching Hospitals FT opens new dermatology unit

20-Apr-2011
How a leaner integrated approach improved older person services at a reduced cost

19-Apr-2011
Adult social care 'faces £1bn cut'

18-Apr-2011
NHS denying patients care, claims surgeon group

18-Apr-2011
Why effective internal communications have never been so important

17-Apr-2011
Unions to meet NHS Blood Service over privatisation

15-Apr-2011
Magical mystery shoppers: driving service improvements with quality feedback

14 April 2011
Patients 'isolated' by hotel style wards

14 April 2011
Emergency care wards 'struggling', warns college president

13-Apr-2011
Accident and emergency waits rise 65 per cent

13-Apr-2011
QVH to invest in ‘electronic trauma board’ to warn of delays

12-Apr-2011
NHS Stoke on Trent funds ‘mystery shoppers’ to check on quality

8-Apr-2011
'Sub-optimal' post-operative care putting patients at risk

7-Apr-2011
Shaping young people's services with young people's input

7-Apr-2011
Why evidence-based, patient-centred care is the key to cutting NHS costs

7 April 2011
Hip and knee patients 'waiting in pain'

6-Apr-2011
Foreign GPs face tougher sanctions

6-Apr-2011
PFI hospitals 'asset stripping', claims campaign group

4-Apr-2011
Reshaping service delivery to put humanity at the heart of public services

31 March 2011
Southern Cross insists lease issues can be fixed

30-Mar-2011
Hospitals must help mental health tribunals run smoothly

30-Mar-2011
HEI report demands hospital improvements

29-Mar-2011
CQC praises choice but warns on speed of improvements

29-Mar-2011
MPs to hear criticism of MS care

28-Mar-2011
Improving patient flow across the cardiology pathway

28-Mar-2011
Confed calls for brakes to be put on personal health budgets

24-Mar-2011
Exploring the US physician assistant workforce model: a contribution to QIPP

24 March 2011
Keeping e-prescribing on track and on budget for improved patient services

24 March 2011
Patients more satisfied with hospitals than GP services

24 March 2011
Trusts risking fines with mixed-sex wards

24 March 2011
Diagnosing opportunities: using data to inform planning

23-Mar-2011
NHS satisfaction at 'all-time high'

22-Mar-2011
The unique advantages of advanced paramedic practitioners

22-Mar-2011
Making clinical nurse specialists make more of an impact

21-Mar-2011
Nottingham University Hospitals pilots 'hourly checks' on patients

21-Mar-2011
Stephen Eames: it's time to embrace disruption

18-Mar-2011
Report into C diff deaths at hospital delayed

18-Mar-2011
GP appointment frustrations revealed

18-Mar-2011
A helping hand for NHS values: leadership needs to reinvigorate culture of care

17-Mar-2011
The implications of getting new complaints processes right - and wrong

17-Mar-2011
DH struggling to achieve consultant choice within deadline

17 March 2011
More compliments than complaints at Surrey and Borders Partnership FT

16-Mar-2011
What do we really care about in the NHS?

14-Mar-2011
NHS complaints regulations overhaul announced

11-Mar-2011
Individual user outcomes help measure effectiveness and value

10 March 2011
Enhancing recovery pathways for planned surgical care

9-Mar-2011
Hospital worker held over alleged sexual assaults

8-Mar-2011
Home Office vows fair deal on equality

4-Mar-2011
Applying end of life care, respecting religious beliefs

3 March 2011
Effective regulation needs the right touch, at the right time

3 March 2011
Managers told to 'relax' over online criticism

3 March 2011
The role of patient panels in consortia commissioning

3 March 2011
NHS North Somerset receives ‘reablement’ funding from Department of Health

2-Mar-2011
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals behind on PROMs

2-Mar-2011
A pathway to success for total joint replacement services

2-Mar-2011
Declining CPA performance at Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership Trust

1-Mar-2011
CQC threatens mental health FT with enforcement action over failings

28-Feb-2011
Call to change chaplains policy

28-Feb-2011
Stroke care on the NHS 'unequal'

