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Open data – the challenges and opportunities for the NHS
Treating epileptic children with a ketogenic diet
Creating an NHS estate that’s fit for the future
Fear of Finding Out
Improving perioperative care
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Open data – the challenges and opportunities for the NHS
Making healthcare data open can offer various advantages, but several issues will need to be addressed if the benefits are to be realised
Treating epileptic children with a ketogenic diet
An HSJ and Nutricia immersive feature explores the potential of ketogenic diets in reducing seizures in epileptic children
Creating an NHS estate that’s fit for the future
With continuing challenges to capital funding, only a strategic approach to the NHS estate will result in the facilities required to best meet future need and new types of care
Fear of Finding Out
By driving understanding of health behaviours and the psychological barriers to seeking help, the work of an innovative collaboration has supported the prevention and early intervention agenda
Improving perioperative care
The importance of good perioperative care is being recognised across the NHS. For patients it can mean a safer operation, with fewer complications and a shorter stay in hospital, while for NHS organisations it can mean lower costs and less chance of becoming embroiled in litigation
The case for fighting heart failure
It is likely that with prompter diagnoses and better monitoring, hospital admissions for heart failure will decrease – and costs too
Advice from emergency consultants one phone call away
A Scottish health board has rolled out a system that provides GPs and paramedics with immediate advice and guidance from emergency department consultants, reports Jennifer Trueland
The impact of networks in supporting primary care
To bridge the divide between primary and secondary care, a CCG has rolled out a new advice and guidance service that gives GPs access to a national network of consultants, reports Claire Read
