All Community services articles – Page 114
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to create healthcare without walls
A spirit of cooperation between clinicians has helped a London primary care trust improve productivity and patient experience by moving services into the community. Laura Guest explains how they achieved it
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CommentTim Riley on GP attitudes to commissioning consortia
The reservations about the establishment of commissioning consortia are not uniformly expressed among all GP colleagues.
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NewsNorfolk community provider gets new chair
The community health services provider for Norfolk has appointed a new chair.
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NewsSOS call made to 4x4 owners over nurses
Drivers of 4x4s have been urged to come forward and provide a vital volunteer taxi service for stranded nurses.
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NewsFlu outbreak 'no worse than usual'
There is “no evidence as yet” that the winter flu outbreak is worse than usual, England’s interim chief medical officer has said after senior GPs warned that they feared a crisis was looming.
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CommentAre NHS efficiency savings a dead dog?
In the golden years of transatlantic airfreight, a turboprop landed in Newfoundland to refuel.
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NewsCall for action on teen pregnancy services
The number of teenage girls falling pregnant will rise unless the government takes action, experts have warned.
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NewsElderly care service review launched
The future planning of elderly care services is “one of the greatest challenges” for society, according to the chairman of a new group set up to investigate reforms in Scotland.
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NewsFirst single room-only hospital opens
The first publicly funded UK hospital to feature single rooms only has been opened on the site of a disused steelworks in Ebbw Vale, South Wales.
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NewsMerger plans announced as FT deadline looms
A rush of acute hospital mergers have been announced in the wake of the Department of Health deadline for submitting plans to become a foundation trust.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to make the most of your estate
Space utilisation is the science of making the most of locations but it is not simply a matter of shifting healthcare activities around, says Ian Greggor
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HSJ Knowledge
Payment by Results - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Payment by Results conference.
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HSJ Knowledge
Payment by Results
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Payment by Results conference.
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NewsMental healthcare requires 'radical' overhaul
There must be “radical” changes to how mental health services are organised with less “unnecessary use” of hospital beds, an expert has said.
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NewsNHS Partners in row over ‘cosy’ deal
The carve-up of primary care trust provider arms has seen mental health and acute trusts pick up the greatest amount of work while the private sector will secure the least.
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HSJ KnowledgeExtending choice to end of life care
Identifying dying patients’ preferences can prevent many spending their last days in hospital, says Claire Henry
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NewsNHS Haringey and Great Ormond Street end contract
NHS Haringey, one of the organisations at the centre of the Baby P case, has said it needs a new provider of children’s community health services after Great Ormond Street Hospital opted not to renew its contract with the primary care trust.
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HSJ KnowledgeHigh impact actions for preventing pressure ulcers
Caroline Dowsett and Richard Shorney explain how the High Impact Actions save money in pressure ulcer prevention
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving quality and productivity in the NHS
Penelope Dash and Ben Richardson offer practical advice for how to use current policy thinking to boost care and cost-effectiveness
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CommentAli Parsa: the NHS must learn to put quality ahead of price
Under a new approach to procurement, value for money rather than price will determine who is awarded contracts