South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 3186
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Nick Summerton on clinical management
Two years ago, when he was still BMJ editor, Richard Smith asked: 'What is it that doctors offer that other professionals cannot?' 'Diagnosis, diagnosis, diagnosis, ' responded chief medical officer Professor Sir Liam Donaldson.
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Succession in medical management
Succession in medical management is a problem for trusts. Many require a full-time medical director, but few consultants wish to give up clinical practice to take this on.
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HSJ Knowledge
Economic growth and NHS spending
If the chancellor sticks to Derek Wanless's 'fully engaged' scenario for future NHS spending, the next few spending rounds are likely to see smaller rises for the NHS than the last two as total healthcare spending flattens out at around 10.5 per cent of GDP across the UK.
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Bradford crisis
As many people will testify, for the past four-and-a-half years I have chaired Bradford Teaching Hospitals foundation trust, and the diverse community it serves, with undoubted success.
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Evercare review
I applaud the King's Fund for reviewing the evidence on case management (news, pages 16-17, 2 December 2004), and its recommendations to primary care trusts are sensible.
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Castlefields case
Ann Dix's insightful report on the Castlefields experience of effective case management ('Happy Ever After', pages 28-31, 9 December 2004) contrasts markedly with the latest King's Fund document which could find only weak evidence to support the approach.
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Support for CPPIH
I had to write after reading the comments regarding the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (news, page 10, 2 December 2004).
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Shipman's folly
The reaction of the General Medical Council to the recommendations of the Shipman report epitomises everything we are told has long disappeared from the medical profession: arrogance, complacency and an unwillingness to listen to and learn from others.
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A private affair
The drive to improve older people's health is laudable, (Interview, page 18, 9 December 2004), and the achievements to date should be applauded.
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Who's who?
Martin Garvey, human resources manager, Nottingham City Hospital, was greatly impressed with the redesign of HSJ.
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Paul Streets on delivering the public health white paper
Paul Streets says delivering the public health white paper will require dogged determination from public health professionals
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Make boards work better
Why do trust boards seem to operate outside the realms of performance review? Jay Bevington, Paul Stanton and Phil Glanfield show how it should be done
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Helen Bevan on US public health
We can learn a lot from other healthcare systems. Sometimes we find we have more in common than in variance - even with situations that appear to be the polar opposite of the NHS.
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Book of the month
I began Public Health And Health Promotion, (3rd ed, Baillire Tindall, 24.99) hoping it would quickly signpost me to effective interventions, writes Sarah Wilson.
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Involving service users in recruitment
Consulting and involving service users in drug and alcohol services is now compulsory under the Health and Social Care Act 2001.
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Why training is essential for clinical coding
Better case-note documentation can have a major impact on a hospital's budget under payment by results.
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Preparing for an open information culture
From 1 January the Freedom of Information Act 2000 introduces a new openness to public authorities.