All Policy articles – Page 231
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David Amos on staff engagement
The people of Hounslow, west London, have been impressed by a street cleaner who dances like Michael Jackson. This is either the council chief executive on a back to the floor initiative thinking about how much his contract is worth, or an extremely engaged employee.
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HSJ Knowledge
Staff development: three steps to greatness
Chris Roebuck explains how human resources is vital to develop the next generation of leaders in the health service
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Angela Greatley on worrying welfare reforms
Late last month, the government published its latest plans for welfare reform. Many of the proposals in the green paper, No One Written Off, are likely to be very significant for sick and disabled people.
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DH launches consultation on NHS constitution
The Department of Health has formally launched the constitutional advisory forum, which will lead the consultation on the proposed NHS constitution.
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Accounting rule changes to cost hospitals £146m
New accountancy rules will bring up to 16bn of extra debt onto the NHS balance sheet and cost hospitals 146m a year.
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£550m set aside to fund Darzi
The Department of Health has set aside £150m from next year's NHS budget and £400m in 2010-11 to pay for the commitments set out in health minister Lord Darzi's review.
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Managers losing sleep as 48-hour week nears
The clock is ticking on the European working time directive, with only a year until junior doctors’ hours are cut. Alison Moore asks if trusts are ready to make the change
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Do not marginalise drug addiction
Thank you HSJ for flagging up the 'neglect' of common mental health problems in specialist mental health trusts.
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on following Darzi
I have been hearing talk along the lines of 'Darzi will never take off'. Some of this is wishful thinking (fearful acute trust) or something like first night nerves (empowered but apprehensive PCT).
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HSJ Knowledge
Devolved power flows through Darzi's vision
The next stage review's warm reception was testament to the staff and patient engagement that informed it. Now, says NHS chief executive David Nicholson, that local ownership will energise its implementation
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Sandy Watson on the need for community engagement
Community engagement is a fundamental part of community planning. We must listen to what the public has to say about levels of service and then take action to improve performance.
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Jim Wardrope on emergency medicine myths
Lord Darzi's review of the NHS has yielded some good results for emergency medicine. However, there are a number of persistent myths about emergency care that could undermine the good work that has been done so far.
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NHS Alliance sets out integrated care framework
The NHS Alliance has set out a proposed framework for the new integrated care pilots announced in Lord Darzi's next stage review.Along with goals such as clinical quality and financial accountability, it recommends putting an emphasis on prevention and reduction of ill-health; promoting collaboration across primary, community and secondary care ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Under the radar: BME mental health
Language barriers and stereotyping mean the mental health needs of black and minority ethnic older people are going unseen by commissioners. Kaye McIntosh reports
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Neil Goodwin on leadership lessons from David Lloyd George
I was delighted to see David Lloyd George listed as one of the most influential people in the history of the NHS - we can learn a lot from his leadership experience.
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Peter Reader on integrating healthcare
Lord Darzi's next stage review contains the seeds of potentially the greatest revolution the NHS has seen since it was formed - a commitment to seek expressions of interest to run 'integrated care pilots'.
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Patients' views of primary care vary widely - Healthcare Commission
A Healthcare Commission survey has highlighted wide variations in patients' experience of primary care between different PCTs.Striking variations were found in 48-hour access and patient choice, both of which have been prioritised by the Department of Health.
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Johnson slams PCT over GP access policy
Health secretary Alan Johnson has attacked the 'disgraceful attitude' of primary care trusts that quibble over the terms of his department's flagship policy to extend access to GPs in under-doctored areas.
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Noel Plumridge on problems with PFI accounting rules
Rules, they say, are made to be broken. There was never anything sacrosanct about Gordon Brown's fiscal rule, which has restricted public sector debt to less than 40 per cent of national income.
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Campaigners urge Johnson to legislate against obesity
Public health bodies are urging the government to back up its rhetoric on obesity with legislation.