All North West articles – Page 132
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HSJ Knowledge
Personal health budgets: the patient is always right
Will individual health budgets help patients get the best care or leave the NHS struggling with increased costs and new ethical dilemmas? Kaye McIntosh reports
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News
NHS trusts and commissioners at odds over tariff benefits
Hospital trusts and commissioners are disputing the impact of the new payment by results tariff on their income.
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News
NHS North West falling behind on GP extended hours
Figures released by the Department of Health show that 69 per cent of GP practices were offering extended opening hours by the end of December.
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HSJ Knowledge
Alcohol policy: battle of the binge
As drink gets cheaper and licensing hours get longer, stemming the effect on the nation's health and the NHS budget is causing headaches. Stuart Shepherd reports
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News
Advancing quality in the North West
The system being implemented in the North West was developed by US firm Premier, owned by 200 of the country’s not-for-profit hospitals.
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Comment
Complex public health problems need social innovation
The North West has made great strides in improving services but with complex problems persisting it will also take a process of social innovation to find creative solutions
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News
Perfect chief eludes West Midlands SHA
NHS West Midlands has failed to appoint a chief executive despite carrying out interviews.
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News
Trafford Healthcare trust urged to restore confidence
A trust that withdrew the offer of a chief executive's job two weeks after announcing the appointment has been told it should be open about the reasons.
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HSJ Knowledge
Encouraging healthy eating among NHS staff
A new project focusing on nutrition and healthy eating is setting out to change the dietary habits of NHS employees
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS change strategy: everything going like clockwork
Stockport foundation trust has put lean thinking at the heart of its successful early compliance with the European working time directive. Stuart Shepherd explains
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HSJ Knowledge
Boosting public participation in healthcare
In a health service environment where timescales are short and resources scarce, a balance needs to be achieved between research rigour and the timeliness and usefulness of the findings.
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News
NHS North West leads the way with bonus scheme
Acute trusts in the North West are to be paid bonuses for performance against a series of clinical quality measures.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS apprentices - as seen on TV
In an NHS scheme inspired by The Apprentice, 12 candidates competed for a management trainee post. Is this the future of recruitment?
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News
NHS North West launches quality improvement programme
NHS North West is launching a voluntary quality improvement programme that it says will lead to better patient care, save lives and help hospitals save money.Forty hospitals are participating in the programme, which will financially reward hospitals that do well.
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News
Christie Hospital changes its name
Christie Hospital has changed its name to the Christie, with the trust becoming the Christie foundation trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
Promoting patient choice in end of life care
A partnership between a foundation trust and a PCT has been tackling an integral part of care planning by asking patients how they wish to be cared for as they approach the end of their life
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS IT connections: one network to rule them all
An entire health community has been wired to a high-bandwidth network that allows GPs to book hospital appointments, gives them instant access to test results and promises efficiency savings. Stuart Shepherd plugs in
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Data-sharing doctors
Daloni Carlisle finds out how Liverpool GPs are sharing data to keep patients out of hospital
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HSJ Knowledge
Benchmarking out of hours healthcare
Huge variations in the cost and quality of out of hours healthcare around the country have led to moves to benchmark these services. Kaye McIntosh reports
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HSJ Knowledge
Integrated care connections
The Connected Care project involves healthcare organisations genuinely listening to local people. Paul Dinsdale tunes in