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NewsCall to link up mental health and substance misuse services for dual diagnosis
Forging stronger partnerships between mental health and substance misuse services could improve services and cut costs, the NHS Confederation has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to get better health outcomes in diverse groups
Healthcare of people from BME groups is being improved by committed leaders and by projects monitoring community cohesion as well as equalities. Mark Gould reports
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CommentNicky Spencer on handling NHS complaints
It’s tempting to avoid complaints or that quiet aside that indicates dissatisfaction with our services. But it’s a false economy. Dealing well with complaints as early as you can saves time, resources and reputation, and improves quality.
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CommentPaul Corrigan on NHS reform
NHS reform requires the creation of significant parts of the NHS system that are independent of the Department of Health and the NHS mainstream hierarchy of the past.
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CommunityTalking the health economics talk
Pleasing to learn that health economists, occasionally accused of being in a world of their own, at least share an international language.
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Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board
Congratulations to Betsi Cadwaladr University Local Health Board, which will take over from the North Wales Trust and a clutch of smaller local health boards under the NHS Wales reorganisation.
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NewsNurses urged to show savings
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is to calculate and publish “opportunity savings” in 10 changes to the way nurses work.
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NewsPatient satisfaction guaranteed: the future of payment by results?
The health secretary’s promise of a greater focus on patient experience has the approval of NHS leaders - as long as it is done properly, reports Rebecca Evans
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CommentMedia Watch: NHS cost cutting
At the start of last week, the papers were obsessed with Gordon Brown’s first use of the C-word. By the end of the week politicians of all hues were at it and it was impossible to get away from it.
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SupplementsSmoking cessation: the first day of a healthier life
Stop smoking services have helped millions of people to kick the habit, improving their health and easing the long term strain on the NHS
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CommentGary Belfield on world class commissioning
World class commissioning is not a status to be achieved and retained but an ongoing process of improvement which has patients’ changing needs at its heart
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HSJ Knowledge
Financial benchmarking tools
It may not be possible for primary care trusts to become cost efficient overnight, but healthcare actuaries are developing financial diagnostic tools to identify readily achievable cost savings and focus scarce resources in overstretched budgets to achieve the greatest return.
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HSJ Knowledge
E-learning and the hygiene code
Health and social care providers have worked steadily to improve standards, but many still have a long way to go. According to the Care Quality Commission one in five NHS trusts does not comply with at least one of the three standards relating to the hygiene code. Louise Pasterfield examines ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Workforce planning
The NHS Workforce Review Team is committed to moving forward the national agenda on workforce strategy and planning. A growing concern within the NHS has been how to introduce greater academic rigour to workforce planning and research carried out around the healthcare workforce in the UK.
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News'No evidence of increase in autism rates'
At least one in every 100 adults has a form of autism but rates of the condition are not on the rise, NHS research has revealed.
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NewsNICE approves stomach tumour treatment
Sunitinib has been recommended by NICE for gastro-intestinal stromal tumours after a pricing deal with maker Pfizer.
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NewsWorld class commissioning: efficiency made a core competency
Assessing how effectively NHS commissioners spend their funding receives greater importance in the latest government guidance on world class commissioning.
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Expand measles and hepatitis B vaccination programmes, NICE urges
NHS vaccination programmes against measles and hepatitis B in the under-19 age group must be expanded, says the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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News'Mortality rates rise when new doctors start work'
Death rates for emergency patients jump 6 per cent when newly qualified doctors start work, according to the largest ever study of hospital mortality rates.