All Health Service Journal articles in 2007 – Page 24
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Group aims to get GPs talking
A scheme to allow GPs to talk directly with their local acute trust will hold its first meeting next week.
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Half of ambulance trusts missing response targets
Half of England's ambulance trusts are missing response targets despite a service shake-up designed to improve performance.
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College bids for outcomes audit deal
The Royal College of Surgeons could soon be running a national audit of clinical outcomes, comparing NHS trusts, independent treatment centres and other private sector providers for the first time.
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Critics claim money is the force behind demand management
The Department of Health would have us believe that demand management is a straightforward and egalitarian system of getting the best for patients. But is 'care and resource utilisation' really just about balancing the books? Daloni Carlisle reports
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Healthcare bodies in patient safety pledge
Key healthcare organisations will today make a public commitment to partnership in improving patient safety.The pledge will be made at a summit hosted by the National Patient Safety Agency and the Healthcare Commission.Read the press release here
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King's Fund: cash review will not stop NHS progress
The NHS will be able to cope despite the slash in funding growth expected to be announced in the next comprehensive spending review, according to a King's Fund report.
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Historic changes to pharmacy profession
The chief pharmaceutical officers from England, Scotland, and Wales have revealed plans for historic changes to the regulation of the pharmacy profession.The measures, which form part of the white paper on professional regulation, will see the formation of two separate bodies to oversee pharmacy. One organisation will act as a ...
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DoH condemned by its own civil servants
Just 16 per cent of senior Department of Health civil servants think their department is well managed, and only 4 per cent believe that it manages 'change' well, according to the government's own survey.
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Conservatives hit out over London deficit
Conservatives in the London Assembly have said the extent of the continuing crisis in the NHS has been revealed by the latest financial figures.They point to new figures from the Department of Health, which show that the NHS in London is still heading for an overall end-of-year deficit of £125m.Find ...
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Contract warning
Managers are being warned they could lose their redundancy rights if they extend their current contracts because new management structures are running behind schedule.
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PCT ditches two private hospitals over costs
A primary care trust has removed the choice of two local private sector hospitals from its choose and book list because it says it was paying too much for their services, HSJ has learned.
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Report flags up mental health gap
The explosion in charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises providing services to the NHS and social care looks set to overlook mental health, a survey has found.
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Number's up for mistaken patient identity
Supermarket technology could save the NHS in England £2bn a year by preventing patients from receiving the wrong treatment due to mistaken identity.
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Nurse strike threat
Almost two-thirds of nurses have said they are willing to take industrial action if they receive an 'unsatisfactory' pay deal this year, according to the Royal College of Nursing.
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Will is the way to win the patient safety war
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is aiming to prevent 5 million medical injuries through an improvement campaign in the US. Here Don Berwick says safety requires a passionate determination by managers
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Government announces £54.3m drug and alcohol funding
The government has allocated £54.3m in capital funding to improve inpatient and residential drug and alcohol facilities.The successful bids for funding include provision for women-only facilities, people with disabilities and those from black and minority ethnic communities.Read the press release here
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Institute launches new No Delays Achiever
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched an improved second version of its No Delays Achiever, a web-based tool created to help NHS organisations achieve the 18-week target for GP referral to first treatment.More than 140 NHS organisations are registered as users of the free service, which was ...
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Partnership agreement for joint working agreed
The government, NHS Employers and unions have signed a partnership agreement to show their collective commitment to joint working.The Department of Health said the new agreement would provide a 'springboard' to promote effective partnership on the workforce implications of policy.Find out more here
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Poll finds low awareness of choice options
Public awareness of the ability to choose a hospital for a referral remains relatively low, although more patients say they are being offered choice and four in five of those are happy with the process, according to a poll by Ipsos MORI.The results of the September 2006 national patient choice ...
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King's Fund identifies key NHS challenges
The NHS needs to overcome five key challenges to create a viable, long-term future when lower growth in funding kicks in from 2008, according to the King's Fund.Its report, Funding Healthcare: 2008 and beyond, says the government must take action to reduce variation in performance and clinical practice in the ...