All Health Service Journal articles in December 2006 – Page 3
-
HSJ Knowledge
Social enterprise conference speeches
NHS Networks, in collaboration with the Department of Health social enterprise unit, the Social Enterprise Coalition and the Cabinet Office, organised a one-day conference on social enterprise in London on 10 October 2006.
-
News
Teaching PCTs conference
The Teaching Primary Care Trusts Network held its national conference at the end of October.
-
HSJ Knowledge
The future of the NHS complaints procedure
Reforms to the complaints process are intended to produce a fundamental shift away from attributing blame. Tony Yeaman explains
-
HSJ Knowledge
Frank Burns on collective failure
The national IT programme has failed to achieve and responsibility over the longer run ultimately must lie with the senior management community at every level
-
News
A networking approach to commissioning
Intelligent commissioning will not succeed unless commissioners at all levels are able to profit from the experience of others and understand their own contribution in the context of the contributions of others
-
HSJ Knowledge
Lyn Whitfield on big government
'Neither doctors nor the public seem convinced of the need for the national database element'
-
HSJ Knowledge
Alan Maynard on outcomes
'Most of our customers survive the NHS even though we do not measure whether they feel better as a consequence'
-
HSJ Knowledge
Good practice guidelines for general practice electronic patient records (version 3.1)
2005 document prepared by the General Practitioners Committee and the Royal College of General Practitioners, sponsored by the Department of Health. It provides advice on the migration towards 'paperless practice', and the implications that the Human Rights Act, Data Protection Act, and the Access To Health Records Act may have ...
-
News
'Making a difference' Reducing burdens in hospital
Authored by the regulatory impact unit, this 2002 document identifies ways to free up time for front line staff to concentrate on delivering care. The outcomes are grouped under 12 categories in three main areas: the patient journey, information flows and quality.
-
News
Day Surgery: Operational Guide
Department of Health guidance for managers and commissioners on improving efficiency in day surgery units. Published in 2002.
-
News
The National Service Framework for Long-Term Conditions
This NSF, published in 2005, sets 11 quality requirements for the support of those with long term neurological conditions. Much of the NSF is applicable to anyone living with a long term condition.
-
News
Choice matters: increasing choice improves patients' experiences
Department of Health report on the impact of choose and book and the development of patient choice services in the NHS, focusing on the experiences of patients and NHS staff. Published in May 2006.
-
News
Keeping the NHS local - a new direction of travel
Guidance, published in 2003, on service expansion and redesign. An approach to local service design and closer to home care is outlined.
-
News
NHS staff earnings survey August 2004
NHS Information Centre report, published in August 2005, on the basic pay and allowance of NHS staff. It is the last earnings survey prior to the implementation of the Agenda for Change.
-
News
NHS reference costs 2005
Details on how and on what the NHS expenditure was used. Its main purpose is to provide a basis for comparison within the NHS between organisations, and down to the level of individual treatments.
-
News
A matron's charter: an action plan for cleaner hospitals
Document setting out 10 broad principles for delivering cleaner hospitals aimed at all staff in the NHS. Published in 2004.
-
News
NHS Finance Manual
Manual downloadable in Word format. Contains a range of finance guidance for NHS trusts, PCTs and SHAs.
-
News
NHS Costing Manual: 2005 edition
This manual sets out the principles and practice of costing to be applied in the NHS. It is not just designed to support the production of the National Schedule of Reference Costs and through this, the national tariff, but should also be used in developing and monitoring service and financial ...
-
HSJ Knowledge
Community Care Statistics 2005: Home care services for adults, England
National Statistics document, published March 2006, presenting information relating to home care services purchased or provided during one survey week. The survey found that around 28 per cent of households received intensive home care during 2005.