Visit http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com for more rss feeds. http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/CoreCode/rss/rssdisplay.aspx en-gb Copyright http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com, 2020 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:23:42 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ 15 Today, speaking at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) annual conference, Matt Hancock highlighted what he believes to be the three components of getting the foundations of primary care right; people, structure and tech. There are now over three times as many doctors now working in hospitals than there are doctors in general... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/matt-hancock-says-gp-recruitment-is-on-the-rise-to-support-bedrock-of-the-nhs- 424,411,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/matt-hancock-says-gp-recruitment-is-on-the-rise-to-support-bedrock-of-the-nhs- Thu, 24 Oct 2019 17:00:00 GMT Over 20 years ago, a Teesside hospital cleaner put down her mop and took steps towards her midwifery dreams. Lisa Payne has been delivering babies at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust for 20 years, but that wasn’t where her career was originally heading. Lisa worked as a domestic on the maternity ward in 1994 and... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/nhsmidwife 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/nhsmidwife Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:15:00 GMT A dedicated national social care service could be a potential solution to surging demand burdening acute health providers over the winter months, the new president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has suggested. In an interview with NHE, Professor Andrew Goddard said that the general public “does not really understand”... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/how-can-winter-pressures-be-dealt-with-introduce-a-national-social-care-service-rcp-president-suggests- 413,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/how-can-winter-pressures-be-dealt-with-introduce-a-national-social-care-service-rcp-president-suggests- Wed, 24 Oct 2018 12:30:00 GMT The president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has told NHE that the college’s new headquarters based in Liverpool will become a hub for clinicians in the north of the UK. Professor Andrew Goddard, who took over from previous president Professor Jane Dacre last month, said the college’s new building – named... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/rcp-president-on-new-liverpool-college-building-this-will-be-a-hub-for-clinicians-in-the-north 424,2900 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/rcp-president-on-new-liverpool-college-building-this-will-be-a-hub-for-clinicians-in-the-north Wed, 24 Oct 2018 11:30:00 GMT The NHS plays a part in the country’s wellness – but it’s far from being all that matters. Duncan Selbie, chief executive of Public Health England (PHE), lays bare to NHE’s Luana Salles his views on what truly matters to keeping England healthy. Duncan Selbie’s track record in the NHS is impressive. He has... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/duncan-selbie-a-step-on-the-journey-to-population-health 413,424,411 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/duncan-selbie-a-step-on-the-journey-to-population-health Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:00:00 GMT In an era of so-called ‘fake news’ growing alongside a renewed focus on reducing stigma around mental health, Paul Farmer, chief executive of Mind, tells NHE’s Josh Mines how journalists should be looking to cut through the noise and report sensitively and powerfully on this issue. Over the last few years, there has been... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/cutting-through-the-fake-news 424,414 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/cutting-through-the-fake-news Wed, 22 Nov 2017 10:00:00 GMT Dr Emma Burnett, a lecturer and researcher in infection prevention at the University of Dundee’s School of Nursing and Midwifery and a board member of the Infection Prevention Society (IPS), talks to NHE’s David Stevenson about the need for a local approach to tackling infection prevention. In 2007, MRSA bloodstream infections... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/tackling-infection-prevention-locally 424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/tackling-infection-prevention-locally Wed, 04 Oct 2017 04:30:00 GMT NHE interviews Gillian Fox, head of eProcurement (Scan4Safety) programme at NHS Supply Chain. How has the Scan4Safety initiative evolved since the Department of Health’s (DH’s) eProcurement Strategy, launched back in 2014?  Before the strategy was published, previous efforts to improve eProcurement in the NHS had... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/scan4safety-benefits-across-the-whole-supply-chain 424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/scan4safety-benefits-across-the-whole-supply-chain Mon, 02 Oct 2017 07:30:00 GMT Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, knows that the health service is already a world leader when it comes to medical advances – but argues that there is strong momentum across the sector to champion even further change. Throughout its nearly 70-year history, the NHS has been constantly changing and improving, yet it is... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/a-hunger-for-innovation 424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/a-hunger-for-innovation Mon, 25 Sep 2017 08:00:00 GMT When it comes to dementia, having a calm and safe environment can have a substantial impact on a patient’s quality of life. NHE’s Josh Mines talks to the University of Stirling’s Lesley Palmer about how a new app aims to improve the lives of dementia sufferers and those who care for them. Dementia is an illness that can... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/improving-care-at-the-touch-of-a-screen 424,411 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/improving-care-at-the-touch-of-a-screen Tue, 08 Aug 2017 08:00:00 GMT Martin Hancock, national lead for talent management at NHS Leadership Academy, and Gill Rooke, the organisation’s senior operations manager, discuss the ongoing work to improve talent management and access to leadership development in the NHS. Last year, the first iteration of the national framework ‘Developing People –... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/a-new-approach-to-talent-management 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/a-new-approach-to-talent-management Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:15:00 GMT At this year’s NHS Confed, Simon Stevens revealed the first wave of accountable care systems (ACSs). NHE speaks to Ian Dodge, the director responsible for NHS England’s strategy and policy, about the developments and direction of travel. Shortly before the general election was called, which seems somewhat in the dim and... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/enabling-greater-integration-through-acss 405,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/enabling-greater-integration-through-acss Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:00:00 GMT On 12 May, a global cyber-attack occurred on an unprecedented scale. It affected organisations across the globe and, though it did not specifically target the NHS, the impact on UK health services brought cyber security to the top of the national agenda. NHE’s David Stevenson gets an update from the NHS Digital Data Security Centre on... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/how-nhs-organisations-can-protect-themselves-against-cyber-crime 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/how-nhs-organisations-can-protect-themselves-against-cyber-crime Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:00:00 GMT Last year, the cancer vanguard established the Pharma Challenge. Rob Duncombe, pharmacy director at the Christie NHS FT, gives NHE an update on the work and early outcomes. In October 2015, the national cancer vanguard – led by the Christie NHS FT, the Royal Marsden NHS FT and University College London Hospitals NHS FT (UCLH)... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/working-collectively-to-improve-cancer-outcomes-for-patients 424,417 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/working-collectively-to-improve-cancer-outcomes-for-patients Tue, 20 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT The Walton Centre NHS FT has been identified by NHS England as one of only 12 exemplar organisations in the NHS for its work in health and wellbeing (H&WB). Mike Gibney, director of workforce, and Jane Mullin, deputy director of HR, tell NHE how the trust has successfully driven down sickness levels, maintaining them at a steady rate, and... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/a-great-place-to-work 424,414,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/a-great-place-to-work Fri, 16 Jun 2017 08:00:00 GMT Niall Dickson, chief executive of NHS Confederation, talks to NHE’s Josh Mines ahead of Confed2017 about the organisation’s 10-point manifesto for the NHS, and the opportunities and challenges facing the healthcare system. It’s clear that 2017 will be remembered as a significant year for the NHS. A stressful winter... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/a-fork-in-the-road-for-the-nhs 424,407,428 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/a-fork-in-the-road-for-the-nhs Tue, 06 Jun 2017 16:30:00 GMT Jackie Smith, chief executive at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), talks to NHE’s David Stevenson about the challenges her organisation faces in setting up regulation for nursing associates, including the very tight timetable. In December 2015, the government announced a plan to create a new nursing support role. Fast-forward... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/tight-timetable-for-nursing-associate-regulation 412,424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/tight-timetable-for-nursing-associate-regulation Tue, 28 Mar 2017 07:00:00 GMT Glen Burley, chief executive of South Warwickshire NHS FT, explains how his organisation has been able to improve patient flow through its emergency department after taking part in the Flow Cost Quality programme. Back in December, the Health Foundation published its report ‘The challenge and potential of whole system flow’... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/improving-the-flow 409,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/improving-the-flow Mon, 13 Feb 2017 09:30:00 GMT Back in August, Stephen Hart joined Health Education England (HEE) as the organisation’s new director of leadership development, which includes taking charge of the work of the NHS Leadership Academy. He talks to NHE’s David Stevenson about his plans for the future. Leadership development should be made available to every part... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/leadership-development-should-be-for-all-in-health-and-care 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/leadership-development-should-be-for-all-in-health-and-care Wed, 07 Dec 2016 09:00:00 GMT David Behan CBE, chief executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), talks to NHE about the correlation between high rates of staff satisfaction and improved patient experience. “The link between satisfied and engaged staff and satisfied and engaged patients is powerful,” David Behan, the chief executive of the CQC, told NHE... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-powerful-link-between-staff-and-patient-satisfaction- 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-powerful-link-between-staff-and-patient-satisfaction- Mon, 03 Oct 2016 07:00:00 GMT NHE’s David Stevenson talks to Dame Fiona Caldicott following her much-awaited Review of Data Security, Consent and Opt-Outs. In the foreword to the National Data Guardian’s (NDG’s) Review of Data Security, Consent and Opt-Outs, Dame Fiona Caldicott said she agreed to undertake her third review into this area for two... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/security-solutions-dame-fiona-caldicott-were-not-quite-ready-for-sharing-back-office-function-on-data-security 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/security-solutions-dame-fiona-caldicott-were-not-quite-ready-for-sharing-back-office-function-on-data-security Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:00:00 GMT Lord Carter of Coles discusses the findings of his recent review, the work of NHS Improvement (NHSI) and the importance of benchmarking. David Stevenson reports. “Good people, given good data, usually do good things”, according to Lord Carter of Coles. So the question, he asks, is what does good look... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/benchmarking-what-good-looks-like 424,407 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/benchmarking-what-good-looks-like Fri, 01 Jul 2016 10:30:00 GMT NHE talks to Julie Wood, chief executive of NHS Clinical Commissioners (NHSCC), about what needs to be done to develop the next generation of clinical commissioning leaders. David Stevenson reports. There must be a concerted effort to start leadership development earlier in the careers of clinicians to deliver the next generation of... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-importance-of-early-leadership-development 410,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-importance-of-early-leadership-development Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:00:00 GMT Dr Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer for NHS England, who also provides support to the Department of Health and Health Education England (HEE), discusses the unprecedented demand for clinical pharmacy. David Stevenson reports. Following the long-awaited evaluation of the national emergency department pharmacy pilot, which took... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/unprecedented-demand-for-clinical-pharmacy- 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/unprecedented-demand-for-clinical-pharmacy- Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:00:00 GMT Lord Carter’s efficiency review, which shed light on significant variations across NHS pharmacy services, was pivotal in paving the way for new standards. Andrew Davies, director of pharmacy at North Bristol NHS Trust, who helped shape the Carter report as part of the pharmacy team, tells NHE’s Luana Salles what these new targets... