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HSJ KnowledgeReady for the unexpected: how one trust is tackling unplanned admissions
Southend Estuary CCG provides one good example of how to deal with unplanned care issues when serving a challenging health population.
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HSJ KnowledgeDeveloping a route map for sustainability
A three-stranded plan for how to build sustainability in to the NHS can be used from local to national level as a spur to action, writes Sonia Roschnik.
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HSJ KnowledgeValuable experience: internships in the healthcare sector
Three students share their experiences of internships within organisations in the healthcare sector.
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SupplementsLong term conditions care - an HSJ supplement
This latest HSJ supplement looks at key aspects of care for patients with long term conditions.
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SupplementsInformation for commissioners: an HSJ roundtable
Getting commissioning right will depend on getting the right data. But what does that mean? And what can we do to deliver all the data CCGs will so desperately need in just 12 months’ time? Daloni Carlisle reports on a lively expert roundtable, in association with Civica.
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HSJ KnowledgeA quality campaign to reflect quality services
Extending University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire Trust’s catchment area for maternity services was identified as a strategic priority for 2012. As a result, the trust wanted to highlight its maternity services as some of the best in the country in order to instil local pride.
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HSJ KnowledgeExploring attitudes to leadership among ‘grass roots’ doctors
Duncan Bland looks at the findings from nine leadership focus groups that reveal doctors’ definitions of clinical leadership, the skills they believed were important and the potential barriers to and enablers of leadership they perceived in the health system.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow CCGs can tackle the ever-shifting procurement regime
Mark Fitzgibbon and colleagues look at how CCGs can address operational issues around procurement without compromising performance.
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS innovations on child poverty: financial inclusion interventions
Ending child poverty by 2020 is a UK aim.
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SupplementsCommissioning Show 2012
HSJ looks at this year’s Commissioning Show with a special supplement of exclusive content.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to futureproof patient care
Peter Homa looks at how healthcare has evolved in the thirty-five years since the Silver Jubilee, and what can be done now to protect patient care from future difficulties.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow productivity improvements pay off for patients
David Loughton explains how new productivity methodologies are aiming to improve Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust’s patient and staff experience, and save over £2m per annum.
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HSJ KnowledgeApplying leadership to organisational change
Effective leadership programmes work to a model of organisational change; Charles Marshall explains how to make this a reality.
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How the government can promote the value of social enterprise
Social enterprises must be dealt a fair hand, says Ross Griffiths.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow an MBA programme is helping staff to lead more effectively
Clinical and non-clinical leaders in London are thinking more strategically and commercially thanks to an MBA programme that helps staff be more effective in the workplace.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy effective teamwork is a cliché crucial to collaboration
Peter Homa discusses the vital place of effective teamwork in healthcare delivery.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow diabetes data can unlock more funding for services
The best practice tariff for paediatric diabetes presents a major opportunity for childhood diabetes specialists to attract important funding for under-resourced services. But to capitalise, clinicians must demonstrate they are meeting national guidelines and delivering best practice, says John Sanderson.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow HealthWatch can help support local economies
Ross Griffiths explores how HealthWatch bodies have the opportunity to support local health economies and their scope for innovation in delivering care.
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HSJ KnowledgeEnhancing communication between GPs and hospital consultants
Dr Matthew Lewis explains how the approach at his trust is improving the quality of patient referrals, and communication between primary and seconday care clinicians.
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting CCGs working with health and wellbeing boards
Giles Peel looks at the ongoing development of health and wellbeing boards, and their burgeoning relationships with clinical commissioning groups.