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HSJ KnowledgeHow resilience training can help staff and managers deal with workplace challenges
Being resilient during difficult situations and events is part of everyday life, but when circumstances begin to overwhelm professional judgement, the right coaching can help individuals manage tough changes. Careers coach Carole Pemberton explains.
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Optimum value: transforming healthcare delivery from volume driven to value driven
The way healthcare is currently delivered is financially unsustainable, and a shift in strategy from achieving optimum volume to achieving optimum return is required for healthcare organisations to be truly successful, according to Andrew Lentin and colleagues from consultancy Kurt Salmon.
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting public sector managers working together
A new course in Sheffield has been helping public sector managers to work together for the benefit of the region.
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HSJ KnowledgeProviding mental healthcare alongside physical healthcare
A mental health trust in Birmingham has developed a new model for patient assessment and discharge that helps address the full spectrum of patient needs in one assessment. Professor George Tadros explains how this award-winning service works - and the difference it makes to mental health awareness.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to overcome the barriers facing public to private sector transitions
Despite a generally healthy pool for healthcare talent, the success of NHS managers making the transition to the private sector is concerning. A change in philosophy, says Rob McCargow, is needed to do something abut this success rate.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy EU competition law is still a central issue in healthcare reform
Since its publication, and despite ongoing revisions, the debate as to whether the Health Bill opens the NHS up to European competition law to a previously unseen level remains a “live” issue. Beachcroft partner Robert McGough and BDO adviser Dr Rupert Dunbar-Rees discuss.
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HSJ KnowledgePutting power in the hands of patients to tackle long term conditions
Co-production needs to move from the margins of the NHS into the mainstream to help patients actively, rather than passively, access the healthcare they require, argues Halima Khan.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: The Economics of John Kenneth Galbraith: Introduction, Persuasion and Rehabilitation
Stephen Dunn is already a hero to health service reformers and to East of England patients for his work in East Anglia, which was not just about Hinchingbrooke, but a region-wide improvement in access and quality. Now he has also made a significant contribution to economic thinking.
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HSJ KnowledgeClinical portals - technology to empower health service delivery
The NHS can achieve significant improvements in patient experience and outcomes by making better use of its existing IT, argues Wayne Parslow
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HSJ KnowledgeFive security threats to healthcare technology: how to protect your organisation
You may need to up your game when it comes to data security, writes Frank Andrus
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HSJ KnowledgeManaging NHS mergers: top tips
Those overseeing NHS mergers can learn useful lessons from other industries
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HSJ KnowledgeCrossing the line: how shifting organisational boundaries are impacting roles in the NHS
The changing shape of the NHS means individual roles may straddle more than one organisation, if not several. But these “boundary spanners” are the diplomatic links that can bring success to collaborating organisations, argues Helen Scott.
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HSJ KnowledgeInnovative approaches to health priorities through NHS and industry collaboration
Partnering with the pharmaceutical industry and bringing together a diverse group of experts is a novel but valuable approach for the NHS to address healthcare challenges, write Robyn Hudson and colleagues.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow GPs can help patients make sense of health information
It is not a lack of information that confronts patients in the NHS now, but a problem with knowing where to get trustworthy and reliable information from. GPs themselves can take a leading role on giving patients a better experience, writes Michael Guida.
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HSJ KnowledgeIs public health the most at risk from reform?
While the government paused, debate was very much in action. One key discussion at doctors.net.uk has raised serious concerns that public health could be at risk from reform when responsibility for public health campaigns falls to those ill-equipped to handle it.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe opportunity for the NHS to adopt new technology could revolutionise the health service
Among hundreds of debates on NHS reform, underpinning them all is the agreed concern of revolutionising the way healthcare is delivered. Technology can kickstart the revolution, but it requires change at every level – from the patient to the most senior decision makers, says Microsoft sales director John Gobron.
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HSJ KnowledgeSimple steps in reducing wastage can have serious savings for NHS budgets
The big question in the health service is, where can the NHS make savings without compromising patient care? GS1 UK health sector manager Roger Lamb highlights examples where simple technology is reducing drug and stock wastage
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to handle change with confidence
The stress of managing change often has a negative impact on personal and professional lives, costing workforces millions of pounds in stress-related leave. But teaching individuals to approach change in a different light can drastically reduce or prevent this impact on organisations, as Maggie Cork and Elaine Smith explain.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy commissioners need to harness transformational technologies for NHS services
If the full potential of GP commissioning is to be realised, commissioners must understand, embrace and harness transformational technologies at the earliest opportunity, says NHS North West director of commissioning development Joe Rafferty.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a virtual approach to IT can ease the NHS budget burden
Despite the need for better technology to improve processes in the NHS, hospital IT departments are having to contend with decreasing budgets. Liverpool Women’s and Alder Hey Children foundation trusts’ chief information officer Dr Zafar Chaudry introduces some new technology methods that could help meet tougher targets.