25-Feb-2011
Media Watch: letters from David Cameron

24 February 2011
NHS warned to expect surge in clinical negligence claims

23-Feb-2011
Compensation payment reform backed by panel

22-Feb-2011
Trusts' safety alert compliance still short despite improvements

21-Feb-2011
TV chef attacks politicians over hospital food

21-Feb-2011
Advanced cancer scanning centre officially opened

18-Feb-2011
Cally Bann

17 February 2011
Real healthcare reform needs a new conceptual landscape

17 February 2011
Police investigate asthma death outside hospital

15-Feb-2011
NHS treatment of elderly failing 'basic human needs' - ombudsman

15-Feb-2011
Call for 'drunk' patients to pay for treatment

14-Feb-2011
Providing visually impaired patients with the right access to information

14-Feb-2011
How telehealth technology can enhance the quality of national healthcare

10 February 2011
Joint replacement: how to build financially sustainable services

10 February 2011
Post-reform NHS is life, still, but not as we know it

10 February 2011
Somerset Partnership FT seeks to address high level of ligature incidents

9-Feb-2011
Salford Royal scores highly in cancer patient experience survey

8-Feb-2011
Calls to reject health ombudsman reappointment

8-Feb-2011
'Unsatisfactory' doctor competency regulation criticised

8-Feb-2011
Learning valuable lessons from clinical audits

7-Feb-2011
Barts to cut 250 nursing posts

4-Feb-2011
Cancer care overhaul needed, says Macmillan

4-Feb-2011
A patient’s perspective on the NHS

3 February 2011
Prosecute staff for neglect, say experts

1-Feb-2011
RCS warns quality of care could decline

1-Feb-2011
Hundreds of care home deaths caused by dehydration

31-Jan-2011
Nigel Edwards calls for constructive dialogue on competition

31-Jan-2011
Thousands of cancer patients 'denied radiotherapy'

28-Jan-2011
Decontamination costs revealed to MPs

27-Jan-2011
CQC warns cuts could hit care standards

27-Jan-2011
Trusts facing fines for mixed sex breaches

27 January 2011
Labour attacks government on waiting times

26-Jan-2011
Dementia patients 'need more home care'

25-Jan-2011
Hospitals face fines for mixed-sex wards

21-Jan-2011
Government 'may take over flu vaccine ordering'

21-Jan-2011
40% of A&E patients do not need treatment

21-Jan-2011
Department of Health: 'Staff may lose focus on patients during reforms'

20-Jan-2011
Cancer strategy relies more heavily on charities

19-Jan-2011
Media Watch: 'Patients should do more than lounge around in their pyjamas'

13 January 2011
Trusts warned not to neglect patient experience

6 January 2011
Incentives for doctors: the big chill will hit medics too

28-Dec-2010
Number of A&E consultants must double to cope with new indicators

23-Dec-2010
Prostate cancer monitoring scanner developed

21-Dec-2010
First NHS outcomes framework published

20-Dec-2010
Emergency targets scrapped in favour of performance measures

17-Dec-2010
Hospitals to face mixed sex ward fines

15-Dec-2010
Jenny Rogers: Dropping the defensiveness

15-Dec-2010
Basildon given all clear as safety concerns are raised

14-Dec-2010
Elderly care service review launched

14-Dec-2010
Disability funding overhaul to improve patient choice

13-Dec-2010
Delayed hospital patient discharges double

13-Dec-2010
CQC to scan Twitter for care complaints

9 December 2010
How will the health reforms be judged?

9 December 2010
Social care cuts may raise hospital spend

9 December 2010
Mental healthcare requires 'radical' overhaul

2-Dec-2010
NHS 'too reliant' on junior doctors

2-Dec-2010
Bruce Keogh and Ian Dalton on death rates

2 December 2010
Extending choice to end of life care

1-Dec-2010
High impact actions for preventing pressure ulcers

30-Nov-2010
Ali Parsa: the NHS must learn to put quality ahead of price

26-Nov-2010
Temperature linked to sharp rises in admissions

26-Nov-2010
Smaller fines for mixed sex accommodation

25 November 2010
Mid Staffs inquiry hears from Cure the NHS campaigner

23-Nov-2010
Pete Mason on dealing with complaints

23-Nov-2010
Patients need single online NHS information hub, says Which?

