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Acute clinical linkages: all mapped out
Which acute services depend on which other acute services? We provide a comprehensive map of 24-hour on-site service interdependency.
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Any Willing Provider: still the future
Plus ca change... the latest guidance on NHS commissioning only goes half-way to opening up GP commissioning.
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Cherry-picking and clinical linkages
If new providers "cherry-pick" profitable elective services, does that put acute services at risk?
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From Challenged Trust to Foundation Trust (2)
Why turning the hospital upside-down could be the best way forward.
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From Challenged Trust to Foundation Trust?
How boring old accountancy could save the day for Challenged Trusts.
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Providers will be the innovators
Why service innovation and detailed pathway analysis are jobs for providers, not GP Consortia.
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Service Reconfiguration rules: too many cooks
The straightforward tests for service reconfiguration are welcome. The process for applying them is not.
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Should pilot sites ‘go dark’ while testing new A&E measures?
The arguments for 'going dark' look weak, compared with the damage to official statistics and public confidence in them.
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Sorry, I got held up in traffic
Senior managers are increasingly expected to understand why performance varies, using control charts. Mike Davidge of NHS Elect explains it beautifully, using your daily commute... Watch the video