All Resource Centre Feature articles – Page 18
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HSJ KnowledgeHealthcare 100: Happy staff are best for patients
In the first of a series of articles, we look at some of the top performers from this year’s Healthcare 100. Here, Alison Moore examines the importance of engaging staff to deliver tangible results - and says there are no shortcuts to achieving it
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HSJ KnowledgeRemoving policy barriers to integrated healthcare
Closer integration of care may be taking on an ever-higher profile, but it is often thwarted by government policy, write Chris Ham and Judith Smith
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HSJ KnowledgeA social plan to ease NHS savings pain
The Canadian approach in the 1990s to making society-wide budget reductions has some highly relevant lessons for an NHS facing spending constraints now, says Phil Kenmore
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HSJ KnowledgeThe role of clinical commissioning in public health
A multidisciplinary team will be essential as GPs take on a central role in commissioning, says Lynn Young
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HSJ KnowledgeHow the white paper will affect NHS estates
The commissioning white paper leaves the future of the £36bn PCT and SHA estate wide open, as Eve Gregory and Catherine Ochiltree explain
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How to make your workforce more cost effective
As all NHS organisations must now get more value for less money, efficient workforce strategies are essential, say Sue Morrison and Rachel Spink
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HSJ KnowledgeValue for money in pathology commissioning
GP consortia will need to ensure pathology commissioning is part of an overall efficiency strategy, says Jag Grewal
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Transforming community services: where are we now?
Negotiating change within PCTs is a tricky business. But with guidance and careful planning you can keep one step ahead, says Alexandra Jackson
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HSJ KnowledgeIntegrated health: breaking through savings barriers
A senior management merger has saved £2m in Lancashire and helped shape service delivery
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HSJ KnowledgeDeveloping a mediation scheme to manage workplace conflicts
How do you handle time consuming, destructive and costly disputes? An in-house mediation team could be the answer
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HSJ KnowledgeGP commissioning: assembling the kit for consortia
GPs will have to acquire new complex skills and concepts to be equipped to take over commissioning, says Lubna Haq
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HSJ KnowledgeWorld class commissioning and the handover to GP consortia
World class competencies remain important in the handover to GP consortia, say Claire Saul and Alex McGlauglin
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to identify people with the skills and abilities you need
Implementing the best people strategy is tricky at the best of times, let alone in the current climate. But there are opportunities for those willing to plan ahead
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HSJ KnowledgeHit the spot with NHS health checks
The NHS health check can be offered at a range of venues to increase access for hard to reach groups, says Jennifer Taylor
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HSJ KnowledgeTaking home care personally
Northamptonshire’s integrated care partnership is helping frail elderly people stay at home, says Stuart Shepherd
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HSJ KnowledgeAll talk but little action on patient experience
A dearth of good practice and numerous competing priorities has led many boards to do nothing with the patient intelligence they have at their fingertips
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Pool together for a flexible future
Integrated provider agreements may need to be renegotiated or abandoned as the implications of the health white paper make themselves felt
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HSJ KnowledgeUsing social marketing to boost men's health awareness
The ‘Movember’ campaign is fun-packed fundraising - and it is boosting men’s health awareness, says Jennifer Taylor
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Mental health preferred providers: stick to your guns on pricing
East Midlands primary care trusts scrutinised the costs of mental healthcare packages and made huge savings with a list of preferred providers, as Jennifer Taylor explains
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS estates: LABV your neighbour
Local asset-backed vehicles are the new generation of public-private finance, say Rob Harrison and Stephen Hughes