All Ara Darzi articles – Page 7
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News
NHS culture stifling innovation, Confed warns
The NHS is stifling innovation through an organisational culture that places barriers in the way of staff with good ideas, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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Blogs
NHS news blog: NHS culture stifling innovation, Confed warns
The NHS is stifling innovation through an organisational culture that places barriers in the way of staff with good ideas, the NHS Confederation has warned.In a report timed to coincide with the launch by Lord Darzi of a £220m fund to boost innovation in the health service, the confederation said ...
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NewsLondon announces first seven polyclinics
Seven polyclinics are open or will soon be open in London.
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CommentYour Humble Servant rides with the new Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
‘System alignment is everyone agreeing with the DH that these are four bloody good principles’
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News
Anger over GP quality decision
The Department of Health has angered senior figures in primary care by appointing external consultants McKinsey to advise a panel of experts on how to measure GP quality.
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NewsGP quality: the final frontier for inspectors
So far general practice has remained impervious to the expanding remit of the inspectors. This week the King’s Fund revealed proposals for a new GP quality inquiry that has even won backing from the profession. Helen Mooney reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Working Hours: top tips to meet the working time directive
Here is a collation of invaluable tips from experts on achieving the European working time directive
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NewsAudit Commission warns that data quality is still too poor
The NHS has made only limited progress in improving its data quality in the last five years, the Audit Commission has said.
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News
Integrated care will be tested by only 16 organisations
Just 16 organisations have made it onto the Department of Health’s integrated care pilot scheme.
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CommentHow to use patient stories to inspire change in the NHS
The Academy for Large Scale Change is giving clinicians the skills they need to influence others and improve the quality of patient care in the NHS, writes David Levy
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Comment
Michael White on the Health Bill
The world economy may tremble, but life goes on. So the House of Lords is getting stuck into the government's ragbag new Health Bill in its own inimitable way.
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Leader
Lords quality accounts fight may cause an unpleasant sensation
The latest scrap between Monitor and the Department of Health has just kicked off in the House of Lords.
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HSJ KnowledgeQuality information assurance: an understanding of governance, risk and compliance
Lord Darzi’s review and world class commissioning promise to bring positive changes to patient experience and drive up the quality of services. However, the sharing of information these agendas promote demands that quality information assurance is now a top priority in your trust.
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Comment
Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on acute trust challenges
The financial year just gone has not been the easiest for acute services, with tough targets, population changes and possible structural shifts all putting pressure on trusts.
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News
Bradshaw warns PCTs: make the right choice
As ‘free choice’ is extended to all patients, minister Ben Bradshaw tells primary care trusts they must undergo a cultural change to make it work - with consequences if they fail. Rebecca Evans met him