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/moving-forward-with-pharmacy-after-carter 424,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/moving-forward-with-pharmacy-after-carter Wed, 04 May 2016 09:15:00 GMT As NHE went to press, Forward Thinking Birmingham went live. Its managing director, Denise McLellan, explains the main changes and what benefits the new integrated mental health system will deliver. Forward Thinking Birmingham, the city’s new integrated mental health system, is technically just a few days old: it went live on 1... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-future-starts-now 424,414 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-future-starts-now Thu, 07 Apr 2016 10:15:00 GMT Shortly after the publication of the Mental Health Taskforce report, its chair and chief executive of Mind, Paul Farmer, delves deeper into the major reforms expected locally. When Mind’s chief executive, Paul Farmer, unveiled the first major details of what was then still an ongoing taskforce study at last year’s Health and... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/good-mental-health-within-our-reach 424,414 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/good-mental-health-within-our-reach Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:15:00 GMT Stephen Dangerfield, chief executive of NHS Professionals, discusses how trusts are responding to the recently introduced agency price caps. Price caps for agency staff in the NHS came into effect in November last year and trusts are already responding positively and proactively, according to the head of NHS Professionals... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/karen-lynas-interim-managing-director-of-the-nhs-leadership-academy-and-a-noted-expert-on-equality-and-leadership-offers-some-tips-for-women-in-the-nhs-looking-to-move-into-more-senior-roles 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/karen-lynas-interim-managing-director-of-the-nhs-leadership-academy-and-a-noted-expert-on-equality-and-leadership-offers-some-tips-for-women-in-the-nhs-looking-to-move-into-more-senior-roles Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT Helen Lisle, chair of the Health Care Supply Association (HCSA) and a director of procurement in the NHS, looks back over the last year and gives her thoughts on the impact changes introduced by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR15) have had on procurement professionals and their wider organisations. I think it would be fair to... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-impact-of-last-years-procurement-regulation-changes 424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-impact-of-last-years-procurement-regulation-changes Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:15:00 GMT Professor Henrik Møller, epidemiologist at King’s College London, discusses how use of the two-week urgent referral for suspected cancer by GPs is variable in England, and what this means for patients. A “clinically relevant” link between the low use of the two-week urgent referral for suspected cancer in general... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/urgent-referral-for-suspected-cancer-linked-to-saving-lives 409,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/urgent-referral-for-suspected-cancer-linked-to-saving-lives Sun, 29 Nov 2015 14:30:00 GMT Professor Wendy Reid, Health Education England’s director of education and quality, talks to NHE about the challenges and opportunities in developing future NHS leaders. David Stevenson reports. To transform and develop its leadership, the NHS needs to hear different voices and recognise it isn’t based on a single trajectory... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/leadership-isnt-based-on-a-single-trajectory 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/leadership-isnt-based-on-a-single-trajectory Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:15:00 GMT NHE’s Luana Salles talks to Labour’s new shadow mental health minister. In today’s NHS, mental health is the new physical health. If you open any newspaper on any given day, you are likely to see at least one story discussing mental health services, positively or otherwise.  The welcome focal shift towards the... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/mental-health-commissioning-prevention-and-parity-of-esteem-interview-with-luciana-berger-mp 424,414 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/mental-health-commissioning-prevention-and-parity-of-esteem-interview-with-luciana-berger-mp Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:30:00 GMT Andy Crosbie, head of Biosciences and Implants at the MHRA, discusses how the organisation has started to use Unique Device Identification based on GS1 standards in healthcare recalls. Patient safety is at the forefront of all that we do at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and we’re always working to... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/how-the-mhra-is-improving-traceability-efficiency-and-safety-using-unique-device-identification 424,408 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/how-the-mhra-is-improving-traceability-efficiency-and-safety-using-unique-device-identification Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:45:00 GMT Peter Markham, web editor at the General Medical Council, talks to NHE about a new app that allows doctors to record their learning on the go. David Stevenson reports. Doctors in the UK have a responsibility to identify, plan and undertake continuing professional development (CPD) to remain up to date and fit to practise, which they must... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/logging-learning-on-the-go 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/logging-learning-on-the-go Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:15:00 GMT NHE talks to John Parkes, managing director of NHS Arden & GEM Commissioning Support Unit, about the challenges that come from being both part of the NHS and a supplier to it, in competition with well-resourced private firms. At one stage there were going to be 25 commissioning support units (CSUs) for England – but after a... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/nobody-gives-us-any-money--we-literally-have-to-win-work 410,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/nobody-gives-us-any-money--we-literally-have-to-win-work Thu, 01 Oct 2015 10:45:00 GMT Luana Salles looks ahead to what we can expect from the final report of the Mental Health Taskforce. More than 20,000 people had a view on what should be the top mental health service priority list over the next five years, as the system takes slow steps to rectify the historical lack of parity of esteem between physical and mental health... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-next-steps-in-achieving-parity-of-esteem 424,414 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-next-steps-in-achieving-parity-of-esteem Thu, 01 Oct 2015 10:30:00 GMT Jamie Waterall, national lead for the NHS Health Check programme at Public Health England, discusses the progress being made to tackle preventable diseases in England. David Stevenson reports. The NHS Health Check programme attempts to help prevent people developing some of the most disabling – but preventable – illnesses such... