All Health Service Journal articles in 15 May 2008
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News
Lord Darzi to speak at HSJ conference
Lord Darzi will be the keynote speaker at HSJ's Implementing Our NHS, Our Future conference on 8 July. Go to www.hsj.co.uk/conferences to find out more and book your place.HSJ and hsj.co.uk will continue to bring you in-depth news on the key themes of Lord Darzi's review of the health service. ...
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HSJ Knowledge
The NHS training hub - embedding technology
The NHS Training Hub for Operative Technologies in Healthcare is part of the government's drive to increase adoption of technology by the NHS. Paul Vousden sets out his strategy to support better patient care and deliver efficiency benefits to the health service
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HSJ Knowledge
Safeguarding vulnerable people - employers' duties
NHS employers should be aware of new rules on vetting people who work with children and vulnerable adults. Rachel Heenan explains
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Comment
Simon Jones on changes in Wales
The long-awaited consultation document on the NHS in Wales, catchily titled Proposals to Change the Structure of the NHS in Wales, finally arrived on 2 April.
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Comment
Anne Watts on women in the non-executive workplace
It is a familiar complaint that the boards of many British companies and major public institutions are predominantly white, male and middle class.
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Comment
Angela Greatley on mental healthcare in prison
Late last month, a Prison Officers’ Association official claimed that prison had become so comfortable that prisoners were no longer trying to escape.
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News
Latest regional Darzi report aims to boost life expectancy
NHS South West has unveiled ambitious plans to match the best life expectancy rates in Europe in its regional Darzi vision, published today.
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Polyclinic puff?
Many of London's 6,000 GPs and teams might take exception to NHS London's perception that 'just over half of people support the proposal that almost all GP practices should be part of a polyclinic', writes Sue Broome
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Inquiry shows gap in paediatric training
Children and young people with life-threatening illness are not being treated appropriately because professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.
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Rising fuel prices push up healthcare overheads
Sharp rises in oil and food prices are hitting the NHS hard, with energy and catering bills for big trusts in the millions and the situation likely to get worse. Alison Moore reports
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Services failed patients who went on to kill, review finds
Reviews of two killings by people with mental health problems in Wales have found shortcomings in their treatment and care.
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Emma Dent on finding a GP
So 12 primary care trusts are getting additional cash to fund a new GP practice per patch. And my PCT is not among them. (Although a neighbouring London PCT is. Is GP access alone enough of a reason to move to the 'burbs? Hmm.)
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Comment
Michael White on Darzi's plans
How hard it is to get your message across when opinion turns against you, let alone when Prezza, Cherie and Lord Levy are all trying to sell books, as the government has been demonstrating this past week.
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Darzi review: London told to press on with polyclinics
Primary care trusts in the capital are being told to push on with plans to introduce the ‘full range’ of poly-clinic models envisaged by Lord Darzi in the face of heavy criticism.
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Comment
Media Watch: Darzi shake-up
Managers must brace themselves as junior minister Lord Darzi's shake-up is unveiled. 'Ministers are preparing for a summer of protest as residents campaign against proposals that could mean local hospitals losing specialist services to large regional centres,' reported The Daily Telegraph.
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Darzi review: view from the East of England launch
It could have been the lack of coffee, but the air was not exactly buzzing at the launch of the first regional Darzi report.
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Darzi tells PCTs to involve public at each stage of process
Primary care trusts will be expected to take the lead in developing proposals for local service redesign and ensuring patient and public involvement at all stages under Lord Darzi's proposals.
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Yorkshire publishes vision for delivering Darzi reforms
Higher life expectancy and fewer admissions to hospital for patients with long-term conditions, brought about in part by increased patient responsibility, are among the goals for NHS Yorkshire and the Humber.
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SHAs to oversee delivery of Darzi reforms
Strategic health authorities will be responsible for ensuring there is 'appropriate capability and capacity' in the NHS to deliver 'robust, evidence-based proposals', produce effective consultations and implement changes successfully, Lord Darzi's framework document says.
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First regional Darzi visions offer glimpse into future
Lord Darzi's review of the NHS finally became a reality this week with the publication of the first two regional plans spelling out what the process means for patients.