All articles by Alison Moore – Page 69
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SupplementsThe barriers to integration: an HSJ roundtable debate
Integrated care, where every professional can instantly get the patient information they need, is a key goal for the future NHS. So what, HSJ asked a panel of experts, are the obstacles, and how can they be overcome?
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HSJ KnowledgeThe ideas and innovations taking health services by storm
The Liberating Ideas Award was established to encourage the spread of service improvements. Alison Moore catches up with the 2011 winners to find out how they have fared.
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CommentMedia Watch: strike coverage is just what the DH ordered
Health policy in the media this week.
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NewsHealth servants recognised in Queen's birthday honours
NHS managers and board members - and a hospital porter - have been honoured in the Queen’s birthday honours list.
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NewsExclusive: top foundation forms million-pound advertising agency
A leading foundation trust has set up a joint venture with a private company to sell advertising in NHS hospitals and on trust websites.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to buy: outsource car parking services for an easier ride
Running a trust car park that keeps patients, staff and coffers happy can seem an impossible task, but success is all in the outsourcing, writes Alison Moore
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NewsLansley looking forward to 'time when there are no more Mid Staffs'
The government and the law are on the side of NHS staff who raise concerns about patient care, the health secretary has said.
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CommentMedia Watch: RCN congress sparks raft of health warnings
Health policy in the news this week.
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NewsConcern over board FT meetings held in private
Only two out of the five acute foundation trusts which hold board meetings in private in the East of England have changed their policies, nearly a year being told to do so by the health secretary.
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HSJ Local
'Big beast' required to counterbalance hospitals' power, says chief
STRUCTURE: A primary care trust chief executive has said he wants to see a local community services trust reach foundation status so there is a “big beast” to counterbalance the power of the acute sector in the East of England.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the future structure of community services in East Anglia
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week, HSJ looks at the long term viability of community services in East Anglia.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to utilise digital dictation technology for cost and time efficiencies
Digital dictation and related technology can save the NHS time and money, as long as trusts think carefully first about their needs, writes Alison Moore.
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NewsSerco wins £120m deal to take over support partnership
One of the biggest shared services organisations in the NHS has effectively been taken over by Serco in a four-year £120m deal.
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HSJ Local
Staff shortage forces closure of Herts community hospital beds
PERFORMANCE: Inpatient beds at a community hospital in Hertfordshire are to be closed from next week because of staffing problems.
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NewsFree online innovation webinar for HSJ subscribers
HSJ invites subscribers to view and participate in an exclusive webinar “Innovations in Healthcare”, in association with the Healthcare Advisory Forum and sponsored by Oracle.
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NewsPrivately-run centre breaches 18-week standard
Patients are being diverted away from a privately-run treatment centre because the 18-week referral-to-treatment standard is being breached.
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HSJ KnowledgeKeeping afloat: how trusts can survive under the new NHS failure regime
Takeover or oblivion are possibilities for some NHS organisations in the new order – so what are they doing to clutch victory from the jaws of defeat, asks Alison Moore.
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