All Health Service Journal articles in 16 December 2015 – Page 7
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HSJ KnowledgeReports must ensure the facts speak for themselves
Trusts and watchdogs should develop the habits of good investigators
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Comment
Why adopting the bright ideas of others is the smart way to make those big savings
Sharing examples of success is helpful and is also where we have seen trusts reduce costs and improve value, writes Ben James
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HSJ PartnersHow a mobile app can help manage appointments
Better technology can improve various all of healthcare
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NewsTariff proposals will not include marginal rate for specialised services
Providers would be required to buy high cost devices through a central price list “Sustainability fund” could be linked to performance on Carter review, agency spend and avoidable mortality Up to £500m of local capital-to-revenue transfers expected, on top of those at a national level Some areas indicating a ...
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News'Substantial risk' to specialised care budget, NHS England warns
NHS England warns of high risk that specialised services budgets will be signficantly overspent Due to ‘stream’ of new, expensive treatments Managing this could involve slowing the adoption or spreading the costs of new treatments It could also involve managing demand, including through a focus on variation in use ...
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NewsBig cuts set out for NHS England central budgets
NHS England aims to make significant cash cuts to its £1.7bn central budgets in coming years, as it scales back its centrally run programmes to free up funds for frontline work on service transformation.
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NewsExecutive Summary: This week's must read stories
The essential stories and talking points from a busy and important week for the health service
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HSJ PartnersFrom trauma to Sierra Leone in four weeks
Lieutenant Colonel Chris Gibson tells HSJ how the Army Medical Services Training Centre prepared a trauma medical team to work in Sierra Leone in just four weeks during the Ebola epidemic
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a new administrative role is helping improve patient care
How an entirely new admin role is helping junior doctors focus more on clinical duties
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NewsAnalysis: Size, spread and form of large scale GP groups
HSJ has collated the most comprehensive picture so far of England’s GP networks, federations and super practices.