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/england-still-faces-an-epidemic-of-preventable-illness 424,411 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/england-still-faces-an-epidemic-of-preventable-illness Sun, 02 Aug 2015 15:00:00 GMT Andy Williams, chief executive of the Health and Social Care Information Centre, talks to NHE about how the organisation is aiming to tackle the data security challenge in its new five-year strategy. Last year Sir Nick Partridge completed a review of information released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/data-security-at-heart-of-hscics-new-strategy 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/data-security-at-heart-of-hscics-new-strategy Sun, 02 Aug 2015 12:45:00 GMT Lord Carter of Coles, chair of the NHS Procurement Development Delivery Board, discusses how he aims to help improve NHS provider productivity after releasing his interim report. Following the release of the interim Carter Review into NHS provider operational productivity, there was widespread support for most of its recommendations... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/carter-review-where-to-find-5bn-more-savings-a-year 424,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/carter-review-where-to-find-5bn-more-savings-a-year Sun, 02 Aug 2015 11:30:00 GMT NHE speaks to Dr Ajit Kadirgamar, the co-founder of the country’s biggest independently run surgery network, The Practice group. Primary care will need to be fundamentally restructured to deliver true seven-day access, according to Dr Ajit Kadirgamar, a GP for more than 20 years and clinical lead at The Practice group. He described... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/seven-day-gp-access-will-require-an-overhaul-of-how-primary-care-works 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/seven-day-gp-access-will-require-an-overhaul-of-how-primary-care-works Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:45:00 GMT NHE spoke to Monitor’s director of integrated care, Catherine Pollard. The benefits of integrated care to the patient are obvious: a more seamless and joined-up experience, without the fragmentation and confusion and poor outcomes that can arise when several organisations provide distinct episodes of care without reference to that... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-old-business-models-are-not-viable 412,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-old-business-models-are-not-viable Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:15:00 GMT Most CCGs say they want to put patients at the heart of what they do. But actually putting this into practice takes effort. NHE spoke to Colin Philpott, lay member for patient and public involvement at NHS Bradford Districts CCG and its vice-chair, to hear about its pioneering approach. “Fundamentally, if you want to try to deliver... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/an-engaging-idea 405,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/an-engaging-idea Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:45:00 GMT Andrew MacLaren, the new director of information and analytics at the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), discusses how he wants to take big data forward to deliver benefits to patients and healthcare providers. David Stevenson reports. Carefully crafted big data programmes across the NHS have the potential ability to... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/delivering-big-data-benefits-responsibly 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/delivering-big-data-benefits-responsibly Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:00:00 GMT Paul Weaving, associate director of infection prevention and control at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, talks to NHE about the change in mindset that no longer treats healthcare associated infections as inevitable. North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is an aspirant foundation trust, and as such has been putting on... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/an-incredible-success-story-that-absolutely-does-not-get-the-attention-it-deserves 424,408 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/an-incredible-success-story-that-absolutely-does-not-get-the-attention-it-deserves Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:30:00 GMT Lord Carter of Coles, chair of the NHS Procurement Development Delivery Board, tells NHE’s David Stevenson that delivering efficiencies through procurement will come down to a variety of metrics, including having good specification and an effective cataloguing system. Last year when the Department of Health’s ‘Better... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/well-never-get-22bn-savings-by-driving-down-the-cost-of-rubber-gloves 424,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/well-never-get-22bn-savings-by-driving-down-the-cost-of-rubber-gloves Wed, 01 Apr 2015 08:00:00 GMT The number of Integrated Care Pioneers has expanded to 25. Among the new wave just announced is Sheffield, which has created an ambitious pooled health and social care budget of £270m. NHE spoke to Sheffield CCG director of partnerships and planning, Tim Furness. The various Integrated Care Pioneers (ICPs) across England share some... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/ambitions-far-beyond-the-better-care-fund- 410,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/ambitions-far-beyond-the-better-care-fund- Wed, 01 Apr 2015 08:00:00 GMT Andy McMinn is one of the leading lights in NHS procurement, having brought a wealth of experience and insight with him from the manufacturing sector. As chief procurement officer he heads up procurement and logistics at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and is regional coordinator for the Health Care Supply Association. NHE spoke to him about some... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/beyond-the-islands-of-excellence 424,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/beyond-the-islands-of-excellence Wed, 01 Apr 2015 08:00:00 GMT A new study has claimed to find a correlation between the maturity of electronic patient record systems within NHS hospitals and improvements in patient outcomes. But Dr Justin Whatling, chair of BCS Health, the health informatics division of The Chartered Institute for IT, has some doubts about the study’s methodology. A new study... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-link-between-trust-it-maturity-and-patient-mortality 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-link-between-trust-it-maturity-and-patient-mortality Wed, 01 Apr 2015 07:00:00 GMT NHE caught up with Andrew MacPherson, managing director of The NHS Strategic Projects Team, to discuss recent changes to the Friends & Family Test, following our last conversation with him in October. When NHE last spoke to Andrew MacPherson, we highlighted the challenges and opportunities that the Friends & Family Test (FFT) was... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/friends-family-test-the-end-of-net-promoter 412,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/friends-family-test-the-end-of-net-promoter Sun, 01 Feb 2015 16:45:00 GMT Clare Nash, the ‘SafeHands’ programme manager at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, talks to NHE about how real-time location software is helping improve compliance with hand washing standards. David Stevenson reports. An innovative tracking technology deployed at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has helped improve staff compliance... