External contributors – Page 259
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Noel Plumridge on the grim reality of NHS finance
'Look out, not up' is a phrase currently being muttered in the corridors of power at the Department of Health.
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Fight healthcare acquired infections with conviction
Techniques for minimising healthcare acquired infection are well understood. Success is now just a matter of ensuring they are prioritised by all staff, says Janice Stevens
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Your Humble Servant on councillor counselling
‘We are faced with a glorious mix of councillors, some so young they’d obviously been selected for seats they hadn’t been expected to win and have had to be parked out of trouble until they are out of nappies’
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Michael White on the Health Bill
The world economy may tremble, but life goes on. So the House of Lords is getting stuck into the government's ragbag new Health Bill in its own inimitable way.
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Keith Pearson on encouraging organ donation
Britain urgently needs more donated organs. It has one of the worst organ donation rates in Western Europe.
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Peter Reader on the future of NHS leadership
For the last decade I have been on a journey of development and discovery that has taken me from general practice into clinical leadership and management.
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Stephen Ramsden on seeing patient safety through
The national Patient Safety First campaign has asked that any trust signing up commits to making the safety of patients its highest priority.
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Ken Jarrold on advice for NHS managers
One piece of advice I frequently give myself and others is based on the words of an old prayer that I carry with me.
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Andrea Sutcliffe on embedding quality in the NHS
As other HSJ columnists have pointed out, the NHS operating framework for 2009-10, published by the Department of Health in December, sets out a challenging agenda for boards over the next year.
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Simon Stevens on NHS lessons from the circus
At a recent dinner I found myself sitting next to the worldwide chief operating officer of Cirque du Soleil.
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NHS still ageist after all these years
Despite various promises to the contrary, age discrimination is alive and well in the NHS. Directors from two older people’s charities hope new legislation will change this
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Developing a partnership model for medical management
Building a strong partnership between doctors and managers turned a stumbling mental health service into a capable, competent organisation in just two years
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Ali Mohammed on HR best practice
I have a bad headache. For someone who, touch wood, is never really ill and hasn't taken time off work for sickness in the last 20 years, this is unusual.
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Ruth Thorlby on justice for all
As Barack Obama begins his first term as president, many US minorities will be watching to see what action he takes to improve healthcare.
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Robina Shah on the beginnings of Board Talk
Board Talk will be celebrating its first year soon and I felt it was important to reflect on how it all started and where it is now.
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Andy McKeon on the economics of better care
Understanding how money works and spending wisely is essential for people working in the NHS. The evidence suggests that when money is spent well, the quality of services provided to patients is correspondingly high.
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Angela Greatley on children's mental health
Youth crime has rarely been out of the news headlines over the past year. Knife crimes, and particularly the tragic deaths of young people, have been very prominent and have led to a growing culture of disproportionate distrust and fear of teenagers.
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Your Humble Servant: Guantanamo on Thames
‘Most of the trusts were flashing red with down arrows and the SHA had created what looked like a share price for each, all of them tanking’
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Jon Restell on taking notice of European health directives
All my life I have failed to show any serious interest in the workings of the European Union.
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Hilary Thomas on NHS clinical governance and the credit crunch
I had the good fortune to attend a breast cancer conference in the US recently. Nearly a decade after I stopped treating breast cancer, this was in my role as a trustee of Breakthrough Breast Cancer.