22-Nov-2010
Andrew Murrison on the military covenant

19-Nov-2010
Our lives are in the cancer detectives’ hands

19-Nov-2010
HSJ100: Hakin and Gerada lead the rise of the clinicians

17-Nov-2010
iPhone app rates NHS services

17-Nov-2010
Former NHS chief attacks private health insurance 'lottery'

11-Nov-2010
Mid Staffs inquiry told of 'culture of fear'

10-Nov-2010
Patients Association rubbishes local invovement networks

9-Nov-2010
Protest delays Stafford Hospital public inquiry

8-Nov-2010
MPs to investigate NHS complaints and legal costs

5-Nov-2010
MSPs split on waiting time law

5-Nov-2010
Mental health hit by integration issues

4 November 2010
Pinning down patient opinion on mental healthcare

4 November 2010
The NHS needs to re-invent itself to cope with funding cuts

4 November 2010
Councils 'lagging' on social care personal budgets plan

28-Oct-2010
Hospital concerns top ministers' letters

27-Oct-2010
Better NHS management 'leads to better outcomes'

26-Oct-2010
Single rooms no better say economists

21 October 2010
Trusts must offer choice of consultant led team from April

21 October 2010
Avoidable errors to blame for wrong organ removals

20-Oct-2010
NHS 'must listen harder to complaints'

19-Oct-2010
Patients to have choice of where to die - Lansley

19-Oct-2010
London trusts top of patient complaints list

19-Oct-2010
Take the lead in preventing ill health

14 October 2010
Claire Rayner dies with warning on NHS reform

12-Oct-2010
Single patient rooms

12-Oct-2010
Centrally held patient records 'could save lives'

11-Oct-2010
Lansley confirms summary care record roll-out will proceed

11-Oct-2010
Caesarean rates 'vary widely' in UK

8-Oct-2010
Your idea could redefine the health service

7 October 2010
£70m pledged to post-discharge care

5-Oct-2010
'Self-serving' trusts damaging patient care

4-Oct-2010
Government urged to plan for ageing population

1-Oct-2010
Early cancer diagnosis could save lives

30 September 2010
Ed Miliband signals tax rises to protect services

30-Sep-2010
Monitor warns FTs against ‘salami slice’ cost shaving

30 September 2010
'Patient safety demands adequate resources, effectively applied'

30 September 2010
Trusts to be tested on dementia care standards

29-Sep-2010
UK 'behind on pain management'

29-Sep-2010
MS doctor 'should be struck off' - GMC

28-Sep-2010
Welsh hospitals to allow mobile use

27-Sep-2010
Quality payment targets centred on patient safety

23 September 2010
Surgery fails thousands of patients

23 September 2010
'Time to consider the benefits and flaws of the single minded pursuit of targets'

23 September 2010
HealthWatch must have no monopoly

22-Sep-2010
Scots twice as likely to die from alcohol

20-Sep-2010
Former BMA chairman to face disciplinary panel

20-Sep-2010
Scottish life expectancy improving

17-Sep-2010
HIV cases predicted to rise

17-Sep-2010
Royal London drops 'homeopathy' from its title

17-Sep-2010
Nicola Sturgeon apologises over one hour 999 delay

17-Sep-2010
Joint replacement patients in poorest ever health

16-Sep-2010
Cosmetic surgery providers breach CQC rules

16 September 2010
Why many hands make IT work

16 September 2010
All talk but little action on patient experience

15-Sep-2010
Call for 'diagnostic cockpit' to reduce drug errors

13-Sep-2010
Porn in IVF units criticised

10-Sep-2010
Call to extend radiotherapy care

7-Sep-2010
Millions 'can't get through on GP phone lines'

