All Service redesign articles – Page 130
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Centralisation gains fresh research support
Top health economists have given validity to Department of Health policies on centralisation of specialist services and reducing MRSA rates.
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HSJ Knowledge
Military medical care: the war at home
In recent years the military has entrusted acute medical services to the NHS, and psychiatric care to an independent provider. But this has led to claims that the nation is failing those who have fought in its wars. Mark Gould reports
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Darzi review: South West to match Europe's best
NHS South West is planning to match the lowest rates in Europe for smoking, cancer, heart disease and stroke deaths and healthcare associated infections.
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HSJ Knowledge
Performance assessment: the management battle
There is a clear link between good management and better healthcare, but NHS managers' performance lags behind the private sector
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HSJ KnowledgeTimely admission reflects efficiency
In 2006 the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement recommended that patients requiring hip and knee replacement should have surgery on the day they were admitted.
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David Nicholson speaks at Patient Safety Congress 2008
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has called for national targets and local leadership to improve patient safety in the NHS.
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Darzi review: NHS North West to focus on patient engagement
Patient engagement, health promotion and illness prevention are at the core of NHS North West's 10-year Darzi vision.
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Denise Platt on making progress on AIDS
Since the National AIDS Trust was created 21 years ago, we have seen amazing developments in managing HIV and most people diagnosed with HIV in the UK can now look forward to a long life.
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Darzi review: NHS South Central to tackle health inequalities
NHS South Central has pledged to work to reduce massive variations in life expectancy and access to services.
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Ivan Lewis begins national dignity tour
Care services minister Ivan Lewis has today begun a six-month nationwide tour of services to ensure they are being delivered in ways that promote patients' dignity.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety survey: those in peril
An HSJ poll has uncovered widespread under-reporting of safety failures, while national monitoring processes need a major overhaul. Charlotte Santry looks at the results
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HSJ Knowledge
Self-harm services: help with the pain
An award-winning service earns the confidence of people who self-harm with empathetic care. Stuart Shepherd reports on how it is improving the lives of vulnerable people
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Helen Bevan on implementing Darzi
What will it take to deliver the recommendations of Lord Darzi's next stage review?
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Children's surgery under threat, royal college warns
Specialist surgical centres could reduce children's access to paediatric surgery, the Royal College of Surgeons has warned.
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Angela Greatley on mental healthcare in prison
Late last month, a Prison Officers’ Association official claimed that prison had become so comfortable that prisoners were no longer trying to escape.
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Latest regional Darzi report aims to boost life expectancy
NHS South West has unveiled ambitious plans to match the best life expectancy rates in Europe in its regional Darzi vision, published today.
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Inquiry shows gap in paediatric training
Children and young people with life-threatening illness are not being treated appropriately because professionals caring for them are not trained in paediatrics, the world's first confidential inquiry into child deaths has found.
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Media Watch: Darzi shake-up
Managers must brace themselves as junior minister Lord Darzi's shake-up is unveiled. 'Ministers are preparing for a summer of protest as residents campaign against proposals that could mean local hospitals losing specialist services to large regional centres,' reported The Daily Telegraph.
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Darzi review: view from the East of England launch
It could have been the lack of coffee, but the air was not exactly buzzing at the launch of the first regional Darzi report.
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Darzi tells PCTs to involve public at each stage of process
Primary care trusts will be expected to take the lead in developing proposals for local service redesign and ensuring patient and public involvement at all stages under Lord Darzi's proposals.