All Health Service Journal articles in 10 January 2008 – Page 2
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Trusts urged to recruit anti-infection staff
Hospitals have been pressed to employ up to five extra specialist staff as part of a government strategy to improve infection control.The government has set aside up to £45m to be invested in the scheme, out of a £270m fund identified in the comprehensive spending review for reducing healthcare-acquired infections.
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Comment
Emma Dent on the year ahead
A happy new year to you all, readers, and I trust 2008 finds you in good health and not in the grip of the grim-sounding norovirus that ruined the festive season for several of my acquaintances.
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Brown talks to HSJ about his preventive healthcare vision
Foundation trusts are to provide primary care services, recruit more members and take over failing trusts under the prime minister’s vision for the future of the NHS.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS 60: help mark the birth of an institution
This week HSJ launches six months of coverage marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the NHS on 5 July 1948.
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HSJ Knowledge
Most managers doubt 21st century NHS will stay free
Only one fifth of health service managers believe the NHS will be free at the point of demand in 60 years.
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HSJ's interview with Brown in full
Transcript of HSJ's interview with prime minister Gordon BrownHSJ: When you talk about the preventive vision that you've outlined today, what action should health service managers take on that from now?GB: Well, it's going to be locally delivered more than nationally prescribed so managers themselves will be directly involved in ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Literacy and numeracy in healthcare organisations
Many organisations have a healthy employee development programme in place. But how many of these ensure their strategy embraces the entire organisation - including those who may need to brush up on their literacy or numeracy skills? Chris Pearson explores why a whole organisational approach to literacy, language and numeracy ...
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Comment
James Woodward on the patient care crisis
We are proud of the NHS and its values. It is rooted in a philosophy of care for all. It aspires to mend and heal. It inspires great public service from energetic practitioners.However, there is a crisis deep within our culture. It is a crisis of care - the way ...
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government's infection control strategy
Hospitals have been told to recruit up to five extra specialist staff as part of a government strategy to improve infection control. The government wants up to£45million to be invested on the scheme, out of a£270million fund identified in the comprehensive spending review for reducing healthcare-acquired infections. But trusts are ...
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NICE must reform say MPs
The health select committee has recommended sweeping changes to the way the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence assesses what drugs and treatments should be available on the NHS.In their report published today the committee says that NICE’s cost threshold of£30,000 per quality life year gained, which it uses ...
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Marsden fire
When fire ripped through the Royal Marsden specialist cancer hospital in west London last week, the first phone call was to the fire brigade and then to the Royal Brompton heart and lung hospital around the corner.
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HSJ Knowledge
Updated tool for predicting re-hospitalisation
The most recent version of the patients at risk of re-hospitalisation case finding tool, PARR++, was released in November 2007 and is free to download or order on a CD from the King's Fund website.
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HSJ Knowledge
Prison welfare to healthcare
Louise Berktay talks to the people working to drive up healthcare standards at a Birmingham prison
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HSJ Knowledge
Overcoming inequality in NHS provision and employment
As the 60th anniversary of the NHS approaches, Helen Hally looks at what can be done to achieve race equality in the service
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS Networks creates stroke page
NHS Networks has launched a stroke page, with useful links and documents on the subject, together with links to the pages of all our stroke-related networks.
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HSJ Knowledge
Social enterprise - a world class solution?
The first batch of presentations from Social Enterprise - A World Class Solution?, a conference held inLondonon 15 November, are now available online. Further presentations will be added in due course.
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HSJ Knowledge
Clinical research presentations: patient benefit - the value of networks
The 2007 UK clinical research network annual meeting took place at the Kensington Conference Centre,Londonon 21 November.
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HSJ Knowledge
First national anaesthetic network launched
There are 80,000 hip fractures in England every year and this number is rising. Anaesthetic management of these patients is challenging and there are vast variations in the care delivered across the NHS.Richard Griffiths explains how a new network is helping to overcome these difficulties
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Brown calls for 'deeper and wider' NHS reform
Gordon Brown has promised greater personal and preventive healthcare as part of his vision for the NHS.In his first major speech on health since becoming prime minister, Mr Brown told an audience of health professionals in London that if the NHS is to meet the needs of the 21st century, ...
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HSJ Knowledge
National IT programme: stepping into the unknown
Chief deployment officer at Connecting for Health Claire Mitchell talks to Stuart Shepherd about risk taking and realism in her role
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