All Choice articles – Page 4
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NewsCrisp calls for patients to receive 'more power'
Patients should be given greater power over their care, including the ability to own their medical records and representation at every level of NHS management, Sir David Nicholson’s predecessor has said.
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CommentTesco and Starbucks have little to teach the NHS
Why are we so keen to tell the NHS it can learn from the high street?
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NewsRCS hails 'watershed' publication of surgeon performance data
Giving patients access to information about how well their surgeons perform is a “watershed” moment for surgery, leading doctors have said.
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CommentWhy specialist hospitals aren't like Hilton hotels
The limitations of using the ‘friends and family’ test in emergency care
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NewsDH releases Health Act competition rules
The government has published details of how competition and procurement rules will operate under the Health Bill.
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HSJ KnowledgeDelivering choice in mental health
Why extending the right of choice to mental health service users needs careful handling to be effective
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CommentThe dangers of marketisation
Competition will be a disaster for the NHS’s patients, finances and ethics
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CommentWhy the friends and family test won't work
The test will overload NHS leaders with more meaningless data
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HSJ KnowledgeTrusts lose ground in online marketing race
Providers are missing opportunities to promote themselves
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CommentReaders' letters – 25 October 2012
Bexley Council responds to our claim that social care in the borough is ‘failing’; and how a service has made it easier for patients to get repeat prescriptions
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CommentA fair deal for older people
One of the clearest signs of medical and social progress in the post-NHS era is the leap in life expectancy
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CommentIs choice a blight or a boon for patient care?
Will choice hit the vulnerable or drive up standards?
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CommentHow competition can help community services
Why choice does not always lead to privatisation
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CommentIrresponsible, or a breath of fresh air?
Asda is making it easier to get a blue inhaler by cutting out the GP
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CommentFace the facts on closures
If we don’t share performance information with the public, it is hard to avoid “cuts” branding
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CommentThe information revolution
Putting most statistics we hold in the NHS into the public domain will unquestionably drive change
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NewsGPs urged to improve patient choice
Bigger catchment areas are needed to give people more choice when it comes to choosing a GP practice in Scotland, according to a think-tank.
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HSJ KnowledgeAvoid budgetary stretch marks
A huge strain will be on CCGs to make their money work harder
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HSJ KnowledgeHow patients could benefit from top-up payments
Top-up payments are a clinically and economically viable way of increasing choice and allowing the NHS to reshape services, say Mo Girach and Ryan Irwin.