All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 89
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HSJ KnowledgeCommunity engagement: how to help people care about health
A national team is delving into why public health messages have low impact in some UK areas. Stuart Shepherd reports
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Whooping cough making a 'dramatic comeback', warn Liberal Democrats
Diseases such as whooping cough and scarlet fever are making a “dramatic comeback”, the Liberal Democrats have warned.
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NHS bodies forced to reveal gender pay gap
NHS organisations will be forced to reveal the salaries paid to male and female staff under legislation published today.
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NewsAlan Johnson: UK among best prepared for swine flu outbreak
Health secretary Alan Johnson has attempted to calm fears over an outbreak of a new strain of flu called swine influenza.
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Treatment referral scheme aims to get drug users back into work
A drug treatment referral scheme to get drug users off benefits and back into work starts operating across England today.
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HSJ KnowledgePut co-ordinators at the heart of organ donation
The NHS has been challenged with upping organ donation. Stuart Shepherd looks at the vital role transplant co-ordinators can play in meeting this ambition
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DH seeks fresh leadership talent for adult social care
Plans to create “new cadres of leadership talent” for adult social care have been set out by the Department of Health.
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NHS London reports 'sharp improvement' in public satisfaction
Public satisfaction with the health service in London has shown a “sharp improvement”, a poll has revealed.
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Dry run for quality accounts gets the go ahead
All foundation trusts, and other provider trusts in the East of England, will have to publish reports on the quality of their services this year, it has been confirmed.
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HSJ KnowledgeCan health trainers reduce poor health?
Can members of the public with few skills but a lot of life experience really make a difference to the health of their community? Mark Gould reports on a truly local approach
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Budget confirms that clinicians must accept responsibility for managing money
The arid financial landscape for the health service confirmed in yesterday’s Budget means the days of clinicians avoiding responsibility for managing money are over.
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NewsBullying: the 'corrosive' problem the NHS must address
Sir Ian Kennedy’s parting shots and last month’s staff survey both warn of a culture of bullying in the NHS. Charlotte Santry analyses where and why the bullies are found
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CommentSteve Onyett on leading the NHS for alignment
An earlier column explored the first two of the Department of Health’s change principles for the NHS: co-production and “subsidiarity”. Both seek to get people working together to effect change by enabling them to fully exercise their power and authority.
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CommentKieran Walshe on evidence based decision making in the NHS
NHS managers need to read and engage with the latest data and evidence on health service organisation - and researchers must present this in forms busy managers can use
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HSJ Knowledge
Safer Care: improving general practice safety
As the Safer Care programme extends its work into primary care, general practices have been piloting a global trigger tool designed to help GPs identify, measure and act on patient safety warning signs more quickly and systematically
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Safer Care: leaders in the field
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has established the Safer Care faculty, a group of clinicians who act as facilitators on the Leading Improvement in Patient Safety programme. Three of them talk here about why the role is so important
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HSJ KnowledgeSafer Care: an introduction to improving patient safety
In this special report on improving patient safety, Bernard Crump highlights the the Safer Care programme and how it has driven improvements across more than 60 acute trusts
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NewsGP pay changes: worst hit PCTs revealed
The Department of Health has published a list of the primary care trusts which will be most disadvantaged as a result of changes to the way GP pay is allocated.
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Conservatives to let patients choose individual consultant
The Conservatives have set out their intention to give patients more choice over the individual clinician providing their treatment.
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Experts voice concerns over 'cyclical NHS sackings'
The NHS should be less ready to “junk” managers when things go wrong, senior figures have said.