All Service redesign articles – Page 186
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ISTCs: wave three under way despite doubts
The Department of Health is pushing ahead with wave two of its independent sector treatment centre programme despite scant evidence of value, HSJ understands.
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Think tank slams 'dysfunctional' DGH reforms
The government has been criticised for its dysfunctional handling of hospital reconfiguration in a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research this week.
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A different kind of revolution
Northern Ireland's streamlining of its public sector promised to be a less brutal process than England's. But some big holes in performance measurement brought challenges of its own, writes Daloni Carlisle
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Trusts urged to tackle patient dignity issues
The Healthcare Commission has called on the NHS to look again at how it respects patient dignity, in relation to hospital food, help with eating and mixed-sex wards.
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Doctors question NHS Direct
Doctors have called on the government to re-evaluate NHS Direct as it is increasing their workload.
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Michael White: junior doctors
'Hewitt would have watched footage of Cameron being cheered by a throng of angry junior doctors with some alarm'
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Patient top-up fees on rise, say doctors
Patients are increasingly having to pay top-up fees for private care because of budget cuts in the NHS and long waiting times, according to a report by pressure group Doctors for Reform.
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Thousands of junior doctors start new jobs
Hospitals were yesterday faced with thousands of junior doctors starting new jobs at the same time.
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Wanted: doctors to help redesign services
The need for more doctors to take on a management role has almost become a mantra, yet progress has been painfully slow. Penny Dash and Pam Garside examine the challenges and opportunities
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DoH: public health must 'focus on outcomes'
NHS public health professionals must become effective commissioners and beef up their analytical skills if new joint strategic needs assessment work alongside local government is to be effective.
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Laura Donnelly on thoughts at last orders
'I used to be frightened when a colleague wore a Virginia Bottomley mask in times of stress'
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Laura Donnelly on honesty and political risks
'Admitting that the NHS does not always offer a 'world-class service' is a high political risk'
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Don't leave unhappy medics to stew
'And there will be more points of conflict to come, such as the issue of where doctors work as opposed to where they are needed.'
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Moving down the line to financial stability
The recent merger of two acute trusts hints at things to come as struggling organisations are forced to re-examine their options. Chris Ham surveys the new structural landscape of the health service
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Efficiency drive lies at the heart of PM's uncompromising message
The prime minister's interview with HSJ this week poses important questions for health service managers. Among the familiar - the NHS is important, managers do a good job - are some more subtle but pointed messages.
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HSJ Knowledge
Early learners
Thirteen health communities have volunteered to be 'early achievers' for the tough new 18-week target. Alison Moore hears lessons from the pioneering trusts
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HSJ Knowledge
Turnaround tales from the edge
The second in our three-part series on turnaround success stories shows how three more trusts took radical action to stop the rot
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Emergency services warning
Strategic health authorities and primary care trusts should not be left to redesign emergency services locally without national planning, Royal College of Surgeons president Bernard Ribeiro has warned.
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Minister: end third sector 'mutual loathing'
Commissioners have been urged not to hold third sector health services at 'arm's length'.
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Comment
Is this really the end of under-capacity?
Financial incentives and technology mean inpatient demand and length of stay are falling, although the population is ageing. In 10 years waiting lists will be a thing of the past say Celine Druilhe and Eric Louie