All Health Service Journal articles in Your Ideas and Suggestions 2010 – Page 6
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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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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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Joint commissioning
Commissioning Support for London Accelerated Development Programme 2009
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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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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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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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Adult spine services
New approaches in spine service at St Thomas’ Hospital have yielded impressive results.
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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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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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Clinical dashboards
Good quality information is known to be a driver of performance among clinical teams and vital to ensuring the right services and best possible care is provided to patients.
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Leadership for change
Martin Seligman, the leading figure in the positive psychology movement, has described Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as the most significant and powerful organisational intervention currently available.
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Carbon Reduction Commitment
Dave Covell provides an update on the recently implemented Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme
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Neurophysiology
Gwam Rajiah looks at the issues confronting neurophysiology departments around the UK
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Social networking
Following a successful pilot, the surgery centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead has adopted Justvisiting.com, an online service for patients and carers to meet up and talk with their friends and family in hospitals.
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Medical student training
The transition from medical student to doctor is one that is often made with much trepidation. While medical schools work hard to equip students with the necessary skills, the role undertaken by employers is playing an increasingly significant part in this process.
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Funding innovation
Dr Kathy McLean looks at how healthcare providers can make best use of the £220m innovation funding to improve working practices and deliver quality of patient care
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Economic survival guide
The NHS thinks it is having a tough time financially. But this is just the beginning of a long-drawn out process of adjustment as the UK falls into an economic abyss.
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Randomised control trials
Randomised controlled trials often encounter problems in meeting recruitment targets, but insights from a recent successful trial can help future recruitment efforts.
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Chlamydia screening guide
Getting value for money from your chlamydia screening campaign requires careful consideraton.
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Self care planning
The financial downturn has led to a frenzy of activity to increase productivity at lower cost but improved quality. This is indeed a challenge for the NHS. Given the management of long term conditions in the NHS utilises 70 per cent of the expenditure in the NHS, a focused ...