All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 196
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David Lee on improving crisis services
'One of the most visible differences in mental health services today compared with the 1990s is the development of crisis resolution teams'
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Ken Jarrold on a 'divided house'
'The NHS today is a house divided against itself. On one hand ministers, civil servants and many managers (if only by association); on the other, everybody else'
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Sunny outlook: weather and health
A joint project with the Met Office is delivering health benefits for patients in Torquay, says Alison Stephens
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New research could predict how NHS policies will perform
A new approach to estimating and comparing how selected interventions affect NHS productivity could help predict how policies will perform before they are rolled out, according to the Health Foundation.
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Stephen Thornton on spreading innovation
'The journey from idea to implementation is not an easy one. We need to make sure the ideas we use are the ones fired by the strongest flame and that there are many mirrors within reach.'
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New age networks
In just two years, NHS Networks has established itself as a generator of co-operation and innovation. Edna Robinson and Sue Cavill report
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Ruth Hussey on creating social capital
'Social capital consists of.connections between family, friends, neighbours, the people we work with, and membership of community and civic organisations.'
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Healthcare-acquired infections' most recent enemy
Kettering General Hospital trust in Northamptonshire is piloting a new way of tackling healthcare-acquired infections.
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New ways for old
At one trust in Kent, the private sector is proving to be an essential resource in a complicated delivery mix..Colette Donnelly explains
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Death in America: improving end-of-life care
Caring for dying patients.is the biggest challenge facing the NHS, which can learn from the US, say Richard Smith and colleagues
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Andrew Castle on questioning the status quo
By observing working practices first-hand, it can be easier to challenge the status quo and increase productivity.
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A flexible approach from new ways of working
The new ways of working programme.is about developing enhanced and new roles for mental health staff so as to deliver effective, person-centred care in a way that is personally and organisationally sustainable.
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New ways of working progress report is launched by CSIP
The new document is aimed at everyone working in mental health and looks at ways staff can share responsibility and work more flexibly within teams.
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Kate Silvester on using data
Data is crucial to running an effective health service, but it can be misleading.
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New ways of working regional workshops
Following a national launch on 25 April, there will be a series of.regional launches to support the implementation of new.ways of working throughout the summer.
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Gail Richards on work-life balance
The recent national staff survey offers a chance to see what NHS staff really think of where they work. One set of questions is used to 'assess the extent to which they believe that their trust and immediate manager are committed to helping them find a good balance between their ...
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Legal briefing: releasing value from land
Buildings need to be used efficiently and filled to capacity to raise money.needed for investment back into the health sector, argues Marisa Broadhurst.
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Stepping up to patient care
The Stepping Up programme is designed to understand how improving access to treatments can improve people's well-being and prevent them from developing more serious mental health problems, writes Mark Needham.
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Information Centre unveils revamped website
The Information Centre for health and social care's revamped website includes improved access to information from the hospital episode statistics.
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Encouraging clinicians to use data
The Information Centre for health and social care.has launched a new initiative to work more closely with clinicians to improve the quality of data used to measure patient outcomes.