All Health Service Journal articles in Opinion – Page 31
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Comment
Hilary Thomas on her honeymoon period
'I am like a pig in the proverbial. I am no longer part of a demoralised, cynical workforce, ground down by the inevitability of stasis and rigidity'
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Minor injuries units are valuable for predicting outcomes
Geraint Lewis's comments on using clinicians' knowledge to predict.outcomes was very interesting ('Tapping into staff knowledge').
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BMA must engage, not take cheap shots
'Shouting from the sidelines will secure more newspaper column inches than engagement, but it will achieve less'
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Report points to NHS culture of bullying and bureaucracy
'Middle managers need more support to survive in the treacherous terrain between their bosses and clinicians'
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News
Why can't LINks have access to care homes?
In your.article on local involvement networks (LINks),.a spokesman from the Commission for Social Care Inspection was reported as.saying they had concerns about giving LINks right of entry to care homes (see.'LINks scrutiny system to bar patient networks from access to key services').
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Chris Ham on integrating to compete in the NHS
'Instead of separating the roles of buyers and sellers in the NHS, the government needs to encourage closer integration between hospitals and GPs'
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LINks must respect patients' wishes when conducting visits
The Department of Health's.limitations on visits to care homes by local involvement networks.(LINks) is, in my view,.a patently obvious ploy to reduce the power of the public to have their rightful say (see 'LINks scrutiny system to bar patient networks from access to key services').
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David Woodhead on gathering evidence
'Science might come up with some interesting ideas, but ultimately the likelihood of adopting evidence is driven by our values. Mass sterilisation of young men might be an effective method of reducing teenage pregnancies, although for good reasons it would not be considered practical'
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LINks must ensure vulnerable people are protected
Regarding your article.'LINks scrutiny system to bar patient networks from access to key services', patient networks have access to the establishments described. These are the very places where high-profile problems sometimes arise with vulnerable people. It cannot be too difficult to ensure people are checked. There must be some deep-seated ...
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News
Trust battles with council over 'disastrous' A&E closure plans
West Sussex primary care trust is heading for a battle with the county council over plans to close two accident and emergency departments.
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Comment
Pandering to protests won't find answers
'The system Mr Cameron is proposing would produce a health service reflecting local wants, not needs'
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News
Czars face the axe as policy shifts
The Department of Health looks set to phase out the 14 national czars in a move that will signal a further devolution of NHS power to the front line, HSJ understands.
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Exclusive interview: David vs the Goliaths of bossy government
He wants the NHS freed from political control, he would not have voted for the smoking ban and he thinks Patricia Hewitt is the worst health secretary ever. Conservative leader David Cameron opens up to HSJ
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Frank message in Whitehall report card: must try harder
'That three people signed off the DoH's response to a report highlighting poor leadership has caused much merriment in Whitehall'
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News
Nicholson: let local managers drive health service reforms
The NHS chief executive's advice to any incoming health secretary is to steer clear of further structural upheaval and allow managers to drive reform locally.
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Shelved report exposes PFI management problems
An unpublished report into private finance initiative hospitals has highlighted the problems trusts face in performance managing and enforcing contracts.
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HSJ Knowledge
Andrew Castle on effective procurement
'I think that there are enormous opportunities to obtain easy financial wins through the simple use of best practice supply chain management'
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Comment
Andrew Jones on getting the NHS recipe right
'We have a centrally run, demand-driven, hospital-orientated system for an ageing, consumer society with untreated long-term conditions. This recipe will be unsustainable.if the 2007-08 spending round produces a big squeeze'
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David Lock on making sense of insurance claims
'When the pressure comes on from the 'care co-ordinator' employed by the insurers to provide the patient with a grade seven nurse, 24-hour care for incontinence and horse riding lessons as part of the overall package, PCTs can dig their heels in and refuse'