All Health Service Journal articles in 19 May 2011 – Page 5
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CommentAmong the structural turmoil, maintaining performance is a matter of life and death
While all eyes are currently on the political rollercoaster that is the Health Bill, less seductive but more vital is maintaining the performance of a service that has life and death consequences for individuals every day.
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CommentYour humble servant: can you hear me, Andrew Lansley?
From being everywhere to suddenly being nowhere, your humble servant goes in search of the health secretary.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe opportunities 'any qualified provider' can bring to the NHS
Four former private sector leaders now working for the NHS explore how “any qualified provider” can bring the NHS’s entrepreneurial spirit to the surface.
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NewsFast-tracked treatment for armed forces to be law
Commissioners face further pressure not to restrict treatments following a move to enshrine in law preferential access to care for the armed forces.
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CommentMedia Watch: Cameron's speech grabs headlines, but offers little more
The papers all had a bit to say ahead of prime minister David Cameron’s speech about how reforming the NHS is apparently the only way to save it.
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No evidence for money saving potential of community care pathways
A lack of reliable data on the cost of outpatient and community services is hampering commissioners’ attempts to make efficiency savings by moving care out of the acute sector.
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HSJ KnowledgeQIPP and care plans for long term conditions: revisited
Last year a study into the impact of care planning on patients with long term conditions showed the early benefits of individual care plans. Now, follow up data has strengthened those results - and could transform the patient-clinician relationship. Shahid Ail, Julia Coletta and Richard Pope report.
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CommentCommissioning debate centres on the South
NHS Surrey this month found itself at the centre of the debate on commissioning reform.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe Circle Prize for Inspiring Innovation - the shortlist
Which idea has the biggest potential to influence healthcare thinking? HSJ reveals the shortlist of the Circle Prize for Inspiring Innovation – for which the winner will receive £20,000.
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NewsCompetition of services could have 'unintended consequences', warns FTN
“Unbundling” services to subject them to competition will be “very difficult” for the new NHS economic regulator, the head of the Foundation Trust Network has warned.
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NewsEarly intervention could be 'crowded out'
Early intervention mental health services lauded in a government strategy are at risk of cuts due to a shortage of incentives for commissioners, according to a report.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy regional projects are leading the way on innovation in the NHS
Case studies from the frontline are highlighting how NHS organisations are innovating services using Regional Innovation Funds. Sarah McGeehan looks at the evidence.
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CommentMichael White: who's the one to watch?
I must admit that the first thing I looked for in Monday’s newspapers wasn’t Cameron’s big NHS speech. It was to see whether weekend reports of boastful remarks about “big opportunities” for the US private sector in Britain’s healthcare market had gained much media traction.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: Monitor is showing a truer picture
“Breathtaking insensitivity” is the alleged failing of David Bennett, Monitor’s new chair, for daring to suggest the 4 per cent target efficiency gain required of the NHS this year, under the Department of Health operating framework, may be just a little understated.
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NewsPrivate provider bosses confident of reform opportunities
Private healthcare chief executives have remained confident their firms will profit from NHS reform even as political controversy has stalled the Health Bill, a survey shows.
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NewsProviders warn over dangers of PCT ‘war chest’
NHS commissioners are building a “war chest” to fund service reorganisation and deal with financial emergencies. But providers are warning the move risks “unnecessary cuts to jobs and services”.
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NewsConsortia authorisation 'window' risks quality
The short “window” to authorise commissioning consortia could undermine quality, according to one of those working for the Department of Health on the reorganisation.
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Data transparency letter to Treasury reveals fraud fears
Public organisations are at an increased risk of fraud because of the government’s requirement for them to publish detailed spending data online, HSJ has learned.
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CommentWired in: digital service delivery can put healthcare into the home
The success of new technologies in major sectors such as retail and travel has put control and convenience in the hands of the consumer. Why then, asks Sophia Christie, is the health sector not thinking “digital by default”?
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NewsMonitor urges trusts to use service line system
Monitor is encouraging trusts to use service line management to improve quality and control costs, amid evidence that senior management is taking back control of trust finances.