All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 58
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BlogsWhy the public sector shouldn't use head hunters
Recruitment consultants will identify the right person for the post but this is not necessarily the best person, which is why the publci sector should not use them.
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A decade of austerity should spur on fundamental care reform
CCGs have the opportunity to reform patterns of service provision and ways of working.A decade of austerity could spur on some long overdue changes to our health and care system..
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CommentHealth leaders on Twitter have a public health responsibility
Health leaders can use social media to improve public health
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Your 18 week waits: October 2012 data
Interactive maps showing where the very-long-waiters are, how organisations fare against the “92 per cent within 18 weeks” target, and where the most clock pausing is happening. All updated with the latest October 2012 data.
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BlogsOrthopaedics scrapes inside waiting target for first time
Long waits are down again, but the total number waiting is a bit higher than usual. This will become worrying, if it carries on.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: Gilding the NHS settlement lily
Paul Baumann may struggle to spread some seasonal cheer to CCGs
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Acquisitions are not just a business process
Acquisitions won’t work unless attention is paid to issues other than just the business process of one organisation acquiring another.
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BlogsThe drama of being a whistleblower
The potentially traumatic experience of being a public sector whistleblower, plus the dangers of NHS hospitals being “all most full”
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Concern that black staff are more likely to be disciplined
In the NHS and other public sector organisations, black staff are involved in a disproportionate number of disciplinary cases
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Scotland's waiting times slide again
Scotland’s long waits are worse again, though you wouldn’t know it from the media coverage.
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BlogsDeveloping integrated care at scale and pace: time to make it happen
There is not one best way to develop integrated care. Politicians, NHS leaders and frontline staff should join together to test different approaches, writes the King’s Fund chief executive Chris Ham.
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CommentHow treatment centres have driven competition
An Institute for Fiscal Studies report makes interesting reading
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Your 18 week waits: September 2012 data
Interactive maps show where the long-waits are, the waiting time pressures and where the most “clock pausing” is happening: by specialty, by trust and independent sector provider and PCT.
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What's so hard about saying sorry?
Most people who complain just want an apology or explanation. They are not looking for compensation or staff to be disciplined.
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Transforming real waiting lists with better scheduling
How a rules-based approach to patient scheduling can dramatically reduce waiting times.
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New record best for one-year-waiters (now let's go for zero)
A fantastic result on one-year waiters: come on, let’s get them down to zero. Otherwise, everything on waiting times is pretty much treading water.
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BlogsProtecting the NHS brand or devaluing it?
Sir David Nicholson has had to defend the role of the NHS’s new “head of brand”
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BlogsThe mandate provides a historic opportunity for better mental healthcare
Board and CCGs tasked with tackling disparity between physical and mental health support
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BlogsTrust chief executives have one of toughest jobs there is
The people in the hottest seats around need more support
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BlogsStairlifts on cell block H: who cares for older prisoners?
The photograph was of a frail man in a wheelchair handcuffed to a prison officer. The article and accompanying photograph appeared in The Guardian highlighting the problem of caring for the increasing numbers of elderly and disabled prisoners.The story focused on the comments by the hospital consultant who criticised the ...