6-Sep-2010
Budget risk to future MRSA success

2 September 2010
Patient organisations fear losing voice

2 September 2010
Patients ‘should be able to complain by email’

2 September 2010
Nicola Sturgeon hails 'best ever' waiting times

1-Sep-2010
PCT flouts NICE by suspending IVF treatment

1-Sep-2010
Cardiac care pathway: all hands to the pump

1-Sep-2010
Elderly 'being left to go hungry on wards'

31-Aug-2010
How to use social networking to help people with mental health problems

31-Aug-2010
Patient data management system

30-Aug-2010
NHS reorganisation: don't leave the patients behind

26 August 2010
Using patient opinion to inform service design

26 August 2010
NHS complaints reach record high

25-Aug-2010
Hospital drivers to vote on strike action

20-Aug-2010
Mental health ward closure reflects wider trend

20-Aug-2010
NHS County Durham and Darlington launches non-emergency hotline

19-Aug-2010
Talking therapies access falls short of expectations

18-Aug-2010
Quality through CQUIN

16-Aug-2010
'Postcode lottery in end of life care provision'

11-Aug-2010
Expert patients: everyone can benefit

4-Aug-2010
Closing GP surgeries over weekends 'unacceptable', says Sir Bruce Keogh

4-Aug-2010
DH criticises 'clearly unsatisfactory' European working time directive

2-Aug-2010
Empowering patients through innovation

30-Jul-2010
Mark Goldman on fatal mistakes in the NHS

29 July 2010
The new healthcare revolution

29 July 2010
CQC lifts restrictions on Mid Staffs

27-Jul-2010
A&E attendances

25-Jul-2010
Health gap between rich and poor widest ever

23-Jul-2010
Customer focus

23-Jul-2010
Patient involvement lacking in South West cancer service reconfiguration

22-Jul-2010
GP consortia should not start from 'clean sheet' on public involvement

22-Jul-2010
New outcomes measures may be de facto targets

22 July 2010
Experts respond to new NHS standard measures

20-Jul-2010
Runaway bull captured in hospital grounds

19-Jul-2010
Staffing problems may increase infant death rate

16-Jul-2010
Warning over NHS data protection

16-Jul-2010
Emergency care support teams called to help one in five trusts

15 July 2010
GPs and QIPP: is there a doctor on board?

15 July 2010
HSJ Awards 2010: Patient Centred Care

15 July 2010
CQUIN in stroke units

14-Jul-2010
Hospital told to overhaul cleaning team

13-Jul-2010
Top mark for maternity service

13-Jul-2010
The cost of poor quality healthcare and how to put it right

13-Jul-2010
HealthWatch to be part of the CQC

12-Jul-2010
Report critical of infant death responses

12-Jul-2010
Weak evidence supporting GP commissioning plan - Civitas

12-Jul-2010
Scrapping hospital ratings will 'confuse patients'

9-Jul-2010
Hospital infection controls criticised

9-Jul-2010
Commissioning and strategic priorities

9-Jul-2010
MPs given access to NHS comments and complaints

8-Jul-2010
Accountability shake-up planned for public services

8-Jul-2010
How to deliver care closer to home

7-Jul-2010
Neonatal units 'under-staffed'

6-Jul-2010
Avoidable overnight stays cost NHS £330m a year

5-Jul-2010
GPs refuse to work for out-of-hours services

2-Jul-2010
NHS spending rises 'endanger vulnerable patients'

2-Jul-2010
Chronic pain

1-Jul-2010
SHAs told to step up NHS talent hunt

1 July 2010
Hospital phone costs to be reviewed

30-Jun-2010
FT pioneers lifestyle intervention for acute patients

26-Jun-2010
C diff target increased to 50% in Scotland

25-Jun-2010
Trusts highlighted as 'ones to watch' for quality patient-centered care

