All Health Service Journal articles in 31 July 2008 – Page 3
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Comment
Maggie Rae on lunchtime networking
Did you know four out of five of us do not get properly away from our desks during our working day? Shocking isn't it?
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Supplements
Health inequalities: the human workshop
It is unacceptable that in the first decade of the 21st century, the length of a person's life is still determined by where they were born.
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Comment
Jenny Rogers on the pursuit of happiness
A crazily affluent friend takes delivery of a Burberry handbag for which there has allegedly been a three-month waiting list. The price is roughly the same as the average British worker's monthly salary.
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HSJ Knowledge
Lending a hand for social enterprise
The government is encouraging more social enterprises in health and social care with the promise of start-up cash. Caroline White looks at some that have taken the plunge
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS Counter Fraud Service: watching the detectives
The NHS loses tens of millions of pounds a year to cheating, but some observers are asking if the Counter Fraud Service is getting too tough. Helen Mooney reports
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Comment
Julia Riley on care of the dying
The Department of Health's end of life care strategy published earlier this month pledged to allow more people with terminal illnesses to choose where they die. Clinicians at the Royal Marsden have made this possible through a pilot scheme
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Comment
Rowan Myron on implementing the Mental Capacity Act
The requirements of the Mental Capacity Act are vitally important for those in the health and social care sectors, but they are taking root too slowly on the front line.
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News
Speech and language therapy
The £52m recommended as part of the Bercow review this month will be a great boost for speech and language therapy, enabling children to develop their communication skills.
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News
Preventing suicides and homicides
The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness should continue.
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News
Research into social policies for deprived communities
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has asked me to look at how policy actors in public, private and non-governmental sectors develop and apply social policies for excluded or deprived communities, focusing on community capacity building. I am looking for examples from housing, health and regeneration.
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News
World class commissioning challenges
As Richard Vize rightly points out, world class commissioning is an ambitious programme of change for primary care trusts. While we must be realistic about how they will perform on competencies at this early stage, the first year of the assurance system will establish the baseline for performance and reflect ...
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News
Palliative boost
It is welcome news that the government has pledged £286m extra to back up the new strategy for end of life care.
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HSJ Knowledge
Aligning health and local government incentives
In the North West, health services and local government work in perfect alignment. What is the secret of their success?
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HSJ Knowledge
The next steps in reducing inequality
The government is determined to reduce health inequalities by 2010, but this requires a concerted effort from all local agencies in the human workshop.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mainstreaming health inequalities in action
Two senior executives discuss putting healthcare at the centre of local policy.
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HSJ Knowledge
Alan Johnson on narrowing the gaps in health equality
Health inequalities blight our communities. It is unacceptable that in the first decade of the 21st century, the length of a person's life is still determined by where they were born and their social status.
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HSJ Knowledge
Making progress on infant mortality
High infant mortality rates in disadvantaged groups make the latest inequalities targets tough to hit. But there has been some progress in this area, as Andy Cowper found out.
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HSJ Knowledge
Lessons in success: delivering on health inequalities
Three leaders who are tackling inequalities in deprived areas explain why their initiatives are working
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HSJ Knowledge
Adding value with national support
The aim of national support teams is to reflect back the work of trusts and local authorities and to support change, as director Cathy Hamlyn told HSJ
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HSJ Knowledge
Life expectancy tool helps address local inequalities
A life expectancy intervention tool is now available to help all local planners make informed decisions, writes Andy Cowper.
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