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We must put the integrity of the whistle-blowing system beyond question, for the benefit of both patients and staff The NHS is under pressure over whistleblowing and gagging. We in the NHS leadership community need to make it crystal clear that we regard attempts to prevent staff from raising concerns...
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Mon, Feb 25 2013
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Healthcare services need to engage the public early over reforms and not wait until others have united against them North London's Whittington hospital provides the latest excruciating example of how not manage service reorganisations. By mishandling the communication of plans to replace wards with...
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Thu, Feb 21 2013
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The NHS needs more patient and user-led organisations, not watered down versions such as HealthWatch, or more red tape Now that some of the dust thrown up by the Francis report has begun to settle, it is perhaps time to give thought to its likely long-term consequences. There are reasons for concern...
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Tue, Feb 19 2013
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What can be learned from the process? Here's our experts' and readers' – suggestions from an online live discussion Patients are the best free resources Paul Hodgkin, chief executive of Patient Opinion : "The person with the greatest incentive to get good care to bed seven is the person...
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Tue, Feb 12 2013
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As public service cuts begin to bite, users need reassuring that their new local watchdog also has teeth One of the less noticed changes in the NHS comes into force at the end of March, when Local Involvement Networks (LINks) will cease to exist. LINks were established in 2008 as independent community...
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Tue, Jan 29 2013
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Find out what our panel of experts said about the future of patient data in the NHS, including boundaries of consent and the use of data for relevant trials Richard Corbridge is Clinical Research Network chief information officer Patients want to take part in research: In June 2011 an Ipsos Mori poll...
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Thu, Dec 13 2012
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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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Mon, Dec 3 2012
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A breach of personal data could do considerable damage, so trusts must build patient privacy into NHS IT systems Electronic record systems are among the most important healthcare advances of our times. They bring better, more sustainable healthcare and offer the NHS the opportunity to make large savings...
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Mon, Nov 5 2012
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Our next online live discussion will run from noon to 2pm on Monday October 15, and will explore how healthcare professionals can work more closely to improve services The NHS will not succeed if it does not develop its partnerships. That was the view of David Stout , outgoing deputy chief executive...
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Thu, Oct 11 2012
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With policy documents promoting patient-centred healthcare, Steven Laitner explores how the shared decision making programme is providing tools to help make them reality Shared decision making is the belief that patients and their clinicians bring equally valuable input to the table when patients reach...
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Wed, Oct 3 2012
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Financial and leadership problems are among the obstacles preventing NHS trusts from gaining foundation status, say MPs Nearly half of hospitals that have still to attain foundation status are facing challenges more severe than previously thought, according to an MPs committee report. The report, published...
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The author of recent social media guidance for the Nursing and Midwifery Council says that NHS line managers need to be able to better respond to abuse by staff The author of recent guidance on using social media for nurses and midwives says NHS managers should be able to actively respond to issues around...
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Primary care trust acts as lead commissioner for non-emergency 111 service in north-west of England NHS Blackpool is leading a procurement that will see the implementation of an NHS 111 non-emergency service offering patients NHS care and advice over the telephone and online in the north-west of England...
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In the early days the NHS thought the web was best ignored, says James Munro from Patient Opinion, but it's slowly seeing the positive Health service staff are, perhaps understandably, cautious creatures and are taking their time in embracing the world of social media and online feedback. But, looking...
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Councils may have the will to take on their new responsibilities for public health, but do they have the way? "Smokers Wanted", announced the sign above an information stall at a sixth-form college in Swindon. The quirky take on the usual stop-smoking message drew students' attention to...
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Fri, Oct 7 2011
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