All Health Service Journal articles in 21 February 2008 – Page 2
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News
Councils given chance to offload burdens
An independent review body has launched an investigation into the factors that hinder partnership work between health and social care services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Kidney disease: detection is better
Chronic kidney disease is an underdiagnosed but increasingly common condition. Estimates suggest 4-9 per cent of adults experience the more advanced stages of the disease. The burden on the health service is growing, and 1-2 per cent of the NHS budget is now spent on dialysis alone, say David Meechan ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Commissioning begins at home
The Teenage Cancer Trust has blazed a trail for charities by investing in commissioning. Sue McLellen and Simon Davies explain
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News
Basic data 'should be free'
The chief executive of the Information Centre has promised to 'put right' the perception that Dr Foster has Intelligence unfair access to NHS data.
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News
Private sector deals face audit office scrutiny
The National Audit Office is to investigate the Department of Health's decision to cancel a large swathe of its independent sector treatment centre programme.
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News
Ambulance services deny claims of patient stacking
Ambulance services and the Department of Health have hit back at claims that patients are being deliberately detained in ambulances to ensure hospitals hit accident and emergency waiting-time targets.
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News
Unions warn nurses will be jack of all trades
Nurses will become mere 'handmaidens' who lack leadership skills under planned changes to nursing careers, unions have warned.
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Comment
Jon Restell on looking after managers
Managers in healthcare need to do more than ever to look after their staff. I don't have a problem with this; it's the right thing to be doing.
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News
Hospitals gain ground in acute services battle
Three West Sussex hospitals have moved a step closer to retaining many of their acute services.
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News
Act now to avoid crisis, says RCN
The Department of Health must recognise the need to train thousands more nurses now to meet 'unprecedented' demand by 2030, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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News
Accounting change could strain PFI
The Department of Health has refused to say whether or not it has set aside any resources to help trusts cope with a major change to private finance initiative schemes later this year.
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Comment
Ronny Flynn on righting racial inequalities
Frontline staff and managers' skills in engaging with and using evidence are essential to promoting race equality in health services. Britain prides itself on its open access to healthcare and the quality of its prevention and treatment of illness.
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Comment
Using evidence to achieve equality in healthcare
Frontline staff and managers must be skilled in engaging with and using evidence if they are to promote race equality in health services, writes Ronny Flynn
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Comment
Using evidence to achieve equality in healthcare
Frontline staff and managers must be skilled in engaging with and using evidence if they are to promote race equality in health services, writes Ronny Flynn
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HSJ Knowledge
Device offers peace of mind for lone healthcare workers
Lone workers at Guy's and St Thomas' foundation trust are using a new security device that allows them to communicate discreetly with a back-up call centre in potentially hazardous situations.
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HSJ Knowledge
Device offers peace of mind for lone healthcare workers
Lone workers at Guy's and St Thomas' foundation trust are using a new security device that allows them to communicate discreetly with a back-up call centre in potentially hazardous situations.
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HSJ Knowledge
Take part in an Information Centre survey
People involved in health and social care information - from managers and commissioners to public health researchers and academics - are invited to help shape a major new population-based survey as part of a wider survey programme being developed by the Information Centre for health and social care.
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HSJ Knowledge
Information Centre dental report
The Information Centre for health and social care's latest report on dental statistics for England revealed that just over 70 per cent of all children aged 17 or under had visited an NHS dentist in the last two years.
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HSJ Knowledge
Take part in an Information Centre survey
People involved in health and social care information - from managers and commissioners to public health researchers and academics - are invited to help shape a major new population-based survey as part of a wider survey programme being developed by the Information Centre for health and social care.
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HSJ Knowledge
Information Centre dental report
The Information Centre for health and social care's latest report on dental statistics for England revealed that just over 70 per cent of all children aged 17 or under had visited an NHS dentist in the last two years.
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