All Supplements articles – Page 42
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SupplementsTesting times: an HSJ training and development special supplement
At a time when budgets are being tightly squeezed, training can be seen as a luxury. But arming staff with the right skills, now and for the future, is vital in delivering results.
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SupplementsPreventing acute kidney injury: an HSJ special report
Between 20 to 30 per cent of acute kidney injury is predictable and avoidable, and if clinicians get the care basics right, can be prevented.
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SupplementsValue in modernisation: an HSJ IT supplement
HSJ’s latest information technology supplement looks at wireless technology for community healthcare workers, predictive models for patient admissions - and how the prison service is adapting an IT system used by GPs to share inmates’ medical details.
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SupplementsManaging long-term conditions: an HSJ special report
Alison Moore and Daloni Carlisle look at the increasing importance of improving care for patients long-term conditions in an HSJ special report.
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SupplementsSupporting the cancer survivorship population: an HSJ supplement
More than two million people across the UK have had a cancer diagnosis at some point in their lives, a figure rising by 3.2 per cent annually. HSJ’s latest supplement looks at how commissioners can better support the growing cancer survivor population.
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SupplementsPreventing hospital-associated venous thromboembolism
Hard work is needed to beat hospital-associated venous thromboembolism. HSJ’s latest supplement provides valuable information and insight into how this can be achieved.
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SupplementsA new era for IT? A special HSJ supplement
The IT revolution has started. The way information is collected, and the technologies available to utilise it, is transforming previous approaches to healthcare. Now all clinicians have to do is embrace the change, and reap the rewards…
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SupplementsThe £80bn man: GPs get ready to hold the NHS budget
HSJ’s special supplement on GP commissioning looks at the challenges facing commissioners in the new NHS.
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SupplementsThe future relationship between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry
What does the future hold for the relationship between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry if “we’re all in this together”? Leading figures debate the outlook and the best ways to marry health outcomes with profits.
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SupplementsInnovation in technology is transforming NHS clinical excellence
Bespoke technology is ready to help the NHS change the way it works - but the health service needs to accept that it’s a time for doing things differently.
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SupplementsThe NHS needs to change faster: here’s how to do it
Welcome to this special supplement, which introduces Rapid Spread. It is a new idea that is now being tested in the NHS.
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SupplementsHSJ Awards 2010
The NHS remains an inspiration for health systems across the world. In the toughest year for the NHS for over a decade, the HSJ Awards prove once again that the service remains a centre of excellence.
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SupplementsFinance: No Time Like the Present
HSJ examines why financial skills will be in high demand in the coming years
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SupplementsHSJ Awards 2010 Best Practice Report
These detailed examinations of HSJ Awards entries explore what our finalists set out to achieve and the methods they choose to deliver those benefits.
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SupplementsPrimary care special report: happy hours
HSJ examines the impact of GP practice opening hours, consortia commissioning for quality and productivity, GP relations with the community care workforce and how primary care is being shaped by the new-look Britain
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SupplementsSpending review roundtable: going back to the 1980s?
The last time an NHS funding settlement was so tough, wards were axed, quality fell and waits surged. HSJ gathered some of the leading players in healthcare finance to debate how the service will fare in the new economic landscape. Ingrid Torjesen reports
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SupplementsTraining and development: special report
Tight budgets and NHS reforms mean organisations face harder choices about training provision.
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SupplementsInformation technology: reprogramming the IT culture of the NHS
The vision of a vastly standardised and over-reaching IT system for the NHS has been supplanted by a return to local and modular ideals, but many uncertainties remain
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SupplementsEnergy efficiency management
The government’s recent pledge to cut UK carbon emissions by 34 per cent by 2020 means cutting energy consumption is now a high priority. With the public sector spending more than £2.5bn on energy every year, a great opportunity presents itself for the NHS to work with energy suppliers to ...
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SupplementsFacilities Management: Light work
The NHS depends on serviceable buildings in which it can function. This requires a wide range of skills within the estates department, which provides the hard facilities management, ensuring the utilities and the fabric of the property are fit for purpose.