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/tracking-technology-helps-wolverhampton-tackle-infection-prevention 424,408 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/tracking-technology-helps-wolverhampton-tackle-infection-prevention Sun, 01 Feb 2015 16:15:00 GMT David McCullough, chief executive of the Royal Voluntary Service, talks to NHE about the innovative way that volunteers are helping ease the pressure on hospitals facing rising patient re-admissions and delayed discharges. David Stevenson reports. In recent weeks, hospitals across England declared ‘major’ or... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/can-volunteers-help-bridge-the-divide-between-health-and-social-care 413,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/can-volunteers-help-bridge-the-divide-between-health-and-social-care Sun, 01 Feb 2015 13:45:00 GMT Dr Afzal Chaudhry, chief information officer and renal consultant at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, talks to NHE about the benefits and challenges faced by the trust in implementing eHospital. David Stevenson reports. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) has told NHE that while there have been... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/ehospital-an-evolving-system 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/ehospital-an-evolving-system Sun, 01 Feb 2015 09:00:00 GMT Chris Hopson, chief executive of the Foundation Trust Network, and Rick Stern, chief executive of the NHS Alliance, discuss how the two organisations have collaborated in an effort explore what ‘optimally’ integrated care could look like in the future. David Stevenson reports. NHS England boss Simon Stevens recently stated... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/bridging-the-divide-between-primary-and-secondary-care 413,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/bridging-the-divide-between-primary-and-secondary-care Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:30:00 GMT Jackie Smith, chief executive and registrar at the Nursing and Midwifery Council, talks about the urgent need for legislative regulatory reform. On 2 April 2014, the Law Commission completed its review into the laws governing the regulation of healthcare professionals in the UK. It also submitted a draft Bill to the government – The... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/nmc-unbelievably-disappointed-at-lack-of-desperately-needed-legislative-change 412,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/nmc-unbelievably-disappointed-at-lack-of-desperately-needed-legislative-change Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:30:00 GMT GP Dr Marc Rowland, who chairs Lewisham CCG, has just been appointed chair of the London Clinical Commissioning Council too, which represents all 32 CCGs in the capital. NHE spoke to him to find out his plans in the role. London’s clinical commissioning groups are going in the same direction – but at different... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/thirty-two-ccgs--one-voice 410,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/thirty-two-ccgs--one-voice Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:30:00 GMT Lord Carter of Coles talks to NHE’s David Stevenson on his first few months as chair of the new NHS Procurement Development Delivery Board, and his ambitions for the future. In June, the Department of Health named Lord Carter of Coles as its ‘procurement champion’, calling on his expertise to help save money on the... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/procurement-champion-nhs-trusts-should-know-what-good-prices-look-like 424,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/procurement-champion-nhs-trusts-should-know-what-good-prices-look-like Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:15:00 GMT Steve Young, Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge, and a global expert in speech recognition technologies, gives his thoughts on the advances and challenges facing this ‘growing’ research area. David Stevenson reports. University of Cambridge’s Professor Steve Young will be the 2015 recipient... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/big-data-helping-speech-recognition-become-mainstream 424,417 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/big-data-helping-speech-recognition-become-mainstream Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:00:00 GMT Andrew MacPherson, managing director of The Strategic Projects Team, originally part of NHS Midlands & East and now hosted by the Greater East Midlands CSU, has had a major role in the development and then implementation of the Friends & Family Test. Ahead of the next stage of the roll-out, he spoke to NHE. Q) How have you been... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-friends--family-test-challenges-and-opportunities 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-friends--family-test-challenges-and-opportunities Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:00:00 GMT Peter Lees, medical director and former founding director of the intercollegiate UK Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, gives NHE his thoughts on medical engagement and developing leaders within the NHS. David Stevenson reports. The King’s Fund recently highlighted that medical engagement should be an integral part of any... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/dont-rubbish-doctors-for-not-always-acting-like-managers 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/dont-rubbish-doctors-for-not-always-acting-like-managers Sun, 28 Sep 2014 12:45:00 GMT Dr Maureen Baker, chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), explains that the introduction of FFT to GP surgeries must be ‘workable’ and ‘flexible’. Providing feedback to GP teams can improve the care they deliver to patients, according to the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), with many... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/fft-must-not-create-bureaucratic-burdens-for-gps 412,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/fft-must-not-create-bureaucratic-burdens-for-gps Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:15:00 GMT David Morgan is a consultant otolaryngologist and clinical director of ENT Services at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, as well as an associate professor at the Clinical Research Institute at the University of Warwick. Nine years ago he founded a company, Safe Patient Systems (where he is now medical director), which has become the top... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/telehealth-the-quiet-storm 424,417 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/telehealth-the-quiet-storm Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:45:00 GMT There is something deeply wrong with the complaints systems across health and social care, research suggests, with complexity, fragmentation, inconsistency and defensiveness too often the rule. NHE examines what is being done to improve the situation, and hears from Healthwatch England’s director of policy and intelligence, Dr Marc... