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NewsElder care pilot slashes hospital admissions
A pilot programme for improving care of older patients has slashed hospital overnight stays and accident and emergency attendances, and produced significant financial savings.
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NewsCancer care plans could cut costs
Primary care trusts could make significant cost savings by adopting a more personalised approach to the follow-up care of cancer patients, national clinical director for cancer Professor Sir Mike Richards has said.
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NewsTories promise out of hours review
The Conservatives have said that they will review NHS out-of-hours care if they win the forthcoming general election, following the death of a 70-year-old Cambridge man who was given an overdose by an overtired locum.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorld class commissioning: the human factor
A diagnostic tool boosts organisations’ world class commissioning competencies, says Carol Brooks
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HSJ KnowledgeExpert Patient Programme: self-managing with a mouse
An online course is offering Expert Patient Programme support to people living with long term conditions
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NewsTories would apply tariff to end of life care
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has pledged to extend the NHS tariff to include end of life care if the Conservatives win the next election.
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HSJ KnowledgeHealth improvement collaboration: top tips
Health and care professionals from the eight biggest cities outside London are collaborating to share expertise in tackling inequalities, reports Stuart Shepherd
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NewsGas supply restriction looms for 100 NHS trusts
Approximately 100 NHS organisations could see their gas supply disrupted if soaring consumption leads to restrictions on gas use.
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NewsNHS at centre of Tories’ election campaign
The Conservative Party has placed the NHS at the centre of its newly launched election campaign with a “realistic” draft health manifesto that scales down several earlier pledges.
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CommentAndrew Jones on healthcare Darwinism
What is the most important book ever written? Most clinicians will refer you to On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
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NewsAndy Burnham gets personal with tailored care drive
Last month’s five year NHS strategy gave fresh political impetus for the NHS to provide more personalised care. Vital to making this happen will be a combination of consistent quality and collaboration with the patient, finds Moya Sarner
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HSJ Knowledge
Competitive commissioning
Among the rapid changes facing the NHS at the moment is the increasing exposure of services to competition by commissioners in order to secure maximum value for money.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to make clinical commissioning work
In Kent, clinicians and managers are working together as teams to concentrate expertise on specific clinical areas
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NewsDemand for veterans PTSD service on the rise
A groundbreaking pilot scheme for military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder is to continue in the next year if it can secure long-term funding.
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NewsTwo primary care trusts awarded teaching status
Two primary care trusts have been awarded teaching trust status.
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NewsNHS Alliance predicts positive results from changes to tariff
Altering the tariff to a maximum price system should result in “very positive” outcomes for both the NHS and the taxpayer, according to the NHS Alliance.
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NewsTariff change may up transaction costs
Commissioners will have to keep a close on transaction costs once changes to the tariff come into play in 2011, the King’s Fund has warned.
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LeaderUnions and NHS employers team up to negotiate for a better future
A tough year has ended with news that is no less painful for being inevitable - there are likely to be thousands of job losses in 2010. But despite the implosion of public finances the omens are not all bad.
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NewsFoundation trusts urged to take over more NHS activity
Next year could see foundation trusts taking control of significant areas of NHS activity.