25-Jun-2010
Tell boards 'patient stories' to keep safety on agenda

24-Jun-2010
FTs urged to use governors on incident inquiry panels

24-Jun-2010
‘HCAs can help boost satisfaction ratings’ claim

24 June 2010
Pressure eases on 18-weeks referral

24 June 2010
The patient will see you now: rebalancing relationships in the NHS

24 June 2010
Patient experience

21-Jun-2010
Outpatient experience

17-Jun-2010
Media Watch: variations in NHS performance in the news

17 June 2010
Operating framework to pave way for abolition of targets

17 June 2010
PFI hospitals 'may have to cut services'

16-Jun-2010
NHS staff vetting plans to be scaled back

15-Jun-2010
NHS budget 'should not be protected'

11-Jun-2010
Hospital parking too expensive, says report

9-Jun-2010
Neurological care

7-Jun-2010
NHS Direct launches treatment decision aids

4-Jun-2010
World class dental commissioning

4-Jun-2010
Short GP appointment times 'hit diagnostic ability', survey claims

3-Jun-2010
Choice more important to patients than doctors

3 June 2010
Scottish patients to be assessed by nurses to increase productivity

1-Jun-2010
Child asthma drug 'too expensive'

1-Jun-2010
Waiting times in glaucoma care

28-May-2010
John McGowan on service-user involvement

27 May 2010
NHS should focus on outcomes, not targets - Lansley

27 May 2010
Role of patient data questioned following inpatient survey

27 May 2010
New drug approval guidance issued

18-May-2010
'Train healthcare staff to fight HIV discrimination'

18-May-2010
Patient engagement

18-May-2010
How to improve end of life care

18-May-2010
Ankle fracture management

17-May-2010
Scotland evaluates Releasing Time To Care

13-May-2010
Trusts must improve treatment of dead people

12-May-2010
Resolving NHS complaints

12-May-2010
Tories accuse Labour over mixed sex wards

4-May-2010
Parties agree on need to tell patients about NHS service costs

30-Apr-2010
Andrew Jones on the rise of the health consumer

29 April 2010
Self care provider to introduce 'payment by results' pilot

29 April 2010
Tories call for locally sourced NHS hospital food

23-Apr-2010
Social networking

22-Apr-2010
Welsh Labour pledge key worker for every cancer patient

16-Apr-2010
Labour pledges personalised care revolution

13-Apr-2010
Patient feedback: top tips for getting it right

9-Apr-2010
Ken Jarrold on admitting to the Mid Staffs mistakes

5-Apr-2010
Mixed-sex wards scrapped by most trusts

1-Apr-2010
Andy Jones on defining NHS quality

31 March 2010
David Kerr: health policy just got personal

31 March 2010
NHS elderly care review launched

26-Mar-2010
RCGP sets out post election wish list

23-Mar-2010
BMA unconvinced by SNP waiting time plan

19-Mar-2010
NHS is yet to capture the wealth of the net

18 March 2010
Viewpoint: 'Don't focus on staff engagement as an end in itself'

18 March 2010
Your Humble Servant: lights, camera, casualty

18 March 2010
Patient groups back closure of hospitals

17-Mar-2010
First patient reported outcomes due in April

11 March 2010
NHS West Midlands faces review of its services

4 March 2010
17-language NHS guide available

26-Feb-2010
Mark Goldman on inspiring people

25 February 2010
Priorities for quality pilots

25 February 2010
Staff at Mid Staffs 'lacked compassion'

24-Feb-2010
'No excuse' for privacy and dignity failings at Mid Staffs

24-Feb-2010
Staff attitudes 'left much to be desired', says Mid Staffs report

24-Feb-2010
Andrew Jones on the politics of wellbeing

18 February 2010
CQC fears over mental health safeguards

18 February 2010
Archbishop attacks NHS for 'lack of compassion'

15-Feb-2010
Public services failing to satisfy customers

11-Feb-2010
Janice Stevens on same sex hospital accommodation

11 February 2010
Complaints against GPs rise 11pc

8-Feb-2010
Home care ‘could save NHS more than £1bn a year’

4 February 2010
Stephen Thornton on interpreting NHS performance data

4 February 2010
Welsh community health councils to be reorganised

1-Feb-2010
Patient experience: what counts for the customer?

