All Health Service Journal articles in 21 August 2008
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Comment
NICE chairman hits back at critics
Some recent criticisms of NICE's work ignore the realities of modern healthcare and misrepresent the facts. Institute chairman Sir Michael Rawlins sets the record straight
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HSJ Knowledge
Finance: make your business boom
Commercialism in the health service means that trusts must look for profitable growth. Stuart Shepherd explains how developing service-line reporting can achieve this
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News
Careers: TGI Monday
Jobseekers have ranked healthcare management among the most desirable careers. Louise Hunt finds out why
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Comment
Steve Onyett on loosening central control
The sociologist Lipsky coined the term 'street level bureaucracy' to highlight the fact that you can't force people to work effectively on something they disagree with.
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Comment
David Peat on hitting targets
You know how it feels when you hit the target but miss the point?Well, a recent journey to address a health conference in Europe was, to my mind, the perfect example of this.
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HSJ Knowledge
Marketing in the health sector: the dawn of the Facebook fan
Do you want to be a 'fan' of your local trust, or Alan Johnson's friend? With Facebook you can. Stuart Shepherd looks at how NHS organisations are using Web 2.0 to connect with patients
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HSJ Knowledge
Embedding leadership in medical training
Medical training must increase its emphasis on leadership skills if the aims of Lord Darzi's review of the health service are to be realised
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Comment
Stephen Ramsden on minding your language
In a column last year I described the power of storytelling. Compelling stories touch hearts and minds in a way that logic and reason do not.
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News
Spreading the word about NHS careers
Taking part in a new careers initiative could help NHS organisations raise their profile among job seekers
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Comment
Steve Feast on breaking through to leadership roles
Considering how many talented clinicians there are in the NHS leadership ranks, relatively few actually make the transition from local clinical leadership roles to senior system-wide or executive positions.
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Comment
Mark Johnson on outsourcing in the health sector
A recent report into the impact, scale and potential of the 'public services industry' - private companies and other organisations that provide services to the government - is very timely.
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Leader
Patients have a right to know about mortality rates
The argument in the West Midlands over interpreting mortality rates is just a taste of the rows that will ensue once the Department of Health starts publishing outcomes data.
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News
Academics doubt link between death and standards
Academic research has cast serious doubt on the link between hospital mortality rates and quality of care, raising questions over Department of Health moves towards routine publication of death rates.
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News
Call for improved acute mental health services
National quality standards should be introduced for mental health services in emergency departments and acute wards, the Academy of Royal Colleges has said.The call follows the publication of a report, led by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, which has found dramatic variation in provision between hospitals.
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News
Ambulance finances break even
Ambulance service trusts are not in financial crisis through their efforts to meet the government target for emergency response times.
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HSJ Knowledge
Assessing the opportunity for ambulatory care
The next stage review has again highlighted the opportunities for providing elements of urgent and chronic care outside the acute inpatient setting.
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News
NICE basks in new watchdog's approval
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has welcomed the new health watchdog's tough stance on NHS organisations that ignore its guidance.
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News
Health gap between rich and poor areas narrows
The quality and outcomes framework has reduced the link between low-income areas and poor primary healthcare, a study suggests.
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Leader
Beleaguered NICE is powerless to call off postcode lottery
The NHS is caught in a media storm over access to drugs, with NICE at the centre.
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News
Scots boards told to improve palliative care
NHS boards in Scotland have been told to raise their standards on palliative care after a critical report.