All Health Service Journal articles in 3 July 2008 – Page 2
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News
HSJ talks to Gordon Brown and Lord Darzi
While the past 10 years of NHS reform were designed to increase capacity, the next task is to increase quality and personalisation and give more power to clinicians and patients. Gordon Brown and Lord Darzi explain their plans to Richard Vize
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HSJ Knowledge
Gordon Brown pledges to free and empower staff
The prime minister Gordon Brown has pledged to 'back to the hilt' NHS staff when they want to improve services.
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News
Darzi bowls us a googly
Lord Darzi's final report is a welcome boost for quality of care but fails to address the quality of those key local NHS responsibilities that lie beyond healthcare settings.
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Leadership roles for clinicians get a boost from Darzi
Lord Darzi's workforce strategy unveils sweeping reforms to workforce planning and education.
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Board members resign from troubled Scarborough trust
Three board members have resigned from the troubled Scarborough and North East Yorkshire trust.
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Comment
Nigel Edwards on Darzi's big ideas
The 'once in a generation' billing given to health minister Lord Darzi's review, published this week, might have caused some alarm after so much change in the last few years.
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News
DH behind in Olympic planning race
Senior managers have attacked the Department of Health for failing to face the health and safety challenges of the 2012 Olympic games.
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PCT-backed integrated care pilots to go ahead
Lord Darzi's primary and community care strategy, due today, will push for integrated services and new rights for primary care trust provider staff.
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Trust ends contract after pay nightmare
University Hospital of North Staffordshire has withdrawn from its contract with a payroll provider after months of mistakes in the pay packets of hundreds of staff.
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News
Will Darzi bring about a renaissance in maternity services?
A number of regional Darzi plans have promised midwife-led units and better information. Daloni Carlisle asks if this vision will become a reality
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HSJ KnowledgeA glance towards the next 60 years of the NHS
Looking back over the past 60 years reminds us of some familiar debates in the NHS: concerns about financial sustainability, wastefulness, and rationing of resources are all familiar issues today.
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Comment
Your Humble Servant in 1948
Dear Lord Donald of WiseIt is my humble duty and sincere pleasure to present to you this first report of the General Hospital board of management for the National Health Service.
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News
Darzi quality incentive puts £1bn at stake
Up to £1bn - or 3 per cent - of annual hospital trust income will be contingent on meeting service quality requirements by 2010-11.
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Comment
Hilary Thomas on clinical governance and values
An old friend has just been in touch, having found one of my HSJ columns through Google.
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News
EU law gives patients right to charge for overseas care
The rights of patients to charge the NHS for care they receive abroad will be set out for the first time in a European Commission directive due to be published this week.
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HSJ Partners
National social inclusion programme
There is a complex pattern of interaction between social exclusion and mental health. It is important to be thorough about evidence because of this complexity and to ensure that our understanding of issues is not confused or oversimplified. This requires sustained engagement with evidence.
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HSJ Partners
Early intervention in psychosis
The first early intervention service in the UK was established in Birmingham in 1989. This was after a period of evidence growth from clinical and research development. Early intervention in psychosis is an established part of the service configuration of modern mental health services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Developing a successful pay strategy
Intense competition between NHS trusts for senior executives means remuneration committees now have a key role in performance and talent management. Peter Boreham considers how non-executives can develop and run these committees effectively
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HSJ Partners
Dr Michael Clark on using evidence
In health and social care the idea of using evidence to inform policy development and practice is now the norm. But there are still many challenges and potential pitfalls associated with using evidence.
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HSJ Partners
Improving access to psychological therapies
The improving access to psychological therapies programme has always been heavily engaged with evidence and its development. It emerged on the basis of evidence that many people with common mental health problems could benefit from improved access to psychological therapies.