All Health Service Journal articles in Your Ideas and Suggestions 2010 – Page 5
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Technology in the NHS
Margaret Parton explains how NHS teams are often supportive of implementing technology while the wider system is not
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Nuisance and disturbance on NHS premises
According to the NHS Security Management Service there were 54,758 reported physical assaults against NHS staff in England in 2008/2009.
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Adult spine services
New approaches in spine service at St Thomas’ Hospital have yielded impressive results.
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Dementia and quality of life
Only 13 per cent of people believe a person with dementia can have a good quality of life at all stages of their condition according to Alzheimer’s Society research released in April.
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Human rights in mental health
A new human rights based leadership programme is being developed with investment from SCIE and the support of the National Mental health Development Unit and University of Central Lancashire.
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Organ donation
Recent important Department of Health guidance on organ donation gives boards in England and Wales an excellent opportunity to receive up to date progress on donation activity in their trusts and to review how they can support a drive to further boost rates.
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Joint commissioning
Commissioning Support for London Accelerated Development Programme 2009
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Sustainability and the NHS
The NHS enters 2010 with an enormous to do list, increasing pressures on budgets, the need to improve outcomes and a relentless drive for quality.
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Information management services
When it comes to deciding when is the right time to outsourcing information management and IT services support, there are several issues that must be carefully considered.
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Carbon reduction
The Carbon Reduction Commitment is a mandatory, auction-based emissions trading scheme, which came into effect on 1 April 2010.
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Out of hours care
This report summarises the methodology and the outcome of a pilot project designed to reduce the number of elderly patients admitted to hospital from nursing homes. It suggests that enhanced out of hours care by GPs can improve the experience of patients (and their relatives) and reduce costs by limiting ...
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Lean thinking in the NHS
Despite having been in the service improvement business for years, I choose now to finally really get my head around “lean thinking” as inspired by Taiichi Ohno’s work on the Toyota production system.
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Developing clinical leaders
The quality of management and leadership remains the single biggest factor as to whether or not organisations succeed, and nowhere more so than an institution as large as the NHS.
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Job search tips
Taking the time to refine your CV for each application and then properly preparing for the interview will go a long way in securing you the job that you deserve.
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Melanoma diagnosis
Rates of melanoma are increasing faster than any other common cancer and getting the diagnosis right is a real challenge for GPs.
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Reporting on incidents
The length of reports into critical incidents could be a barrier to communicating the valuable lessons buried inside them.
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Resolving NHS complaints
Complaints about treatment and care are inevitable, but involving the Independent Complaints Advocacy Service in the process can help make a real difference to all concerned.
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Seven rules of engagement
There is widespread non-compliance within the NHS, to race relations legislation designed to promote equality and equitable engagement. This is obviously not a systematic and purposeful strategy, but instead underlines the difficulty of engaging black and minority ethnic groups in health and wellbeing initiatives, when the huge proportion of managers ...
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As clinicians we have an obligation to review our practice and strive to provide high quality care for all.
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Patient engagement
The NHS needs a strategy for shared decision-making with patients, here we set out why, for whom, and some evidence for what works.