All Health Service Journal articles in 2005-01-06
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News
A&E target and PbR hit trusts with finance double whammy
HSJ EXCLUSIVE Acute trusts' 'perverse double incentive' could trigger meltdown: pages 5-6
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Comment
A private affair
The drive to improve older people's health is laudable, (Interview, page 18, 9 December 2004), and the achievements to date should be applauded.
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HSJ Knowledge
Being a better manager
Q. The project I have been working on has been sidelined and my team moved to work on another one. The new project tackles the same issue but the methodology feels totally alien. We risk merely ticking a box to achieve a target. Someone new has been brought in to ...
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HSJ Knowledge
What are the best funding models for continuing care?
Continuing care funding often involves individuals in the most difficult circumstances with complex needs. Locally we have tried various formulas for considering the applications for NHS funding, most recently establishing a panel that social services were invited to join.
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HSJ Knowledge
Make boards work better
Why do trust boards seem to operate outside the realms of performance review? Jay Bevington, Paul Stanton and Phil Glanfield show how it should be done
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HSJ Knowledge
Helen Bevan on US public health
We can learn a lot from other healthcare systems. Sometimes we find we have more in common than in variance - even with situations that appear to be the polar opposite of the NHS.
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News
Why the NHS is facing its bleakest outlook in years
FINANCE SPECIAL Contracts, payment by results, Agenda for Change and out of hours take their toll