All Change management articles – Page 29
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS mergers: master the art of joined up thinking
Merger is a course of action that will only succeed if its aims are clearly defined from the start, warns Phil Kenmore
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NewsNorfolk records major drop in bed blocking
There were up to 75 per cent fewer patients waiting for discharge on any one day across Norfolk this winter, following the introduction of a “capacity plan” to reduce bed blocking across the county.
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CommentAndrew Haldenby on hospital closures and competition
The gloom surrounding the UK’s public finances is darkening as the general election approaches.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS reconfiguration: lend an ear to your service users
With any major service change, consultation, engagement and communication are critical, says Clive Caseley
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NewsNHS market reforms are not linked with better care
The introduction of competition to the NHS cannot be shown to have improved the health service, and may have produced extra costs.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Crossing the Chasm
You can surmount resistance to change, say Jonathan Bloor and Edward Miles
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Wikinomics
This book shows how online interaction boosts business, says Samantha Allen
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HSJ KnowledgeTransforming community services: handover heralds a flexible future
Transferring community services to a foundation trust allows one PCT to focus on choice, say Jamie Foster and Jane Gateley
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CommentStephen Eames on NHS merger turkeys
Most evidence of the impact of mergers is mixed and suggests benefits do not always materialise.
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NewsHome care ‘could save NHS more than £1bn a year’
The health service could save more than £1bn each year by increasing the number of patients it treats at home rather than in hospital, according to a report seen by HSJ.
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NewsTrusts told to monitor use of safer surgery checklist
Many acute trusts could be failing to monitor the use of a mandatory patient safety tool, HSJ understands.
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CommentStephen Thornton on interpreting NHS performance data
Dr Foster’s Hospital Guide was no help to managers and patients - in fact it added to the confusion
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CommentPeter Reeves: a new deal for NHS non-executives
Fresh thinking is needed to help NHS non-executive directors hold their boards to account - and find self-fulfilment
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS improvement: find the right ways to do things differently
With trusts under increasing pressure to improve performance on tighter finances there are some aspects they should all be tackling now, says David McArtney
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy innovation means survival in the NHS
Innovating is an evolutionary process with trials and errors - bit it is vital in financially hard times, says Becky Malby
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NewsPCTs face redesign backlashes as cost cuts loom
Primary care trusts face a tough year attempting to convince the public that service redesigns are in the best interests of patients and cost-saving measures are inevitable.
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CommentSophia Christie on a crumbling model of healthcare
Much health policy is about achieving a balance. A common tension is that between the popularity of “local” and the necessity of “strategic”.
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CommentAndrew Jones on healthcare Darwinism
What is the most important book ever written? Most clinicians will refer you to On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
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HSJ Knowledge
Competion law and the health bill
The health sector needs to brace itself for a severe competitive shock, with the anticipated Health Services Bill expected to give Monitor the power to apply the Competition Act 1998 to the provision of health services and adult social care across England.
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HSJ Knowledge
QIPP challenges
QIPP is a cornerstone of the government’s drive to make the NHS take a more preventative and patient-centred approach.