All articles by Emma Dent – Page 5
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News
Emma Dent on finding a GP
So 12 primary care trusts are getting additional cash to fund a new GP practice per patch. And my PCT is not among them. (Although a neighbouring London PCT is. Is GP access alone enough of a reason to move to the 'burbs? Hmm.)
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Emma Dent looks for a GP again
Well, we have managed yet another move with bodies and minds largely intact, bar the odd bruise or 10.
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Emma Dent on staying away from cigarettes
The other day, smoking cessation workers from the local primary care trust were stationed outside HSJ Towers and the nearby Tube station.
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Comment
Emma Dent calls for green spaces without the public urinating
One of the things I like best about London is that despite being big, dirty, crowded and at times downright chaotic, its allocation of green spaces is among the most generous for any capital city in the world.
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Emma Dent on having a drink
As I believe I have written here before, I have thought for some time that I would make a lousy alcoholic because I get terrible hangovers. Just thinking about my top five worst-ever mornings-after of all time makes me feel queasy.
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Emma Dent on the common cold
I have a new hobby: blowing my nose. Not the most riveting of pastimes but my hope is that framing said activity in this way will make it seem less like a chore and more of a fun way to pass the time.
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Comment
Emma Dent on NHS pride
One of the ironic things about writing about healthcare for a living is that if you are well yourself, you rarely get to see ill health in the raw.
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HSJ Knowledge
Born in Bradford project takes on infant mortality
Bradford's infant mortality rate is twice the British average. An ambitious project is tracking the lives of 10,000 babies in the archetypal deprived, multi-ethnic city in the hope of understanding why. Emma Dent reports. Pictures by Rii Schroer
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Emma Dent: getting on the hospital ladder?
HSJ's announcements service recently carried the news that insurer Combined Insurance believes that a significant number of people would pay more for a home that is close to good hospitals.
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HSJ Knowledge
Managers who went from Richmond House to the NHS
Life at the top of the health service is enough to make even the toughest go-getter think of quitting, which is what our interviewees did - only to jump back in at a more grass-roots level. HSJ finds out about now and then
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Emma Dent on the year ahead
A happy new year to you all, readers, and I trust 2008 finds you in good health and not in the grip of the grim-sounding norovirus that ruined the festive season for several of my acquaintances.
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HSJ Knowledge
HSJ talks to managers who were there in 1948
Emma Dent talks to three administrators who were there when the NHS launched on 5 July 1948, transforming their careers to make them forerunners of modern management
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Comment
Emma Dent on the Manchester doughnut
Aha, a response to my last column about the state of Manchester. Architect, researcher and consultant Wayne Ruga, who has been working with Salford primary care trust on developing a 'human-centred culture', writes to congratulate me on writing the 'unspeakable'.
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Practice-based commissioning: poor data may scupper efforts
The future of practice-based commissioning is in jeopardy unless the quality of data available to commissioners improves, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
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Emma Dent on Manchester's tale of two cities
There sometimes comes a point in life when you find yourself agreeing with people you never thought you would. I felt this way when I read former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith's report about Manchester.
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PCTs urged to put local patients before politicians
Primary care providers must not 'blow' their chance to strengthen local decision making, says the Department of Health's director general for commissioning and system management.
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Comment
Emma Dent on hospital phobia
HSJ Towers has recently been swelled with the arrival of many other magazines published by our parent company - previously we were scattered in offices across London.
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HSJ Knowledge
Mental health: the safety scandal
Sexual safety is one of the biggest issues in inpatient care, with concerns not being heeded because of complacency, burnt-out staff and prejudice. Emma Dent reports
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Emma Dent on getting recognition
Everyone, even health policy journalists, needs little rewards to brighten up the working day. I am always really quite chuffed when a reader rings, e-mails or stops me in the street to tell me they enjoyed one of my features - or even one of these columns.
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Emma Dent goes round the houses
In this column last time I reported on our stressful attempts to buy a house. Well, the stress has stopped. Because we are not buying a house any more.