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Booklet aims to help new Healthwatch bodies and health and wellbeing boards to collaborate on NHS service delivery The Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) and the Local Government Association (LGA) have published a practical e-guide to help new independent health watchdogs collaborate on reform. Practical...
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Overstretched public managers are facing a long haul to improve working conditions for themselves and their staff It's hard to believe it has now been five years since the credit crunch started to bite. While the consequences of the stormy economic conditions that followed have of course been complex...
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Salford Royal shows that though a tall order in a cash-strapped NHS, it is possible to bring a hospital back from the brink This autumn the Francis report on Mid Staffs will tell us that the NHS needs to become safer and more caring even at a time when dozens of hospitals face bankruptcy. Many will clamour...
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A recent study shows 90% of respondents would entrust a relative to their colleagues' care. But what will happen when the new health care bill becomes law? When nine out of ten staff report that they "make a difference" on a daily basis, they are surely part of a highly motivated and dedicated...
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A hospital trust that became notorious for poor care is using its employees' ideas to turn itself around From 2005 to 2009, Mid Staffordshire foundation trust showed how profoundly an NHS organisation can fail its patients. A Healthcare Commission report from March 2009 and an independent inquiry...
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