Former health secretary and chair of health select committee says that better use of IT will help eliminate waste in the NHS, reports Gill Hitchcock When the Audit Commission published its review of England's NHS this summer and warned of growing financial pressures, trusts already knew that achieving...
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After dealing with the M5 crash, South Western Ambulance Service is set to take over its smaller neighbour Great Western Days after grappling with the aftermath of the M5 crash, arguably the biggest and most demanding emergency in its history, South Western Ambulance Service (SWAS) – which covers the...
A south west council has moved its staff and those from its primary care trust into a new community interest company The people at Sirona Care and Health certainly can't be faulted on presentation. Sirona, its name inspired by Celtic mythology, visions of watery healing and teams of marketing advisors...
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A legal challenge has allowed protesters to delay the transfer of 3,000 staff from a primary care trust to a new social enterprise Michael Lloyd does not look like the sort of activist to cause a government-backed reform of the NHS to stop in its tracks. A stooped figure, clad in his worn Sunday best...
Electronic rostering systems are helping trusts cut back on temporary staff, as well as reducing fines for breaching working time rules Electronic rostering systems can bring efficiency and fairness to staff rostering as well as massive savings on agency staff spending. Community and mental health provider...
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Taunton's Musgrove Park and South Manchester's Wythenshawe hospitals are pioneering greener and cheaper Hospitals can save lives, but they can be bad for the health of the planet. Often environmentally unfriendly, energy inefficient and haemorrhaging money in fuel and electricity bills as a result...
Patients can benefit from faster access to drugs and greatly reduced travel times when specialists can work remotely The introduction of high speed broadband across the UK in recent years means that 80% of the adult population now has easy access to the internet either at home or at work. But so far...
Online videos can be shocking, sexy – and a cheap way for NHS organisations to spread public health messages As arguments over whether NHS efficiency savings are leading to longer waiting lists continue, there is no debate over whether spending on public health advertising has been cut. One of the first...
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