All Health Service Journal articles in 18 September 2008 – Page 4

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS IT connections: one network to rule them all

    2008-09-15T09:00:00Z

    An entire health community has been wired to a high-bandwidth network that allows GPs to book hospital appointments, gives them instant access to test results and promises efficiency savings. Stuart Shepherd plugs in

  • Comment

    Ali Mohammed on caring for NHS staff

    2008-09-15T09:00:00Z

    Having just returned from holiday, I am once again struck by how much attention goes into the little things done by industries that focus heavily on customer care.

  • Comment

    Alan Maynard on managing the NHS market

    2008-09-15T09:00:00Z

    The Darzi reforms, like dozens of ‘definitive’ reports and structural ‘redisorganisations’ over the 60 years of the health service, are experiments that may imperil or improve the lot of patients and taxpayers.

  • News

    Stroke services imporved

    2008-09-12T16:09:12Z

    Stroke services have shown marked improvement in the last two years, an audit by the Royal College of Physicians has shown.The audit of 224 hospitals in all areas of the UK except Scotland found near universal provision of specialist stroke beds.About 30 per cent are offering thrombolysis for stroke and ...