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NICE completes the commissioning cycle

NICE completes the commissioning cycle Subscription Required

By Jennifer Taylor

Embedding clinical guidance into the full commissioning cycle offers support at all levels, from planning to procurement to public involvement, says Jennifer Taylor

Discharge notes: how to save time and reduce errors

Discharge notes: how to save time and reduce errors Subscription Required

The problem of delays in GPs receiving patients’ discharge details is being resolved across Cheshire through a shared electronic communications system

Transforming community services for people with long term conditions

Transforming community services for people with long term conditions Subscription Required

By Stuart Shepherd

Community healthcare is widening the focus from just a patient’s condition to their whole life, says Stuart Shepherd

How to use NICE guidance to improve commissioning

How to use NICE guidance to improve commissioning Subscription Required

By Jennifer Taylor

Helpful guidance now explains how to make the best use of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendations. In the first in a three part series Jennifer Taylor looks at how it is helping to improve commissioning

Transforming community services: handover heralds a flexible future

Transforming community services: handover heralds a flexible future Subscription Required

By Jamie Foster, Jane Gateley

Transferring community services to a foundation trust allows one PCT to focus on choice, say Jamie Foster and Jane Gateley

Public health: Birmingham gets fit with a purpose

Public health: Birmingham gets fit with a purpose Subscription Required

By Stuart Shepherd

An HSJ Award winning scheme is out to discover how much fitter a whole city can become. Stuart Shepherd reports

How to use the Oneplace website to improve local services

How to use the Oneplace website to improve local services Subscription Required

By Moya Sarner

The Oneplace website encourages joint working and flags up good provider performance. Moya Sarner reports

Total Place: why NHS partnerships make total sense for savings

Total Place: why NHS partnerships make total sense for savings Subscription Required

By Helen Mooney

In the first of three articles on Total Place, Helen Mooney looks at how Croydon’s PCT and council are using the scheme to focus on improving child health

World class commissioning: the human factor

World class commissioning: the human factor Subscription Required

By Carol Brooks

A diagnostic tool boosts organisations’ world class commissioning competencies, says Carol Brooks

Expert Patient Programme: self-managing with a mouse

Expert Patient Programme: self-managing with a mouse Subscription Required

An online course is offering Expert Patient Programme support to people living with long term conditions

Health improvement collaboration: top tips

Health improvement collaboration: top tips Subscription Required

By Stuart Shepherd

Health and care professionals from the eight biggest cities outside London are collaborating to share expertise in tackling inequalities, reports Stuart Shepherd

How to make clinical commissioning work

How to make clinical commissioning work Subscription Required

In Kent, clinicians and managers are working together as teams to concentrate expertise on specific clinical areas

Child health: getting services right for children and adolescents

Child health: getting services right for children and adolescents Subscription Required

The NHS is not very good at focusing on children and young people. The question is why? While we have stopped seeing children as small adults, we have yet to properly recognise the needs of adolescents and people in early adulthood. There is a lot to do to improve outcomes.

NHS top leaders: from good to great

NHS top leaders: from good to great Subscription Required

An introduction to the Top Leaders programme and a list of the leaders selected so far

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