All Health Service Journal articles in 18 October 2007 – Page 2
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News
Health check: IT problems limit patient choice
The government's patient choice target is proving too tough for many trusts, the health check reveals.
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Comment
Health check: Foundations lead the pack but PCTs still fighting in the rear
The wealth of data unveiled today by the Healthcare Commission in its annual trust health check reveals foundation trusts are thriving, primary care trusts are struggling, and the best are leaving the rest behind.
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Comment
Health check: does the NHS want for good management?
It is the struggle to shift the trusts hanging around near the centre of the annual health check which is most perplexing the Healthcare Commission.
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News
Former Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells chair was 'hung out to dry'
The chair of the hospital trust at the centre of an infection control scandal has attacked centralised control of the NHS as he stepped down.
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News
Health check case study: Mid Cheshire Hospitals trust praises staff
Mid Cheshire Hospitals trust has praised the efforts of staff in turning around a double 'weak' rating to a double 'good' assessment.
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News
Long-term care reforms will seek fairer system
The government's review of long-term care could shift the balance of payment between the individual and the state.
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News
MRSA target has built-in 'wiggle room'
The government has given trusts some 'wiggle room' to maintain the new MRSA public service agreement beyond the target date of 2008.
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News
More HSJ coverage of the annual health check
Follow the links below to read more about this year’s health check
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HSJ Knowledge
Four-hour waiting target fuels admissions
How have targets changed the way we organise emergency workloads and what has the impact been of the four-hour waiting target in accident and emergency? Paul Robinson explains
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News
Health check: commission promises to intervene in 33 worst-performing trusts
Annual performance ratings have revealed a persistent gap between high-flying trusts and those languishing in the bottom half of the tables.
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Comment
Martin Kedge on reaching out to sick children
Charity WellChild plays a crucial role in highlighting the needs of children with long-term illnesses, writes Kedge Martin
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Comment
Anti-stigma campaign is run by charities
Steve Shrubb wrote that the government recently announced a new mental health anti-stigma campaign, Moving People (Down should not mean out of a job in the NHS).
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HSJ Knowledge
Productive Ward programme extends its reach
The drive to develop tools to help acute staff improve their ward processes and help nursing staff spend more time on patient care has moved forward with the creation of 10 'learning partner' trusts and two 'whole hospital' sites to road test the draft modules.
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HSJ Knowledge
Health service still not meeting patient priorities
A new report commissioned by the Health Foundation has shown that a truly patient-centred NHS would place a higher priority on communicating and giving information, shared decision-making and treating patients as individuals.
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HSJ Knowledge
Power games: what kind of manager are you?
Getting what you want may not be as straightforward as it seems, writes Raj Persaud
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HSJ Knowledge
New hope for people with long-term conditions
A new £4.95m Health Foundation initiative working with patients and staff across theUKhas offered new hope to people with long-term conditions. The Co-creating Health project will empower local people with long-term conditions to take control of their lives by encouraging better partnership working between patients, doctors and nurses.
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HSJ Knowledge
Community matrons: new guidelines on fitness to practise
New guidelines have been published to support the development and implementation of community matrons and case managers. Lucy Dennis explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Tackling the causes of blindness
Health Foundation clinician scientist fellow Dr Robert MacLaren has made significant breakthroughs in tackling the most common cause of blindness in the developed world, previously thought to be incurable.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient choice: a systematic approach
Another 'once in a lifetime' review of the NHS is upon us and despite the inevitable cynicism, there appears to be good reason to believe that Lord Darzi's review will bring a step change in the quality of care, writes Natalie Grazin
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News
Figures show gains in NHS efficiency
The NHS is working smarter to improve productivity, according to new figures published by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. The Better Care, Better Value indicators show increased productivity on a trust-by-trust basis across a number of key efficiency and productivity indicators. The indicators show that in the past ...
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