29-Jan-2010
Out of hours GP complaints pass 500

27-Jan-2010
Government pushes for greater public involvement in the NHS

26-Jan-2010
Advisory panel for BME cancer patients

22-Jan-2010
Neil Churchill: advice for managers on giving criticism

21 January 2010
Four countries’ pulses beat to different tunes

20-Jan-2010
Tailored care for cancer survivors

19-Jan-2010
Expert Patient Programme: self-managing with a mouse

15-Jan-2010
Andy Burnham rages at Tory ‘about-turn’ on funding

14 January 2010
Mid Staffs looks for courage to confront poor standards

14 January 2010
Dignity in care funding announced

12-Jan-2010
Andy Burnham gets personal with tailored care drive

7 January 2010
NHS trusts count cost of free parking

7 January 2010
Scheme supports patients leaving ICU

5-Jan-2010
NHS Alliance predicts positive results from changes to tariff

17-Dec-2009
Call to be proactive on measuring patient experience

17-Dec-2009
NHS IT must focus on efficiency and core elements

16-Dec-2009
‘Avoid merger distractions’

16-Dec-2009
Trusts poised to eliminate mixed sex wards, report says

16-Dec-2009
Confusion over emergency services

15-Dec-2009
Kidney care improvement hampered by insufficient home dialysis, warn charities

14-Dec-2009
Hospital income link to patient satisfaction

11-Dec-2009
Angela Greatley: mental health services are moving on

10 December 2009
Are death rates fair? You decide

3 December 2009
Target inequalities, beat cancer

3 December 2009
PCT commissioners should exploit ‘soft data’

2-Dec-2009
Assisted suicide: life and death in the balance

27-Nov-2009
Out of hours contact can prevent unnecessary admissions

24-Nov-2009
How to make choose and book a success

20-Nov-2009
Patient experience

19-Nov-2009
National Voices appoints chief executive

6-Nov-2009
Jon Restell on NHS choice and personalisation

15 October 2009
Mental health trusts shine in annual health check despite tougher tests

15 October 2009
Access to maternity care

8-Oct-2009
Sophia Christie on getting the best from GPs

8 October 2009
Mental health chiefs to confront CQC on survey

7-Oct-2009
How to champion patient dignity

6-Oct-2009
Ken Jarrold on fixing NHS care and compassion

5-Oct-2009
David Stout on the NHS public profile

1 October 2009
Andy Burnham promises to protect primary care budgets

29-Sep-2009
Half of mental health inpatients feel unsafe

24 September 2009
Nicky Spencer on handling NHS complaints

24 September 2009
Noel Plumridge on no-frills healthcare

24 September 2009
Patient satisfaction guaranteed: the future of payment by results?

24 September 2009
Patient reported outcome measures may be public next year

23-Sep-2009
What mental health service users want

23-Sep-2009
Andy Burnham told to 'take care' over paying for quality

18-Sep-2009
Andy Burnham warns NHS managers not to conduct 'mini spending reviews'

