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Social media has the potential to improve communication between healthcare professionals and patients — but it also creates ethical issues. Where should the line be drawn? I love Twitter, some would say I'm addicted! To date I've tweeted more than 30,500 times. As a GP, I think it is an excellent...
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Leaders are already thinking about what their organisations must do to deliver the best possible health outcomes In just two weeks, clinical commissioning groups take up their full responsibilities as we shift from a managerial to a clinical commissioning-led system for the NHS in England. While clinical...
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A look at the members that make up the body that will run the health service in England from next month Professor Malcolm Grant, chair The president and provost of University College London, he is described by a colleague as having "a brain the size of a planet and is a natural leader – clear and...
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As a judicial review begins on proposals to close a number of units, Roger Boyle says pooling surgical expertise is a vital move Advances in medicine mean that many young babies with congenital heart disease are alive today who would not have survived treatment in the past. In fact most are going on...
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A report shows how stretched resources can be made to go further when health, housing and social care services collaborate For Bruce Wall, it's not about the money, it's about having his own life back. Wall, who is tetraplegic after a serious motorcycle accident nearly 20 years ago, says moving...
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St Helens and Knowsley's initiative could become a model as the government pushes to put patient records online by 2014 A teaching hospital in the north-west of England claims it was the first NHS trust in England to become paperless. A year ago, St Helens and Knowsley put the last of its 500,000...
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Map: Find out which CCG your area fits in Simon Rogers
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The watchdog has been making serious efforts to restore professional confidence, but news that it may appoint a former Conservative party chief executive as its chair is concerning The Care Quality Commission is the public bulwark against neglect and abuse in health and social care. That's why the...
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Now is the time for everyone involved in health and social care to offer their opinions on how the CQC should work The Care Quality Commission (CQC) plays an important role in health and social care. I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to lead an organisation that drives improvements to...
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Newly published Dr Foster Hospital Guide shows lack of integrated care leads to overcrowded A&E departments In March this year, the Department of Health published the evaluation of the national integrated care pilots launched in 2009. The results were disappointing. The hoped-for reduction in emergency...
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The test is not another complaints system – it puts the voice and opinion of patients at the heart of the NHS The friends and family test is not just another NHS data collection exercise. For the first time, the fundamental purpose of the information collected is to share it with the public in a totally...
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There are signs local authorities will forge closer relationships with CCGs than they might have done with primary care trusts During this time of transition as public health moves into local government and GPs into clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), both sides are bound to bring some historical challenges...
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Tue, Nov 20 2012
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Final document sets clear objectives, which reflect priorities managers are already pursuing, but fails on one crucial test The first NHS mandate , which sets out the government's expectations of the health service to the NHS Commissioning Board, hardly represents freedom for managers and clinicians...
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Following a conference on Telehealth, the Patient from Hell argues that clinicians who have tried it are quickly converted Dr Paul Rice summed up the HSJ's Telehealth 2012 conference last month with what I suspect is an old NHS chestnut, but I had never heard it before. It goes like this: "Managing...
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The only way to improve the quality of all patient meals in England is to require them to meet mandatory sustainability standards NHS hospitals in England buy a lot of food, enough for 300 million patient meals a year. Much of it is poor quality and unpopular with those who are asked to eat it. Most...