All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 116
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Comment
Noel Plumridge on why safety is just a ritual
A Flybe flight from Southampton to Leeds-Bradford. Through security and reunited with belt and shoes. The flight is called. Walk across the tarmac, climb the stairs and claim seat 4A.
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HSJ Partners
Leadership Fellows scheme opens for the last time
The Health Foundation's Leadership Fellows scheme is open for applications. This is the last chance for health professionals with the potential to significantly improve the quality of health services in the UK to undertake almost two years of personal and professional development, free of charge.
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HSJ Knowledge
Unlocking leadership potential in the NHS
Health service managers need to take advantage of opportunities beyond their comfort zones in order to thrive, as one programme is demonstrating
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News
Darzi review: NHS South Central to tackle health inequalities
NHS South Central has pledged to work to reduce massive variations in life expectancy and access to services.
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Comment
Hilary Thomas on changing healthcare
The past year has been one of huge transition for me, professionally and personally. I have phased out seeing patients and crossed to the dark side, which has been a stimulating and steep learning curve.
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News
National GP assessment to aid choice
Primary care trusts will be able to assess GP practice performance against a national standard for the first time under a new primary medical care provider accreditation scheme
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS productivity shown up in a clearer light
A key feature of the NHS Better Care, Better Value indicators published by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is the ‘productivity opportunity’ figure for each PCT and acute provider.
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News
Darzi review: Clinicians to be consulted on service redesign
The mantra for the reconfiguration of specialist care services is 'centralised where necessary, localised where possible'. Clinicians will play a lead role in determining what is possible under the proposals.
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News
NHS Networks to close
NHS Networks has announced that it is to cease operating on 31 October after running out of funding.
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News
Darzi review: London told to press on with polyclinics
Primary care trusts in the capital are being told to push on with plans to introduce the ‘full range’ of poly-clinic models envisaged by Lord Darzi in the face of heavy criticism.
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News
Services failed patients who went on to kill, review finds
Reviews of two killings by people with mental health problems in Wales have found shortcomings in their treatment and care.
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HSJ Knowledge
Hospital franchises - quantum leap
The Royal Marsden is pioneering a satellite cancer unit at another hospital. Will the franchise model play a big part in the era of choice and competition? Helen Mooney finds out
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Leader
Darzi review kicks central control out of the frame
Tomorrow junior health minister Lord Darzi releases another part of his next stage review. It demonstrates some deft political footwork.
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News
Darzi review: PCTs told reforms must save lives
Junior health minister Lord Darzi is to tell primary care trusts they can reconfigure local services only where they can prove it will save lives or improve health outcomes.
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News
Focus on GP hours is too narrow says PCT Network
The government has been warned to broaden its approach to improving primary care services beyond a focus on extended hours.
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Leader
BMA staff survey: excoriating verdict on out-of-touch union
It is not just the government that finds the British Medical Association out of touch and stuck in its ways.
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News
Did racism delay the SAS contract?
Staff and associate specialist doctors are often said to lack a voice. Could this explain why they were the last group to sign their new contract, or is institutional racism to blame, asks Daloni Carlisle
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HSJ KnowledgeFirst of the PROMs
If you are a primary care or acute trust (or an independent provider of NHS-purchased care), are you planning for one of the most significant breakthroughs in NHS quality measurement?
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Comment
Stephen Ramsden on prioritising patient safety
Can anything be more important than the safety of our patients? This summer the National Patient Safety Campaign will begin. It aims to make safety the NHS's highest priority.
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News
Conservatives to let GPs pick their own hours
The Conservatives have backed GPs' calls to be allowed to determine their own opening hours.