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/a-lot-to-complain-about 412,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/a-lot-to-complain-about Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:30:00 GMT Stephen Eames, chief executive at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, explains how a major programme of change and using a consultancy has helped deal with one of the largest NHS budget deficits in just two years. In the last edition of NHE, we reported that Mid Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust and consultancy EY won the Performance Improvement... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/how-to-achieve-a-financial-turnaround 424,415 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/how-to-achieve-a-financial-turnaround Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:30:00 GMT Vijaya Nath, assistant director of leadership development at the King’s Fund, discusses the role of medical engagement in developing leadership within the NHS. David Evans, medical director at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, identifies where his organisation has made changes to stimulate this; and Dr Andrew Goddard, the... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/medical-engagement-should-be-integral-in-nhs-cultures 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/medical-engagement-should-be-integral-in-nhs-cultures Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:00:00 GMT Jackie Smith, chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, talks to NHE about the new Shape of Caring review, which has been launched to examine the training and education of nurses in England. A major review into the training and education of nurses and healthcare assistants in England has been launched to improve standards of... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/examining-nursing-education-in-england 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/examining-nursing-education-in-england Wed, 28 May 2014 17:00:00 GMT Amy Freeman, chief information officer at Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust, spoke to NHE to explain how investing £13m in a new clinical system at the trust will improve efficiency, patient information and safety. In April, the NHS Trust Development Authority gave its formal stamp of approval for Staffordshire... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/improving-access-to-patient-information-at-the-countrys-biggest-health-and-care-trust 424,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/improving-access-to-patient-information-at-the-countrys-biggest-health-and-care-trust Wed, 28 May 2014 16:00:00 GMT Susan Swientozielskyj, head of long term conditions in the Nursing Directorate for NHS England, and a board member of the Self Care Forum, talks to NHE about why it is imperative for people to take more control of their own health – and how NHS England can help. Susan Swientozielskyj has more than 30 years’ experience in nursing... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/self-care-is-for-everybody 409,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/self-care-is-for-everybody Wed, 28 May 2014 15:45:00 GMT The Barker Commission seems set to make radical recommendations in its final report on health and social care integration later this year. NHE spoke to commission member Julian Le Grand, professor of social policy at LSE and former senior policy adviser to Tony Blair. On 24 April, the Barker Commission – more formally, the... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/i-dont-think-we-should-be-deterred-in-any-way-by-worrying-about-the-political-reaction 424,415 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/i-dont-think-we-should-be-deterred-in-any-way-by-worrying-about-the-political-reaction Wed, 28 May 2014 09:30:00 GMT NHE talks to Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, former president of the Royal College of Physicians and chair of Liverpool’s Mayoral Commission on Health, about the city’s ambitious health and care integration plans.  Closer integration of health and social care is at the heart of many local authorities’ visions for the future... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/city-wide-integration 413,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/city-wide-integration Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:00:00 GMT NHE speaks to the King’s Fund’s Nigel Edwards about his major new report into community services, the need for closer relationships with primary care, and the ‘challenging questions’ for community trusts.  Community services are complex, overly specialised, fragmented, neglected and poorly understood, according to... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/cutting-complexity-a-new-vision-for-community-services 424,411 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/cutting-complexity-a-new-vision-for-community-services Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:00:00 GMT Karen Livingstone heads up SBRI Healthcare, the innovation-focused competition scheme that funds small businesses who think they can develop solutions to NHS problems.  There are a vast number of problems needing solutions across the NHS, and while some can be developed internally or procured commercially, others fall in the wide gap... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/from-brainstorm-to-bedside-turning-innovative-ideas-into-nhs-reality 424,417 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/from-brainstorm-to-bedside-turning-innovative-ideas-into-nhs-reality Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:00:00 GMT NHE talks to Patients Know Best founder and CEO Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli about the moral case for patient-controlled medical records, training clinicians to encourage patients to access and control their own data, and ‘backpedalling’ government policy. Patients Know Best (PKB) is a social enterprise dedicated to making it easier... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/my-body-my-data 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/my-body-my-data Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:00:00 GMT The latest NHS Staff Survey shows improvement across many key indicators, but some areas remain problematic – including views of senior management, pay, harassment, and the working culture at ambulance trusts. NHE got the views of NHS Employers chief executive Dean Royles. The latest NHS Staff Survey results have been released, with... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/pay-communication-and-harassment-nhs-staff-survey-2013 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/pay-communication-and-harassment-nhs-staff-survey-2013 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:00:00 GMT Social prescribing is taking off, with experiments around the country proving its value in settings as varied as Newcastle-upon-Tyne, rural Devon, and Hackney. Its pioneer was the Bromley by Bow Centre in Tower Hamlets, which is now considering expanding it across the whole borough. NHE spoke to the health and community centre’s... