All Service redesign articles – Page 150
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Mental Health Barometer August 2007
Mental health chief executives are feeling less confident this month. Almost all scores are down.
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Comment
Phil Kenmore on Agenda for Change
With a lack of focus on underlying behaviours, Agenda for Change cannot deliver long-term results, says Phil Kenmore
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Conservatives claim they would interfere less in NHS
A report by the Conservative public services improvement group to the shadow cabinet has called for less political interference and greater freedom for healthcare professionals in the day-to-day management of the NHS.
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David Peat on sharing good practice
'Our European health colleagues listened intently as I told them how our working together principles operated'
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Delivering race equality: community development workers
A developing community mental healthcare role is improving access for diverse groups, says Louis Appleby
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Redesigning the workforce
A unit based at Southampton University is re-examining healthcare roles as changes take place in the world of work. Debra Humphris explains
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Telehealth takes off
Telehealth's time may finally have come, with three demonstrator sites spending £12m on the technology to help patients manage their conditions, writes Daloni Carlisle
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Alan Maynard on medical safety
‘It may be efficient to let marginal patients die from avoidable infections’
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Alan Maynard on medical safety
'It may be efficient to let marginal patients die from avoidable infections'
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The waiting game: technology and the 18-week target
Most agree the 18-week target is a worthy one, but how can it be measured? Lyn Whitfield asks whether current technology can keep up with the good intentions
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Comment
Media Watch
There's a whiff of former health secretary Patricia Hewitt's infamous map of NHS-trouble-spots-which-could-cost-Labour-MPs-their-seats to the weekend's coverage of service changes in Greater Manchester.
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PCTs under pressure to open doors wider
With the disappointing results from last month's primary care access survey, the government is expecting a fast response from PCTs. David Stout suggests competition between practices could be the answer
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Pilots making little difference
Pilots designed to drive the government's flagship policy of shifting services from hospitals into the community have made little difference, according to research.
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Pilots making little difference
Pilots designed to drive the government's flagship policy of shifting services from hospitals into the community have made little difference, according to research.
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Johnson praised for backing reform plans
Health secretary Alan Johnson has been commended for backing managers' plans to reconfigure hospital services in Manchester - as Conservatives face the fallout from a row about district general hospitals.
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Johnson praised for backing reform plans
Health secretary Alan Johnson has been commended for backing managers' plans to reconfigure hospital services in Manchester - as Conservatives face the fallout from a row about district general hospitals.
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Out-of-hours services are unsustainable, report claims
The out-of-hours GP service in Scotland is unsustainable in its current form, a report by Audit Scotland says.
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Lean principles
Lean working principles have enabled Airedale General Hospital cut referal to diagnosis times for suspected bowel cancer patients.Developed by staff at Airedale NHS Trust, the project saw the Lean Healthcare Academy, based at Airedale General Hospital, West Yorkshire, working with its founding partner, The Virtual College in Ilkley, to streamline ...
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Strategies for managing the market
The Care Services Improvement Partnership has rolled out a pilot information-gathering project in East Lancashire to help commissioners and providers work together for patients. Tony Ryan and colleagues explain
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Welsh minister announces early years recruitment drive
Welsh children's minister Jane Hutt has launched a recruitment drive covering the early years sector.