All Health Service Journal articles in October 2006 – Page 2
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HSJ Knowledge
Research shows how patient involvement can improve healthcare quality
Involve the patient for better health outcomes and efficiency. That's the strategy suggested by new research from the Health Foundation.
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HSJ Knowledge
Identifying 'ghost' patients in residential and nursing homes
There are plenty of methodologies for systematically validating list of patients registered with primary care trusts to identify 'ghost' patients - those who no longer live at their recorded address or do not exist.
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News
Fall in Welsh waiting times
The number of people waiting for over eight months for inpatient or day-case treatment in Wales has fallen by 737 over the last quarter - a 10.5 per cent reduction. In outpatients, the number of people waiting over eight months for a first appointment has ...
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HSJ Knowledge
New efficiency indicators launched
The National Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched a set of efficiency indicators, a number of which have a people management dimension.
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HSJ Knowledge
Out of harm's way: developing the PICU
Psychiatric intensive care units are meant to serve patients who are too ill for general inpatient treatment. Emma Dent investigates how they are developing their role in the absence of mandatory standards
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News
Warner: PCT consultations 'pretty inept'
Primary care trusts have been criticised by government ministers and opposition MPs for sparking public protests by their handling of reconfigurations.
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HSJ Knowledge
First findings from clinical measurement scheme show where more work is needed
The Health Foundation used this year's party political conferences to explore what impact national clinical measurement schemes are having on the NHS.
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News
West Midlands chiefs named
HSJ introduces eight new primary care trust chief executives appointed by NHS West Midlands
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News
PbR 'fundamentally flawed' says coding chief
The current system of payment by results is 'fundamentally flawed and unacceptable' the head of the Professional Association of Clinical Coders warned last week.
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HSJ Knowledge
Stephen Thornton on global patient safety challenges
'I was struck by how hospitals in Malawi and the UK face similar challenges in making healthcare safer for patients' The chief executive of the Health Foundation and our new regular columnist discusses the global challenges of patient safety and some possible responses
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News
DoH publishes new smoking cessation figures
The Department of Health has published the latest quarterly statistics on access to smoking cessation services. It shows Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire strategic health authority had the highest proportion of successful quitters (63 per cent) while Cheshire and Merseyside SHA reported the lowest (41 per cent). ...
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News
Call to scrap funding formula
The NHS funding formula is based on an untested scientific premise and should be scrapped, the chief economic advisor to the Department of Health was told last week.
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HSJ Knowledge
Legal Briefing: resolving payment disputes between PCTs and foundation trusts
As the NHS becomes accustomed to the legally-binding contracts between primary care trusts and foundation trusts, the main pressure points are beginning to emerge.
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HSJ Knowledge
Productive ward: stand by your bed
Inpatient care swallows funds and staff time. Jennifer Taylor reports on a pilot scheme that aims to break the cycle
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HSJ Knowledge
Andrew Castle on measuring performance
'If we are interested in productivity, quality of output and whether services are being delivered on time and at the right cost, theatre use is not the right measure.'
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News
News analysis: time to give PECs the muscle to make a real difference
Professional executive committees have been weighed down by corporate affairs and unable to influence strategy and clinical design, so the DoH's decision to review them has been widely welcomed. But what will the new PECs look like? Daloni Carlisle finds out
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News
Mayor calls for action on Muslim health in London
London mayor Ken Livingstone has called on NHS organisations to act on the recommendations of the first ever large-scale report on the lives of Muslims in the capital One in twelve Londoners is Muslim and the report finds that their health is disproportionately affected by ...
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News
Tips for achieving the 18-week target
There is no magic solution to achieving the 18-week target from GP referral to hospital treatment; but the secret is to tighten up all aspects of every element of the patient's journey.
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News
PCT to lose 90 posts in £29m cuts plan
A primary care trust has announced plans to cut up to 90 jobs in response to the Department of Health requirement to balance its books within one financial year.
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News
Inappropriate admissions: guidance to urge 12.5pc cut
The prime minister's delivery unit is taking a key role in shaping 'crisp' new guidance for primary care trusts to reduce inappropriate hospital admissions and save over £1.4bn a year.