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/once-youre-seeing-someone-whos-unhealthy-its-already-too-late 424,411 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/once-youre-seeing-someone-whos-unhealthy-its-already-too-late Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:00:00 GMT Since the April 2013 transition, the NHS Strategic Projects Team has been hosted by the Greater East Midlands (GEM) Commissioning Support Unit. NHE spoke to its director Andrew MacPherson about its expansion across the country, his leading role in delivering the Friends and Family Test, and the need for a customer service culture change in the... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/change-management 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/change-management Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:00:00 GMT Sharmila Nebhrajani, chief executive of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), speaks to NHE about the importance of sharing medical records for research. NHS England has begun an awareness campaign explaining the changes in its care.data programme, which will see patient records shared more widely, both inside and outside... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-gift-of-data 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-gift-of-data Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:00:00 GMT Jan Filochowski, former chief executive of Great Ormond Street NHS FT and a noted expert on turning around struggling organisations, talks to NHE about his new book, ‘Too Good to Fail?’ and the lessons it offers for predicting and managing failure. Great leadership is often cited as a way to avoid the terrible failures the NHS... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/too-good-to-fail-leadership-lessons-for-the-nhs 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/too-good-to-fail-leadership-lessons-for-the-nhs Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:00:00 GMT Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust was ‘highly commended’ at the CIPD People Management Awards in the ‘employee engagement’ category for the huge amount of work it has done in just 18 months to turn around negative staff perceptions. NHE spoke to the trust’s director of communications and staff engagement... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/improving-clinical-services-through-employee-engagement 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/improving-clinical-services-through-employee-engagement Tue, 03 Dec 2013 09:00:00 GMT The National Audit Office has warned that far too many hospital admissions are avoidable but that the rate is continuing to rise due to systemic problems in the NHS. We got a view from Eivor Oborn, professor of healthcare management at Warwick Business School. Emergency admissions are not being handled well in England, a new NAO report has... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/urgent-care-managing-insatiable-demand 409,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/urgent-care-managing-insatiable-demand Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:00:00 GMT Sir John Oldham, the former national clinical lead for quality and productivity at the Department of Health in England, now chair of the strategic advisory board for Integrating Care, has a stark warning for CCGs on their commissioning practices. Speaking at the ISQua Conference in Edinburgh on Monday 14 October, Sir John Oldham warned that... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/outcome-based-commissioning-for-specific-diseases-will-worsen-the-problem 413,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/outcome-based-commissioning-for-specific-diseases-will-worsen-the-problem Mon, 02 Dec 2013 16:00:00 GMT South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Professor Tricia Hart, co-author of the new report into the NHS complaints system, tells NHE why things have to change. The NHS must fundamentally change its complaints management, with greater focus on patients and targeted action, a new review has urged. It can no longer be... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/towards-open-complaints-management 424,408 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/towards-open-complaints-management Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:00:00 GMT The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is keen to press ahead with a major redevelopment of its site to update dilapidated facilities, some of which were intended to be temporary wartime structures. NHE talked to trust chief executive Rob Hurd to discuss the progress made, the trust’s ambitions for the future and his own... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-place-of-specialist-provider-trusts-in-the-wider-health-economy 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-place-of-specialist-provider-trusts-in-the-wider-health-economy Wed, 25 Sep 2013 09:15:00 GMT Darren Riva, head of green financing at the Energy Efficiency Financing scheme, says the NHS is overspending millions of pounds on energy. he UK’s healthcare sector spends over £900m per year on energy, of which approximately £500m is electricity cost. Unfortunately, a large proportion of energy is wasted due to inefficient... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/maximising-energy-savings-potential-in-healthcare- 424,415 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/maximising-energy-savings-potential-in-healthcare- Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT Candace Miller, director of NSA Health, and skills minister Matthew Hancock MP speak to NHE about the launch of the new academy. On Thursday September 12, the National Skills Academy for Health (NSA Health) was officially launched by skills minister Matthew Hancock MP. Ahead of the launch, both Hancock and NSA Health director Candace... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/nsa-health-skills-for-the-support-workforce 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/nsa-health-skills-for-the-support-workforce Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT Andy Brown, Managing Director of Business Solutions at NHS Supply Chain, tells NHE why better planning is key to a sustainable medical equipment estate and better healthcare – and why time is of the essence. Recent research highlights a growing problem for the NHS – the need to keep life-saving equipment up-to-date. As... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-state-of-estate 424,415 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-state-of-estate Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT The PIP breast implant scandal caused shockwaves around Europe, and health minister Earl Howe ordered a review into the MHRA’s involvement in and handling of the situation. A year on from the publication of that review and its 15 recommendations, NHE spoke to MHRA director of medical devices John Wilkinson to establish what progress has... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/a-new-system-for-tracking-high-risk-medical-devices-and-implants 412,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/a-new-system-for-tracking-high-risk-medical-devices-and-implants Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:30:00 GMT Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust is the only such trust in the country to employ a consultant in public health, Rachael Gosling, to lead on the prevention agenda at a strategic level. NHE spoke to her to find out more. Health promotion and the prevention agenda – keeping people healthy and out of hospital – is of... