All Health Service Journal articles in 15 May 2008 – Page 2
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Comment
Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on customer service
It may not have escaped your notice that I have moved on from King's College Hospital foundation trust to a new role at University Hospitals of Leicester trust.
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News
NHS Networks to close
NHS Networks has announced that it is to cease operating on 31 October after running out of funding.
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News
Darzi review: Clinicians to be consulted on service redesign
The mantra for the reconfiguration of specialist care services is 'centralised where necessary, localised where possible'. Clinicians will play a lead role in determining what is possible under the proposals.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS productivity shown up in a clearer light
A key feature of the NHS Better Care, Better Value indicators published by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is the ‘productivity opportunity’ figure for each PCT and acute provider.
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HSJ Knowledge
Immigration and healthcare: changes render old picture obsolete
'Super-diversity' of migrants presents major challenges. Jill Rutter argues the government must fully understand who is coming to the UK and ensure the services facing most demand are adequately funded
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Leader
Darzi review: SHAs must not take over role of centraliser
The wraps are finally coming off - region by region, details are emerging of what the review spearheaded by Lord Darzi will mean for patients and the balance of power in the NHS.
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News
Modernising Medical Careers fallout
Last week's health select committee report completes a full house of condemnation of the Modernising Medical Careers reform process, writes Matthew Jameson Evans
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News
Poll of hospital patients reveals chasm in care standards
A Healthcare Commission survey of hospital patients in England has revealed ‘striking variations’ in some aspects of basic care.
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Leader
Post-operative care: help patients on the road to recovery
The Healthcare Commission's survey of inpatients' experiences, published today, reveals a need for more management focus on the part of the hospital journey that is often neglected - what happens after the operation.
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News
Cannabis classification smoke screen
Reclassifying cannabis as class B will achieve nothing. Our research shows only 3 per cent of people consider quitting the drug because of it being illegal, writes Paul Corry
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News
Call to curb Liverpool's pub and food outlets
A ground-breaking commission looking into how to improve health in Liverpool has called for health impact assessments for planning applications to help fight obesity and alcohol-related problems.
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News
Brown rethinks social care policy
Prime minister Gordon Brown has suggested an insurance model may not be a reliable way to fund future social care provision.
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News
Immigrants 'need psycho-social bridge'
The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phillips, has linked gang violence with the lack of mental healthcare available to immigrants.
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News
Staff payment blunder at United Bristol Healthcare trust
Hundreds of staff at a hospital trust have been left out of pocket after problems introducing the electronic staff record.
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News
Barbara Young backed as Care Quality Commission chair
Health select committee MPs have backed Baroness Young as a suitable candidate to chair the new Care Quality Commission.
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News
Staff and associate specialist grade contract delay
Daloni Carlisle's article on the staff and associate specialist grade contract negotiation fiasco misses points which could throw light on this, writes Sean Santos
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News
National GP assessment to aid choice
Primary care trusts will be able to assess GP practice performance against a national standard for the first time under a new primary medical care provider accreditation scheme
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News
A&E attendance trap
I try hard not to respond to stories in HSJ relating to primary care, especially not to the deliberately provocative comments of the editor in his column, writes George Young
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News
West Sussex A&E campaign undoes reconfiguration plans
A two-year battle to keep accident and emergency services at all three hospitals in West Sussex has ended in partial victory for campaigners.
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News
Darzi review: NHS East of England is first with 10-year map
Mental health waiting-time targets, urgent care centres and patient-held budgets all feature in NHS East of England’s 10-year ‘road map’.
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