All Health Service Journal articles in 1 November 2007
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All Our Yesterdays
October 31, 1941, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital ReviewAt the Bridgwater Institution, a male officer (resident) with a quite diverse range of skills was required. Said officer had to be able to undertake the shaving and haircutting of inmates and was also required to have a knowledge of ...
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Looky likey
More actorly looky likeys. In addition to having a rather hard to pronounce surname it has struck us that junior minister Dawn Primarolo bears something of a resemblance to actress and author Jamie Lee Curtis. Do other members of the ministerial health teams have looky likeys? Let us know at ...
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Andrew Jones on the Pandora's box of GP access
Improved access to family doctors may not be all it is cracked up to be.
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Ali Mohammed on talking and listening
It had been a long sunny day in Brighton and as I walked into our secretarial support office, sleeves rolled up and tie removed, my PA suggested out of concern that I was looking hot. The cheeky side of me came to the fore and I suggested that she wasn’t ...
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Dave Lee on mental health stigma
Stigma is one of those words used so frequently in the mental health field that you almost expect it to be an acronym for something else. Tackling it is certainly one of the great challenges in mental health, and an area mental health foundation trust applicants are almost statutorily optimistic ...
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Foreign exchange
How can we ensure we collect payment from overseas visitors? Andy Finlay reports on how his trust near Heathrow is succeeding
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Mediawatch
Hospitals'swamped by out-of-hours care failure'read the Daily Telegraph's headline earlier this week after it told readers that hospital accident and emergency departments are being'inundated'by patients with minor ailments because the out-of-hours service provided by GPs is'so poor'. The broadsheet published findings from a study by the Royal College of ...
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The real workforce
What kind of health workforce will England need in 2022? Sandra Dawson and colleagues looked to the future and saw a key role for informal carers
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Mental health: unhappy old age
Dementia is far from the only mental health problem for over-65s, yet the millions who struggle with depression are scandalously neglected. Stuart Shepherd reports
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Promoting easy access to healthcare websites
We have grave concerns that many NHS service-linked information websites may be failing in their primary purpose of helping vulnerable people become empowered through access to meaningful information, write Dr Gavin Newby and Dr Christine Groom
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Some HR managers need to brush up on the law
Regarding the article 'Thousands of doctors may be working illegally', I am not surprised the human resources manager quoted asked not to be named, as in my opinion remedial training in employment law basics would certainly be indicated for this individual, with particular reference to laws passed since 1996, says ...
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GP shortage story still rings true today
Just a note to congratulate HSJ on its prescience in publishing an article of mine ('Weight watchers', 1996 106(5501), 28-30) which predated by 11 years the current concern of health secretary Alan Johnson and junior health minister Lord Darzi about the shortage of GPs in poor health areas, writes John ...
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People management: the fear factor
The NHS has sometimes been accused of operating a macho management culture. Is performance-driven, target-obsessed government policy to blame, or do leaders just lack people management skills, asks Blair McPherson
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Lean thinking: what does it take?
Lean thinking and six sigma have a long history in GE Healthcare and this experience is helping develop future leaders and drive change in NHS trusts.
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A day in the life of a therapy assistant
At Whittington Hospital trust in London, a Skills for Health demonstrator site has been set up to design a new therapy assistant role at assistant practitioner level.
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Paul Malcolm on centralising IT systems
The national IT programme has the potential to bring huge benefits to patients and healthcare workers - but tight security is key
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Skills for Health demonstration sites
There is a lot to be said for sharing best practice, learning from others and having an opportunity to give feedback directly to those who can make improvements. That is why Skills for Health and the Department of Health have developed six national demonstrator sites to show how workforce tools ...
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Is Darzi wrong about GP access?
Everyone has a personal anecdote about their experience of the NHS, from the wonderful nurse to the obstructive receptionist or insensitive consultant delivering bad news. The problem is such stories are just one-off experiences - so how satisfied are patients overall across the millions of patient contacts in the NHS ...
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GP access dispute reveals holes in Darzi's rushed report
Does the Department of Health know what it is doing on GP access?
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GP access: experts question whether more practices will help
The government has admitted it does not know how it will decide which areas need extra GP provision, almost two years after it first pledged to help under-doctored areas.