All Service redesign articles – Page 140
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News
Neurosurgery drive for Scotland
A national service for neurosurgery is to be set up in Scotland, with current services in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow retained.
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HSJ Knowledge
Helen Bevan on the shape of things to come
I'm proud to be a Coventry resident. Among Coventry's many attributes are a) it's the home of the NHS Institute and b) it has its own Ikea store.
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HSJ Knowledge
What a carve-up: the future of SHAs
After 18 months, the role of reconfigured strategic health authorities still does not seem clearly defined. So what does that mean for the future, asks Helen Mooney
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HSJ Knowledge
Open meetings, open minds: a view from the front-line
Over the last six months, as part of a pilot for NHS Conversations, our foundation trust has been holding a number of open meetings at which all levels of staff can put forward views on improving the patient experience and functioning better, writes Clive Underwood
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HSJ Knowledge
Learning curves
HSJ's L&D supplement discusses different aspects of training the workforce for 2020.
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News
Hospitals gain ground in acute services battle
Three West Sussex hospitals have moved a step closer to retaining many of their acute services.
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News
Ministers vs GPs: how did it come to this?
The GP contract talks have been played out for the public, with both sides taking to the airwaves. Ingrid Torjesen explores why a couple of extra hours a week has created such a conflict
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HSJ Knowledge
Where NICE leads, can commissioners follow?
There is still a chasm between the process of writing recommendations and the people responsible for commissioning the services to deliver them. Can world class commissioning bring these closer together, asks Martin Dougherty
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Comment
Using evidence to achieve equality in healthcare
Frontline staff and managers must be skilled in engaging with and using evidence if they are to promote race equality in health services, writes Ronny Flynn
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Comment
Using evidence to achieve equality in healthcare
Frontline staff and managers must be skilled in engaging with and using evidence if they are to promote race equality in health services, writes Ronny Flynn
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News
Tories warn over Darzi polyclinic plans
Junior heath minister Lord Darzi's plan to introduce polyclinics throughout the UK will not improve family services, according to the Conservatives.
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News
CSIP urges greater health and social care integration
New cultures and methods of working together are the key to more effective health and social care services, according to a guide published today by the Care Services Improvement Partnership Integrated Care Network.
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News
Dr Foster admits flaws in east London report
Doctor Foster Intelligence has admitted that a £47,000 report it prepared for a London council was seriously flawed, following an investigation by the information company's own ethics committee.
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News
NHS reforms have hardly begun, claims think tank
The government's reform of the NHS remains 'embryonic' and in some cases is in 'full retreat', the think tank Reform has claimed.
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Comment
Sophie Christie on the Lucentis drug controversy
The latest media celebration of how terrible the NHS is gathers pace. The press has been reporting that people are going blind because they are being refused a drug (as opposed to going blind because they have a degenerative disease). Yet the fourth estate seems to be missing a far ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Tolerance of NHS mistakes needs major overhaul
In other industries mistakes are considered unacceptable, yet in the NHS minor errors cause thousands of extra days in hospital
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Comment
Michael White on NHS reform
I'm always getting into trouble for trying to be open minded. That Hitler, I say, he was kind to animals. So I turned to this week's polemic from the pro-market pressure group Reform so full of good will that I ignored the title, NHS Reform: national mantra, not local reality.
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News
Stoke on Trent invests in mental healthcare
Stoke on Trent primary care trust is investing £2.25m in an initiative to boost support for people with depression and other common mental health problems.
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HSJ Knowledge
Allied health professionals and the 18-week target
Allied health professionals play a vital role in delivering services to millions of patients, but there is still potential to use their expertise in assessment, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation to even greater effect.
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HSJ Knowledge
Allied health professionals and the 18-week target
Allied health professionals play a vital role in delivering services to millions of patients, but there is still potential to use their expertise in assessment, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation to even greater effect.