All Health Service Journal articles in 8 November 2012 – Page 2
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HSJ Local
Learning disability team shortlisted for award
PERFORMANCE: Dimensions UK’s Folkstone team has been shortlisted for award in the Great British Care Awards.
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News
Exclusive: CCG leaders favour integration over competition
The first survey of CCG leaders has found they want providers to work closer together
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News
Commissioner behaviour is main barrier to independent sector providers
Tendering behaviour is preventing a more diverse provider landscape, Monitor has indicated.
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News
CCG Barometer: CCGs fear political flak for controversial service shifts
Clinical commissioning group leaders are enthusiastic about their ability to improve services, including through controversial moves such as closing emergency services and limiting treatments, but they fear politicians will stand in their way.
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News
CCG Barometer: 'Weak support' a major concern for clinical commissioners
Weak support services could be one of the greatest barriers to clinical commissioning groups’ success and undermine attempts to control spending, CCG leaders fear.
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News
Make telehealth plans public, says Labour
The Department of Health is under renewed pressure to publish evidence to support its claims that using telehealth could save the NHS £1.2bn, after the Labour party joined those calling for publication of its calculations.
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Comment
Has payment by results had its day?
King’s Fund report says tariff system is not fit for purpose
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Comment
Croydon's finance crisis is not incredible
The £22m black hole is less mysterious given prevailing cultures
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HSJ Knowledge
Turning concerns into positive outcomes
Seventeen trusts are striving to to raise care standards
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Leader
CCGs face old fears with desire for change
Leaders believe they can make significant improvements in a year
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Comment
Let's find the political will to integrate care
The NHS should focus on integration not more fragmentation
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HSJ Knowledge
Striking the balance between efficiency and quality of care
Improving services and patient outcomes can reduce costs
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HSJ Knowledge
Why is the road to recovery so far away?
Is there an alternative to out of area treatments for mental health?
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS QUEST aims for best quality and safety standards
Fourteen trusts are focusing on key priority areas
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HSJ Knowledge
Listening into Action: pioneering the case for change
Empowering staff to pioneer change is an active process
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Comment
Readers' letters - 8 November 2012
It’s not perfect, by the personal medical services contract offers the flexibility that is eential to delivering tailor-made services. Plus, are mothers and midwives being moved around like pieces in a board game?
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Comment
Why wait for the Francis report? Here are 10 things to do now
The key points from an alternative report
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HSJ Local
Thirteen hospital staff test positive for tuberculosis
Thirteen staff working at a dialysis unit at the centre of a tuberculosis outbreak have tested positive for the infection, HSJ has learned.
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News
Patient, professional and NHS bodies announce joint push on reconfiguration
The NHS Confederation, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and National Voices have announced a joint project to produce practical advice on how to reconfigure health services.