All Health Service Journal articles in 7 August 2008 – Page 2

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    HSJ Knowledge

    Admissions up for treatable illnesses

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    Ambulatory care sensitive conditions are long-term health conditions that can often be managed with timely and effective treatment without hospitalisation.

  • News

    Do not marginalise drug addiction

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    Thank you HSJ for flagging up the 'neglect' of common mental health problems in specialist mental health trusts.

  • News

    Much to learn about disability

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    The findings of the independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities prove that people with a learning disability are being discriminated against in the NHS, which is leading to unnecessary pain and death.

  • News

    Managers losing sleep as 48-hour week nears

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    The clock is ticking on the European working time directive, with only a year until junior doctors’ hours are cut. Alison Moore asks if trusts are ready to make the change

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    £550m set aside to fund Darzi

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has set aside £150m from next year's NHS budget and £400m in 2010-11 to pay for the commitments set out in health minister Lord Darzi's review.

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    Accounting rule changes to cost hospitals £146m

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    New accountancy rules will bring up to 16bn of extra debt onto the NHS balance sheet and cost hospitals 146m a year.

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    Getting the most from the NHS workforce

    2008-08-06T09:00:00Z

    With more than 1.3 million members of staff, the NHS is the largest employer in Europe and has traditionally been regarded as a good place to work. But traditions can change and assets need to be looked after. Alastair Henderson explains that as the NHS moves into a new era, ...

  • Comment

    Jim Wardrope on emergency medicine myths

    2008-08-06T09:00:00Z

    Lord Darzi's review of the NHS has yielded some good results for emergency medicine. However, there are a number of persistent myths about emergency care that could undermine the good work that has been done so far.

  • Comment

    Sandy Watson on the need for community engagement

    2008-08-06T09:00:00Z

    Community engagement is a fundamental part of community planning. We must listen to what the public has to say about levels of service and then take action to improve performance.

  • Comment

    Sue Ashmore on breastfeeding and public health

    2008-08-06T09:00:00Z

    To convey the public health benefits of breastfeeding, authors sometimes ask readers to imagine a miracle drug that prevents numerous childhood illnesses, has continued benefits into adulthood, is free to manufacture and readily available.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Managing stress in the NHS workforce

    2008-08-05T09:00:00Z

    The best cure for work-related stress is for employees to take personal ownership of the problem, explains Robert Wilcox

  • HSJ Partners

    Housing support 'is cost effective'

    2008-08-05T09:00:00Z

    Hot on the heels of the Darzi review, the Integrated Care Network has published a study that suggests health and social care investment in housing support is cost-effective and can transform lives.

  • Comment

    Simon Bird on whether clinicians are always the best leaders

    2008-08-05T09:00:00Z

    It seems rather counter-cultural right now to question the drive for clinicians to take up leadership positions. However, the assumptions behind the drive, while compelling and applicable to some, should not be extrapolated across whole professions.

  • Comment

    Steve Onyett on medical leadership

    2008-08-04T09:00:00Z

    The Darzi review has shed new light on the challenge of letting go of central control. The idea that staff can be clinicians, partners and leaders is an engaging way of conveying that leadership needs to be widely dispersed.

  • Comment

    Peter Reader on integrating healthcare

    2008-08-04T09:00:00Z

    Lord Darzi's next stage review contains the seeds of potentially the greatest revolution the NHS has seen since it was formed - a commitment to seek expressions of interest to run 'integrated care pilots'.

  • Comment

    Neil Goodwin on leadership lessons from David Lloyd George

    2008-08-04T09:00:00Z

    I was delighted to see David Lloyd George listed as one of the most influential people in the history of the NHS - we can learn a lot from his leadership experience.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Palliative care: on their terms

    2008-08-04T09:00:00Z

    Big Lottery funding means young people in West Sussex get holistic palliative care in an environment of their choice - even if that means down on the beach

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Under the radar: BME mental health

    2008-08-04T09:00:00Z

    Language barriers and stereotyping mean the mental health needs of black and minority ethnic older people are going unseen by commissioners. Kaye McIntosh reports

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS retirement: old enough to know better

    2008-08-04T09:00:00Z

    The NHS Retirement Fellowship must attract younger members if it is to continue to represent ex-staff. Stuart Shepherd reports