All Health Service Journal articles in 22 November 2007 – Page 3
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Practice-Based Commissioning briefing
Practice-based commissioning was introduced as a policy by the Labour government in 2004. It aims to allow GPs to commission directly on behalf of their patients and to give them more control over their budget.
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Raj Persaud on cognitive dissonance theory
NHS managers should be aware of a famous theory in social psychology called cognitive dissonance. It has become one of the most dominant ways of accounting for many puzzling behavioural phenomena in the world of academic psychology, yet it remains relatively obscure outside the field.
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Efficiency training for behavioural change
Neal Hattersley explains how efficiency can be improved at the service provision level by recognising the need for training
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Managers in Partnership: state of the union
Two years after its birth, the association representing NHS managers has made admirable strides but it still has a long way to go as it tries to boost their poor public image. By Helen Mooney
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Comment
Hilary Thomas on clarifying the NHS insurer-provider divide
Separating the NHS’s purchaser and provider functions more clearly would help everyone who works in the service focus unambiguously on their purpose
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New generation of equality in perinatal care
Infant death and women's health are marked by inequality but outreach workers are now changing prospects, reports Caroline White
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Helen Bevan on world class commissioning
To make world class commissioning a reality, we must challenge our existing mindsets
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Raj Persaud on how cognitive dissonance affects managers
For NHS managers it is important to get a handle on the famous social psychology theory of 'cognitive dissonance'
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Recruitment advertising - the rules of attraction
Attracting the best applicants to a post is skilful work in itself. Stuart Shepherd talks to some top recruitment agencies
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News
welsh mental act
The Welsh assembly government is consulting on mental health proposals for Wales. Comments are invited on the Mental Health Act code of practice for Wales, secondary legislation prepared under the Mental Health Act and secondary legislation prepared under the deprivation of liberty safeguards of the Mental Capacity Act.
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Comment
Weird world health
When doctors and nurses make the decision to set out and their long and arduous training, we imagine many must have as their idols those pioneers of healthcare who transformed medicine. But it seems the fictional Dr Watson, sidekick of Sherlock Holmes, TV's Dr Kildaire, Frasier's Dr Frasier Crane, Casualty’s ...
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All Our Yesterdays
November 21, 1941, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital ReviewMore on the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers. 'The first essential in the treatment of haematemesis is to keep the patient absolutely quiet. He is put to bed where he lies supline and still, the necessary nursing procedures being ...
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Acute Healthcare Organisation of the Year
Winner South Tees Hospitals TrustIn the space of a little over two years South Tees Hospitals trust has pulled itself back from the brink to become a dynamic and innovative centre of clinical and leadership excellence.The exceptional work that took place to achieve such a turnaround has all been done ...
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Primary Care Organisation of the Year
Winner Wirral PCTWirral PCT exemplifies the direction that an organisation seeking the right type of innovation for the right kinds of improvements should take with service redesign clearly demonstrating genuine clinical engagement and a leadership that reaches out across organisational boundaries.Patient and public involvement and meaningful partnership working is central ...
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Patient Safety
Winner Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS TrustFacing the Challenge - Healthcare Acquired InfectionsThe dramatic improvements seen at a trust that once had some of the worst MRSA bacteraemia reduction figures in the country is ultimately the result of one overarching theme - making infection prevention rather than infection control the ...
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Patient Centred Care
WinnerLeedsPCT'What Works?' pharmacy needle exchangeA pharmacy based needle exchange service providing sterile injecting equipment or ‘works’ to drug users in Leeds had no guidelines, governance or contracts - and was becoming increasingly fragmented.Needle exchange was established in the 1970’s and continues to play an important role in reducing the spread ...
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Improving patient access
WinnerBoltonPCTMusculoskeletal Clinical assessment and Treatment Service (MSK CATS)The professionalism and ambitious breadth of work in a holistic and systemic approach were just some of the qualities in theBoltonentry that stood out for the judges. The panel also appreciated the strong focus on quality, an evidence-based methodology and robust outcome measures ...
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Recruitment and Retention
Judges described the winner as an impressive partnership between health and local government that addressed both long and short-term recruitment issues. They praised the focus not just on healthcare but on community benefits, providing real opportunities for staff development and progression
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Reducing health inequalities
Winner East Lancashire PCTThe Accident Prevention Team (ACAP) project was initially developed in 2001 to reduce the number of children below the age of five years attending A&E or GP surgeries due to a home accident. Since 2006 it has expanded to other safety issues.In some of the more ...
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