All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 39
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HSJ Knowledge
How to empower GPs and local commissioners to deliver care
Community GPs and local government taking charge of care delivery is a goal that by Kent Health Commission could soon successfully realise. Paul Carter explains how it’s working.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy medical leaders need to be proactive in driving culture change
We need our medical leaders to direct their energy and enthusiasm into better engagement and driving improvement, say Vijaya Nath and John Clark.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow using a tariff system can help community service providers hit targets
Communicating activities to commissioners is easy with the right tariff system, and delivers enhancements in the performance of care teams, say Rachel Simkiss and Alex Hadayah.
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CommentAndrew Lansley: competition is critical for NHS reform
The section of the Health Bill which seeks to increase competition within the NHS is the focus of the growing row over the legislation. Here, in an exclusive article, a defiant health secretary Andrew Lansley champions the importance of competition.
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NewsNHS 'to have 2,800 consultants more than it needs'
The NHS could end up with more fully trained hospital doctors than it needs - and potentially an increased wage bill - unless it makes changes to the way they are trained and used, the Centre for Workforce Intelligence has said.
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CommentDavid Kerr: the true value of reform must be defined by patient outcomes
Rather than distracting from the NHS efficiency challenge, the Health Bill could help achieve it, writes David Kerr.
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HSJ Local
Bradford surgeon becomes Yorks and Humber postgraduate dean
WORKFORCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust consultant vascular surgeon David Wilkinson has been appointed postgraduate dean at the Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery.
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Comment'Engaging GPs is the new year's resolution for clinical commissioning'
Although many CCGs are now up and running, they face a number of challenges that show no sign of abating. Ben Gowland discusses a key priority for his commissioning group.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to create an organisational strategy to develop clinical leaders
A programme to engage senior staff with clinical leadership through assessment and development is creating a core group of strong clinical leaders at Salford Royal. Stephen Perry and David Wood explain the programme.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy taking a national approach could kick-start technology adoption in the NHS
High costs, complex planning and ‘pilot-itis’ are all common hurdles to technology adoption. Sally Chisholm argues a coordinated national approach could help overcome them.
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NewsKey risks posed by NHS commissioning reforms revealed
The NHS Commissioning Board has admitted that “key risks” to its success include the haemorrhaging of senior leaders during the reform transition and a shortage of staff to commission specialist and primary care.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to use clinical supervision to increase the use of evidence-based practice
Clinical supervision affords clinicans and planners the time and application opportunity to engage with research and evidence that can inform professional practice in the day-to-day environment, argue Emily Steventon and colleagues.
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Comment'Can Public Health England improve the way we respond to pandemics?'
The Department of Health’s intention for Public Health England to strengthen the national response to public health crises alongside local bodies may not work in practice unless experiences of previous pandemics are learned from, write Drs Jacky Chambers and Andrew Rouse.
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NewsManagers to fly in to run straggling CCGs' budgets
The NHS Commissioning Board will not take on the budget responsibilities of clinical commissioning groups which fail to win full authorisation by April next year, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to establish IT processes to achieve clinical cost efficiencies
A London trust established a pathology IT board to monitor the trust’s investment in IT. Now, the trust is reaping the benefits of an approach that has helped deliver numerous process improvements and achieve significant cost savings.
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HSJ KnowledgeReaping joint benefits of streamlined hip and knee care pathways
One consortium’s approach to overhauling hip and knee care has brought efficiency and financial rewards while sparing patients from repeated trips to hospital. Debra de Silva and Sima Haririan explain.
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NewsEU laws 'putting patients at risk'
NHS patients are “at risk” because of European laws, the heads of two royal colleges have said.
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NewsLeadership and staff engagement 'critical' to hospital savings challenge - study
Effective leadership and staff engagement will be “critical” if hospitals are to achieve the lion’s share of the £20bn NHS savings goal by 2015, a new Nuffield Trust study has found.
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Comment'Deal with productivity variation, or risk the long term future of the NHS'
Only by swiftly adressing the issue of clinical practice variation and developing better evidence based practice can we stop the quality of NHS care eroding, writes Professor Alan Maynard.
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HSJ Local
New chief medical officer at Rotherham FT
WORKFORCE: A new medical director has started work at The Rotherham Foundation Trust.