All articles by Thelma Agnew
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HSJ InteractiveRoundtable: What does wound care show about how best to create value-based pathways across an ICS?
An HSJ roundtable, in association with Smith+Nephew, focused on the complex area of wound care to reveal what it takes to achieve joined-up, cost-effective care
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HSJ InteractiveRoundtable: How can healthcare environments adapt to support the wellbeing of staff?
An HSJ roundtable in association with Dyson considered how NHS buildings and facilities affect healthcare staff and shared ideas for improvement
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HSJ InteractiveHow can integrated care systems make the best use of medicines optimisation and pharmacy services?
At a recent HSJ webinar an expert panel explored how medicines optimisation can work at an ICS level. Thelma Agnew reports
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Beds and Herts face tough cuts
FINANCE Managers focus on bottom line after preoccupation with targets and ratings
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Police cautioned former PCT chief
RESIGNATION Welwyn Hatf ield PCT boss leaves post pledging 'debt of gratitude' to staff
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The urge to merge
CARE TRUSTS: Rivalry between the health and social care elements in the new care trusts is not uncommon. But in some organisations, the urge to merge is almost irresistible, reports Thelma Agnew
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Time to remember
The learning disabilities white paper is being trumpeted as a revolution in care that will bring an end to the NHS's neglect of the forgotten generations. Thelma Agnew reports
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Age discrimination pledge may reignite debate on rationing
The government's pledge to end age discrimination in NHS services will reignite the debate on rationing and could even prompt a 'backlash' as younger patients lose ground to elderly people, it has been claimed.
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Key trusts fail targets though others do well
Trusts in some parts of England are failing to meet targets on the number of patients waiting more than 12 months for surgery, though the best performers are progressing at a much faster rate than that demanded by their regional offices.
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Many happy returns
Return-to-practice initiatives for nurses are proving highly successful, but they still have some way to go to understand those who take them. Thelma Agnew reports
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The bigger picture
How much of an impact have NVQs had in the health service - and will they be superseded by the new individual learning accounts with their broader outlook? Thelma Agnew reports
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Obesity epidemic kills 30,000 each year as costs top £485m
An obesity epidemic is costing the NHS in England at least £480m a year, with costs to the wider economy probably in excess of £2bn, the National Audit Office has revealed.
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The age of consent
How well-founded are fears that the Redfern report on Alder Hey will produce a raft of new procedures and regulations that will hamper vital clinical research? Thelma Agnew reports
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Tragic irony
Is the murder of eight-year-old Anna Climbie a tragic one-off or proof that an overhaul of the child protection system is needed? Thelma Agnew reports on how opinions have been polarised
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East Sussex hit by rash of bed blocks
A shortfall in social services funding is causing severe bed blocking in East Sussex hospitals.