All Public and patient involvement articles – Page 25
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Comment
Matt Tee on closing the deal
In the middle of October 2010, after negotiations stretching long into the night, and following weeks of speculation about how tough the government was going to be with the BBC, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced it had hammered out a settlement.
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Comment
Ali Parsa on why collectively we are stronger
Sir Michael Lyons quite rightly picks up on the changing nature of NHS management. This is as much true of the NHS as it is of the wider public and private sectors.
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Ciarán Devane: patients must be able to join the conversation
Ensuring the patient voice is heard.
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Comment
Readers' Letters – 22 March 2012
An open letter to David Cameron, unmet need and understanding mental health.
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News
NHSCB patient role ‘too information focused’
Patient and public representatives have raised concern that the NHS Commissioning Board may appoint an informatics specialist rather than a “true patient champion” to a senior director role.
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HSJ Local
DNA rates as high as 15% in some parts of mental health trust's service
PERFORMANCE: South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust estimates it can save “at least £4m” if it reduces Did Not Attend rates by 5 per cent through text messaging.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why clinical commissioners will be in search of a new approach
It has become clear that a new kind of commissioning will be needed to meet the many challenges ahead, say David Colin-Thomé and Georgina Craig.
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HSJ Local
London GPs off the pace on exercise programmes
WORKFORCE: GPs in the capital are cynical about a major campaign to encourage physical activity in patients with long terms conditions, reflecting a wider lack of enthusiasm about exercise programmes, a study suggests.
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HSJ Local
'We care' what patients think, says Western Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust is investing in a technology to help patients provide feedback on its services, it has announced.
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News
Exclusive: flagship HealthWatch policy to be 'watered down' by amendments
Government plans to amend the Health Bill to clarify arrangements for HealthWatch have angered campaigners who claim the change will “water down” patient and public involvement in the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Hertfordshire trust 'could join London cancer network'
STRUCTURE: East and North Hertfordshire hospital trust could join the London Cancer Alliance becdause of its role managing services at Mount Vernon Hospital.
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HSJ Knowledge
Give it to me straight: improving patient communication for better outcomes
The language used in the health sector can seem remote, robotic and worse, uncaring. Neil Taylor argues that plain speaking medical professionals would make everyone’s lives better.
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HSJ Local
Somerset Partnership has addressed CQC concerns
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust’s governance risk rating from Monitor has returned to green, less than two months after it was downgraded due to concerns about patient care.
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Treatment information for outpatients must improve, trusts warned
Hospitals must get better at explaining treatment, according to the Care Quality Commission, after a national survey of outpatients found many were left confused about tests, medicines and side effects.
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HSJ Local
East Kent Hospitals launches ‘passport’ for LD patients
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has developed and launched a “healthcare passport” for patients with learning disabilities.
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HSJ Local
Community engagement strategy for Kent and Medway Partnership
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership has launched a Community Engagement Strategy.
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Comment
Commissioning for Social Value: a vision for people, practices and communities
The Public Services Bill 2010 could help healthcare commissioning and procurement deliver wider social benefits to the community than population health, as David Maher and colleagues explain.
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News
NHS manager launches care home rating website
An NHS manager hopes to improve national care standards by launching what she says is the first live, independent ratings website for care homes.
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'Political bravery’ required to keep the NHS ‘the most open health system in the world'
The NHS is “the most open health system in the world” according to the government’s new public data transparency tsar, but only a mix of urgency, political bravery and public and clinical engagement will keep it that way.
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Health Bill amendments target integration and secretary of state's duties
The government has tabled 137 amendments to its Health Bill.