All Scotland articles – Page 2
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CommentAsylum seeking healthcare professionals in need of reformative schemes
Integrating asylum seeking healthcare professionals in local communities can help evade clinician shortage and the current workforce crisis in UK, writes Jane Metcalf
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CommentThe secret to effective joint working between clinicians and managers
A highly successful cross NHS programme has shown how clinicians and managers can harmoniously work together, share Professor Marion Bain and others
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CommentWhy Scotland is front of the 'Q'
It may have just as alarming a financial situation as England, but Scotland is superior when it comes to quality improvement, writes Mark Dayan from the Nuffield Trust
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HSJ LocalCCG chief to lead STP
Former chief executive of NHS 24 to lead Lincolnshire STP John Turner accepted responsibility as IT costs soared 73 per cent above business case figure STP aims to achieve a “seismic shift” with £205m service reconfiguration South Lincolnshire CCG chief officer John Turner has been appointed senior ...
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for troubled trust
South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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CommentUnderstanding Scotland's review of NHS targets
Getting the elective targets right is important, but balancing activity against demand matters more
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NewsSafe staffing laws needed in England and all settings, warn nurses
Safe staffing laws should be introduced across the whole of the UK and in all health and care settings, nurses have urged as they committed to lobby government more on the issue.
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CommentIs the UK failing patients in obesity services?
Commissioners seem to be unprepared for a multi-million pound obesity surgery bill
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CommentScottish waiting times spiral upwards despite recovery efforts
Scottish outpatient waits are still going up like a rocket but tackling them effectively will pile further pressure on the higher profile treatment time guarantee
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CommentWhy the NHS must evaluate complex service changes
To maximise benefits for patients and minimise costs
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NewsDrug pricing scheme ‘must be more transparent’, says commissioning chief
The deal struck between the government and the pharmaceutical industry to limit the amount the NHS spends on branded drugs must become ‘more transparent’, the director of NHS Clinical Commissioners has said.
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CommentFour reasons why the TDA's alliance with Virginia Mason is a bad idea
What must be considered
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NewsEnglish trust to take hard line on payments for Scottish, Welsh and Irish patients
One of England’s largest specialist providers is to take a stricter approach to accepting patients from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, after struggling to secure payments from commissioners.
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CommentThe NHS underplays how valuable its expertise is internationally
Tackles domestic challenges
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CommentThe explosion in Scottish waiting times is a political timebomb
An explosion in Scottish waiting times
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HSJ PartnersFast track palliative discharge services cut stays and admissions
Services in Glasgow and Lothian