All Service redesign articles – Page 94
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CommentEarly cancer diagnosis could save lives
There is great potential for GPs to improve detection of cancers
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Monitor warns FTs against ‘salami slice’ cost shaving
Many foundation trusts are falling behind on ambitious savings plans and could end up making damaging “salami slice” cuts by the end of the year, their regulator has warned.
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LeaderLansley acknowledges lack of readiness for GP commissioning
GPs need to significantly overhaul their skill sets before they embrace commissioning.
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NewsTrusts to be tested on dementia care standards
NHS organisations will have to publish details about the care they provide for people with dementia to improve local accountability, the government has announced.
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CommentPublic health needs a long vigil
Public health must be protected from short term raids on its funding by acute services
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NewsScots twice as likely to die from alcohol
Scottish people are more than twice as likely to die as a result of alcohol than those born in England and Wales who live north in Scotland, new research suggests.
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NewsScottish life expectancy improving
Life expectancy levels are increasing but Scotland still has some of the lowest rates in Europe, official statistics showed today.
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HSJ KnowledgeTaking home care personally
Northamptonshire’s integrated care partnership is helping frail elderly people stay at home, says Stuart Shepherd
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CommentAnticipating the spending review
Richard Humphries on the importance of considering health and social care as a whole when considering spending cuts
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HSJ KnowledgeLocal quit smoking campaign
Effective engagement of stakeholders, partner organisations and the local media will pay dividends.
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NewsSocial enterprise bid rethink by North East PCTs
A ballot on whether to turn three primary care trust provider arms in the North East into a social enterprise has been suspended.
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HSJ KnowledgeCardiac care pathway: all hands to the pump
A countywide angioplasty service is speeding up recovery times through multi-trust cooperation, reports Alison Moore
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HSJ KnowledgeUsing patient opinion to inform service design
Patients’ opinions of the care they received are informing better service design choices, writes Jennifer Taylor
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CommentNHS reorganisation: don't leave the patients behind
It could be the language that seals the deal. New Labour’s mission got lost in a technocratic haze, so a white paper more comfortable with the vernacular of the voluntary sector is helping patient groups swallow the pill of another reorganisation while showing genuine enthusiasm for the changes ahead.
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Comment'Remove the barriers to healthcare innovation'
We need new players in healthcare because they, not the incumbents, are the innovators
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NewsUrgent care 111 hotline must be co-ordinated regionally
The new 111 urgent care service must be commissioned and monitored at a regional level, rather than by individual GP consortia, the Ambulance Service Network has warned.
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NewsDoctors call for standardised NHS prescription system
The prescription system in Scotland should be standardised to reduce errors and improve patient safety, and should then be rolled out across the NHS, a doctors’ group has said.
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NewsNHS County Durham and Darlington launches non-emergency hotline
NHS County Durham and Darlington has launched a new urgent care phone service.
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CommentUnderstanding how patients behave could help cut NHS waste
How the new science of social influence can save the NHS money
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Comment'We all know NHS change will keep coming - the trick is to adapt'
In the immediate wake of the white paper it would be churlish to ignore what are potentially the most significant changes in the history of the health service.