All Health Service Journal articles in Blogs – Page 15
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BlogsA state of emergency for mental healthcare
Police cells are used 9,000 times each year as ‘places of safety’ for people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act
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Your 18 week waits: April 2013 data
The local picture on one-year and 18 week waits across England, updated with the April 2013 data.
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Record breaking rise in English waiting list
The English waiting list got much bigger again in April. There will be trouble.
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Losing le tache
Congratulations to NHS England chair Malcolm Grant, who was awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s birthday honours list. He will now be able to hold his own among all those extremely highly respected “Sirs” of the health world, even former strategic health authority chief executives.Anyway, rising to the occasion, End ...
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BlogsReforming the funding of long term care in the US
The US is not that different from Europe in the funding of long term care but urgent reform is needed.
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Man of Steel
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope – somewhat surprisingly, it’s Phil Morley, chief executive of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust.It’s fair to say Mr Morley threw himself headlong into the organisation’s Workout at Work day by appearing in a short film made especially for the event.The ...
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Can clinicians make good managers?
In the new NHS, having the necessary management skills is more relevant than your professional background
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Implementing localism
A particularly bold and probing parliamentary question has caught End Game’s eye.Dominic Raab, Tory MP for Surrey’s Esher and Walton ward, exhibiting his finest scrutiny skills, queried of health minister Norman Lamb last Tuesday: “What progress his department has made on implementing local commissioning of NHS services?”Mr Lamb – ignoring ...
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All fall down
Heartiest End Game congratulations go to Greater Manchester Commissioning Support Unit, whose stand was named best in the exhibition at the Commissioning Show.One of the best things about the GM CSU’s stand was a game of giant Jenga. The bricks were marked with corporate branding and descriptions of their various ...
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Open sesame
Among the few perks of being a hack is being able to stumble into various events, often late and smelling of last night’s indulgences, mumbling the word “press” and watching the doors magically open.We’re like modern day Ali Babas, but without the cave full of treasure.But the old “open sesame” ...
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The return of Bill Moyes
Sir David Nicholson appeared to go into June on a relative high. He’d had a recent holiday, his retirement was decided, and as a result there had been an abating of the opprobrium from elements of the press and body politic.He could even have been described as ebullient as he ...
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An ear to the ground
Regular readers may remember that End Game got the willies a few weeks ago when something called @DHMonitoring started following a couple of HSJ’s more high profile tweeters.After all, the name was a bit creepy, and it did feel a bit like someone had brazenly parked a van with a ...
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Healthcare in flux
A delegate at the NHS Confederation’s conference in Liverpool has been spotted drawing what appeared to be a picture of the Flux Capacitor from Back to the Future, but with the patient at the centre.For any readers who didn’t tape the 80s cinematic humdinger off the telly and watch it ...
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Soubry watch
End Game is the biggest fan of public health minister Anna Soubry and was distressed to see her dragged into controversy after attempting to make a sensible point about women doctors.The minister for shooting from the hip - as her distractors unfairly label her - got herself in trouble during ...
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Waiting lists and criminal offences
It will soon be a criminal offence to supply false or misleading waiting list data. Time to get ready.
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The new NHS CEO? Think about the challenges first
Let’s put the guessing of David Nicholson’s successor to one side and focus on the challenges facing the next NHS England chief executive
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The Hospital Standardised Morality Rate
As the post-Francis funk over patient safety enters its fourth month, it seems that NHS lifers are finally beginning to point their fingers of blame directly into their own faces.In particular, at the loose morals plaguing the NHS.Evidence of this was spotted at a recent patient safety event, where a ...
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BlogsIs it that good to talk?
I’m unconvinced the government’s Schwartz rounds pilot will improve staff wellbeing or patient care
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The friends and family test: all Dunn in
When Stephen Dunn, former head of policy at NHS Midlands and East (RIP), tweeted a link to a video about the “friends and family” test last week, End Game was excited.Crayon at the ready, tongue sticking out the corner of the mouth for added concentration, End Game prepared to scribble ...