All Service redesign articles – Page 113
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London trusts get research centre nod
London’s three academic health super-trusts should work together to recapture the city’s position as a world leader in health research, Sir Ian Kennedy has said.
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Connecting for Health loses policy setting role to the DH
Connecting for Health is to be stripped of its policy setting functions and turned into a delivery agent for the national programme for IT.
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NHS job losses set to continue
The director general of NHS finance, performance and operations David Flory has warned that health service redundancies are likely to continue at their current rate of around 54 a month.
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Clinician made London merger trust chief
A chief executive has been appointed to lead the merged trust planned for south east London.Chris Streather, a consultant renal physician, has been Bromley Hospitals trust interim chief executive since December and was previously medical director at St George's Hospital.
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Improving stroke care: fast thinking
Despite being one of the country's biggest killers and the largest cause of disability, stroke only recently gained a national strategy. Now the drive for faster intervention is giving it a much needed boost. Jennifer Taylor reports
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Maidstone trust drops closure plans
A trust has abandoned plans to centralise emergency trauma and orthopaedic work – despite having the support of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel and the health secretary.
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Stephen Eames on the new NHS leadership
I recently read some research comparing performance between NHS hospitals and UK private sector hospitals and industrial companies.
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Chair named for south east London super-trust
A chair has been appointed to the proposed merged hospital trust in south east London.
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Personal health budgets: the patient is always right
Will individual health budgets help patients get the best care or leave the NHS struggling with increased costs and new ethical dilemmas? Kaye McIntosh reports
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Elite 'inner cabinet' to lead acute commissioning in London
Six London primary care trust chief executives are to be propelled into an ‘inner cabinet’ to lead acute commissioning in the capital.
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NHS single rooms: preferences and privacy
While getting a one bed room on the NHS is a dream come true for many patients, for staff moving to single room acute care delivery it is an opportunity to break away from old working methods. Alison Moore reports
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NHS top-up rules set for rewrite as fear of litigation mounts
The government is expected to rewrite its guidance on implementing cancer czar Mike Richards' recommendations for top-up payments.Trusts have been observing the draft guidance since it was published in November.
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Super-trust race enters second lap
Seven NHS and university partnerships remain in the running to become 'super-trust' academic health science centres.As groups reach the second stage of the accreditation process, one trust has confirmed it plans to merge with its partner in a centre.
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Sussex merger trusts appoint Marianne Griffiths as chief executive
A chief executive has been appointed to the merged trust proposed by Royal West Sussex and Worthing and Southlands Hospitals trusts.
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Major patient choice study begins
The Department of Health is seeking hard evidence that choice improves the quality of services.
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Added values: improving learning disabilities services
People with learning disabilities are entitled to the same high quality healthcare as other patients, but serious cases of abuse and neglect suggest the NHS is far from meeting its obligations. Kaye McIntosh reports on the work now under way to turn this around
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Rural trust announces major A&E plans
Northumbria Healthcare foundation trust is planning to centralise accident and emergency services at a new hospital.
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Jon Restell on taking notice of European health directives
All my life I have failed to show any serious interest in the workings of the European Union.
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London will review polyclinics
London's primary care trusts are to evaluate the first of their polyclinics to show whether the controversial developments are improving healthcare and access.They have set out their requirements for the external review, which follows cynicism about the model from some GPs.
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The homeless and health
Initiatives to wrestle with the health consequences of homelessness are deprived of a coherent national strategy, say campaigners. Mark Gould hears the growing calls for the NHS to take the lead