Service design – Page 165
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BMA sets out plan to close purchaser-provider divide
The British Medical Association has proposed the creation of an organisation to bridge the gap between purchaser and provider and move towards single-system working.
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Reduced government funding leads to significant drop in smoking cessation efforts, FOI figures show
A 41 per cent cut in Department of Health funding for smoking cessation advertising last year was accompanied by a marked drop in the numbers of quitters, figures obtained by HSJ can reveal.
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Imperial leads merger on hunt for joined-up research
The first academic health science centre in the country is aiming for the 'holy grail' of intimately connecting research with frontline healthcare, as Victoria Vaughan explains
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DoH rejig indicates future direction of policy
After many tremors below the surface, the detail of the restructuring of the Department of Health has emerged this week. NHS chief executive David Nicholson has created a new NHS leadership team, with new posts, and some clear water from the rest of the department (read news item on Nicholson's ...
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Final fitness for purpose results name at-risk PCTs
Cumbria and Western Cheshire primary care trusts are at the greatest risk of being unable to meet baseline performance goals in the next six to 12 months, according to the third and final wave of primary care fitness for purpose results.
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Emergency czar backs A&E closure
National emergency access director Professor Sir George Alberti has backed controversial proposals to shut a north east London accident and emergency department.
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Comment
1997 and all that: Blair remembered
The NHS has transformed remarkably since Tony Blair entered Number 10 in May 1997, reinvigorating a struggling monolith with record investment.
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One in five trusts still have mixed-sex wards
Almost one in five trusts has failed to eliminate mixed-sex wards from their accommodation, a Department of Health report has found.A total of 28 trusts are receiving extra DoH support to provide single-sex accommodation. Best practice guidance on privacy and dignity will be released later in the year.Read the report ...
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David Nicholson on service transformation
'We can only deliver genuine transformation of health care services if our staff understand what we are trying to do'
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Sharing good practice at the Patient Information Forum
The patient information forum is a multi-sectorial network with over 500 members that share a common aim; working to improve the way we communicate with patients and with the public about healthcare.
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HSJ Knowledge
Provider service specifications
The Commissioning from Foundation Trusts Network requested examples of service specs for primary care trust.provider services or other documentation that might help to develop service specifications from a PCT perspective.
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Critical decisions on critical care capacity
Historically, additional critical care capacity in a trust has usually occurred in response to repeated crises. This reactive approach is clearly less than ideal and a better solution involves planned or staged alterations in bed capacity to anticipate changes within the trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
Reaping the rewards of e-learning
Airedale Trust has been working with the Lean Healthcare Academy to develop a series of pilot projects using a new training facility based at Airedale General Hospital.
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David Peat on Life on Mars (NHS-style)
'Much has been achieved in medicine and health, yet we have major issues surrounding obesity, alcohol abuse, sexual behaviour and drugs. We can't moralise, but some of the difficulties of 1970s society have morphed into new and sometimes exaggerated forms'
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Community foundations set for pilots, but names under wraps
Pilot community foundation trusts are being considered by the Department of Health, with the aim of the first one going live by the end of 2008, although the DoH will not confirm who is on the list.
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NHS chief warned over 'damning' contract report
MPs are preparing a scathing indictment of the consultant contract, NHS chief executive David Nicholson was warned this week.
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Blair warns against independence
Prime minister Tony Blair has warned against creating an independent NHS. He said it would slow down decision-making and be in danger of becoming distracted by special interest groups.
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Health Protection Agency to develop guidance as C difficile rates rise by 8pc
The Health Protection Agency has been charged by the Department of Health with producing new guidance on Clostridium difficile, as it emerged that cases have risen by 8 per cent.
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Briefing document aims to tackle 'misunderstanding and misinformation' management 'myths'
A 'myth buster' defending NHS management is to be sent to MPs, influential media figures and other key opinion leaders, the NHS Confederation has announced.
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DoH launches national special interest framework
A national accreditation framework for GPs and pharmacists with special interests has been launched by the Department of Health. It aims to ensure standards of care in the community are equivalent to those in the acute sector.