17-Sep-2009
Your Humble Servant: NHS carbon reduction

17 September 2009
John Redwood on NHS efficiency

3 September 2009
Paul Corrigan on NHS values and reality

3 September 2009
Sophia Christie: in the NHS, information is power

3 September 2009
DH to review ‘penalty’ for day case payments

2-Sep-2009
CQC's high death-rate hospital list at risk of ‘scaring’ public

27 August 2009
Stephen Eames on dementia strategy

27 August 2009
Your Humble Servant on the future of NHS technology

27 August 2009
Get under the skin of nursing’s real costs

24-Aug-2009
Darzi's old fashioned defence of the NHS

20 August 2009
Don Redding on patient experience

20 August 2009
NHS Scotland hits cancer targets

19-Aug-2009
PCTs urged to review governance guidance

19-Aug-2009
NHS compensation costs rise to £807m

19-Aug-2009
A guide to improving services for deaf people

19-Aug-2009
Swine flu pandemic could set the scene for a remote diagnosis boom

17-Aug-2009
Put NHS medical records online, say Tories

10-Aug-2009
DH data shows no link between NHS spending and patient outcomes

6-Aug-2009
Matching best PCT performers could cut NHS costs by 20pc

6-Aug-2009
Ways to buy in to the lung cancer strategy

3-Aug-2009
PCT rebranding still has a long way to go

30 July 2009
How to ensure choice in maternity services

28-Jul-2009
Why the NHS must look after its hidden workers

27-Jul-2009
Joan Saddler on patient centred services

23 July 2009
Michael White on the future of healthcare funding

23 July 2009
Stephen Eames on the need to make changes

23 July 2009
Andy Burnham dismisses Mid Staffs inquiry as 'too distracting'

22-Jul-2009
Patients don't care who provides GP services as long as they work

16 July 2009
The social care green paper: What's in it for the NHS?

14-Jul-2009
PEAT inspectors award record top scores

9 July 2009
Burnham 'not ruling out' Mid Staffordshire probe

8-Jul-2009
Does my daughter have swine flu?

7-Jul-2009
Helping GPs help patients: NICE's role

7-Jul-2009
Transforming Community Services

6-Jul-2009
Maggot infestation sparks emergency at Aberdeen children's hospital

3-Jul-2009
Building Britain's Future hints at threat to SHAs

2 July 2009
Calls for fresh look at women's contraception access

2 July 2009
John McGowan: the truth about markets

2 July 2009
Targets’ rebirth as NHS constitution rights will not ensure a cultural shift

2 July 2009
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30-Jun-2009
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30-Jun-2009
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29-Jun-2009
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25 June 2009
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18 June 2009
Home care to ease hospital bed demands

18 June 2009
HSJ Awards 2009 - Improving Patient Access

18 June 2009
Stephen Eames on large scale health solutions

18 June 2009
GP phone-line jams create more hospital admissions

12-Jun-2009
Andy Burnham promises to overhaul NHS targets

11-Jun-2009
Andy Burnham makes prevention a mission for the NHS

11-Jun-2009
Jenny Rogers on the irritating whine of the complainant

11-Jun-2009
Noel Plumridge on caveats for consolidating mental health spending

11 June 2009
A guide to clinical champions and commissioning

10-Jun-2009
It's official: NHS productivity is rising

9-Jun-2009
NHS waiting times up sharply

9-Jun-2009
Michael White on the big split over ISTCs

4 June 2009
Simon Stevens on toothless dental policies

4 June 2009
Yorkshire and Humber commissioners accused of grilling gender change patients

4 June 2009
Peter Reader: 'Mid Staffs holds the same lessons as Bristol tragedy'

2-Jun-2009
How to avoid malnutrition on NHS hospital wards

1-Jun-2009
Ali Parsa on the meaning of value

28 May 2009
Customer care

26-May-2009
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26-May-2009
David Peat on embracing NHS change

26-May-2009
Hospitals to seek 'immediate feedback' from patients

26-May-2009
Quality and safety can't 'solve' NHS funding crisis

21 May 2009
Wales puts health council mergers idea on ice

21 May 2009
Department of Health appoints NHS director of patient and public experience

18-May-2009
Rose Gibb to take case to Court of Appeal

18-May-2009
Welsh NHS leaves patient involvement group structure unaltered

15-May-2009
Patient reported outcome measures raise questions of how need for operations is decided

14 May 2009
Unneeded surgery may be costing the NHS millions

14 May 2009
Recession 'more damaging to men's mental health than women's'

11-May-2009
Mid Staffordshire: improvement must be routine, not just the result of a scandal

7 May 2009
NHS marketing: a new future

7 May 2009
HSJ survey: Hospital managers act on Mid Staffs failures

6-May-2009
Patient involvement: advance care planning gives peace of mind

5-May-2009
Patient experience feedback findings will not be standardised

5-May-2009
Andy Black on hospital acquired thickness

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