All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 111
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News
Surgery president pushes for faster spread of innovation
Tackling variations in the quality of surgical teams would save more lives than investing in new drugs, the new president of the Royal College of Surgeons has claimed.
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Leader
Mental health training shortage hits progress on safety
The Healthcare Commission's investigation into mental health inpatient services paints a troubling picture.
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Comment
Darzi is the next stage for mental health
Dr Mike Hobbs looks at how clinical engagement is shaping policy in mental health and emphasises the importance of genuine interactions for positive outcomes
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HSJ Knowledge
Understanding Darzi: harnessing medical leadership
Lord Darzi's review puts forward bold plans for increasing clinical leadership in the NHS. Clinicians must step up to the challenge if their influence and expertise are not to be wasted, writes Susan Shepherd
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News
Health 2.0 empowers plugged-in patients
Consumers are well ahead of the health service in using the web, with patient opinion leaders emerging in many disease areas. Should the NHS engage the public in online dialogue, asks Daloni Carlisle
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Leader
Will you be in the Healthcare 100 club?
This week HSJ, with our sister title Nursing Times and NHS Employers, launches the Healthcare 100, which aims to identify the 100 best healthcare employers in the country.
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News
Chief medical officer's annual report confronts surgical safety
Survival rates 30 days after surgery should be analysed and made public, the chief medical officer has demanded.
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HSJ Knowledge
Drifting apart: why health inequalities are getting bigger
Is it fair to expect the NHS alone to stop health inequalities widening when they are shaped by so many factors in society - income, housing, education - or is the health service failing in its basic responsibilities?
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News
Trusts stare published death rates in the face
Hospital public relations departments have given the Department of Health a mixed review after it published mortality rates for four kinds of operation last week.
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Comment
Michael White on rating doctors
As the government winds down towards what it hopes will be a welcome summer break (don’t bank on it), it’s been home secretary Jacqui Smith’s week.
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News
Happy staff equal happy patients
Healthcare organisations with happy staff are more likely to have satisfied patients, the Healthcare Commission has revealed.
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News
Royal colleges call talks to confront academy failings
A 'crisis meeting' has been called over the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges' future amid infighting between member organisations.
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Comment
Richard Craven on how Darzi will improve access
Lord Darzi's review of the NHS heralds a new era of innovation in healthcare, and with it the tools and opportunities to reach out to patients who are disengaged from health services.
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HSJ Partners
Paul Allen on failure breeding success
Having recently returned from a frustrating day's skiing, I was regaling a friend with my experiences over dinner. He asked me how my day had been.
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Comment
Alyson Morley on the push for polyclinics
Do polyclinics spell the end of the patient-doctor relationship in favour of faceless big business intrusion into health services? Or are they the must-have health facility of the future?
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HSJ Knowledge
Making clinical leadership happen
Education and training are key components of Lord Darzi's plans to increase clinical leadership in the NHS. Ingrid Torjesen explains how the clinical landscape will change
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Comment
Simon Fradd on Darzi vs the GPs
Sixty years ago, the medical profession took on Nye Bevan and lost - are we about to do the same thing again?
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HSJ Knowledge
Darzi's vision - towards a quality-obsessed NHS
Under Lord Darzi's recently published plans for the health service, clinicians will lead the charge to top-quality care. Ingrid Torjesen explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Deaths data: under threat
The national confidential inquiries into why patients die have saved lives, but funding problems now threaten their own survival. Rebecca Norris looks at their prospects