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/promoting-health-and-preventing-illness 424,411 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/promoting-health-and-preventing-illness Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:30:00 GMT The NHS Lone Worker Service, used by over 40,000 staff in England, has hugely improved the safety of healthcare workers out on their own. Reliance High-Tech was recently retained as the accredited supplier of the framework, under which it has provided services since 2009. NHE spoke to Marsha Dennis, lone worker protection security management... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/protecting-lone-workers 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/protecting-lone-workers Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:30:00 GMT Dr Chris Roseveare, president of the Society for Acute Medicine (SAM), sets out the workforce challenges for urgent care. Urgent and emergency medicine has been at the forefront of warnings for the NHS in recent weeks, and many professional institutions have highlighted the critical need for change. One of these reports came from a... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/redesigning-the-acute-workforce 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/redesigning-the-acute-workforce Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:30:00 GMT NHE got some insight into the work being done by CSUs from Mike Savage, newly-appointed chief finance officer for NHS West and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit (NHS WSYB CSU), formed in March by the merger of two predecessor CSUs. It's been clear since the original white paper outlining the NHS reforms that... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/commissioning-support-units-a-new-culture 410,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/commissioning-support-units-a-new-culture Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:15:00 GMT Barbara Baker, director of Derby Hospital, discusses the ‘coaching culture’ she has implemented at the organisation, the additional financial power given to clinical staff, and how chartered director training has helped her career. Barbara Baker was appointed hospital director at Derby Hospital, part of the Nuffield Group... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/empowering-clinical-staff-to-take-control-of-budgets 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/empowering-clinical-staff-to-take-control-of-budgets Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:15:00 GMT Raj Jain, chief executive of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, spoke to NHE about recognising the clinical importance of involving friends and family in care. The UK’s first Patient and Family Care conference, held in Liverpool, addressed a new way of delivering care that while intuitive, is often completely ignored by the NHS.... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/bringing-the-family-back-into-patient-care 409,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/bringing-the-family-back-into-patient-care Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT Chief Nursing Officer for England, Jane Cummings, speaks to NHE about involving families in care. The UK’s first conference on patient and family centred care was held in Liverpool on April 23, organised by Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) and the US-based Institute for Patient and Family Centered Care, whose president and... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-6-cs-in-action 424,408 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-6-cs-in-action Sat, 01 Jun 2013 01:00:00 GMT Among the many failings at Mid-Staffs identified in the Francis report was the ineffectiveness of the trust’s non-executive directors on the board in getting to the bottom of what was going on, asking searching questions, demanding information or challenging the executives. Board governance expert Roger Barker, head of corporate... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/building-better-boards-the-role-of-non-executive-directors-in-ensuring-clinical-quality-and-patient-safety 412,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/building-better-boards-the-role-of-non-executive-directors-in-ensuring-clinical-quality-and-patient-safety Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Chief executive of the Foundation Trust Network (FTN) Chris Hopson discusses leadership, Francis and the need to accept appropriate risk in hospitals. Following the Francis report, foundation trusts around the country have been looking into their own operations and values to determine how to avoid such unacceptable practice. Strong... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/taking-accountability 412,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/taking-accountability Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Cumberland Initiative is an effort by a community of academics, clinicians and health technologists to transform the cost and quality of NHS care through better use of systems thinking, simulation and modelling, and through more effective partnerships between the NHS and industry. NHE discusses this vision with one of its founders... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-cumberland-initiative 424,417 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-cumberland-initiative Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Smoking is the country’s biggest cause of preventable death, and thus a huge public health challenge. NHE discusses the issues with Ailsa Rutter, director of award-winning stop smoking service FRESH – Smoke Free North East. As NHE went to press, the Government had still not committed to plain packaging for tobacco, despite... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/tobacco-and-public-health 424,411 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/tobacco-and-public-health Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The King’s Fund’s new report on the long-term trends in health spending in this country asks whether we’re set to see an ever-greater proportion of GDP and public spending dedicated to health and social care, and how feasible this is. But the spending pressures in health are far less to do with the ageing population than many... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/why-think-long-term 424,415 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/why-think-long-term Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Strategic Projects Team at NHS Midlands & East, which designs and delivers change across the health service through the use of new partnerships, acquisitions and ways of working, will need a new home after April once its host SHA closes. NHE talks to its director, Andrew MacPherson, about the future. The Strategic Projects Team... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/a-strategic-vision 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/a-strategic-vision Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Caroline Shaw, chief executive of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, was among the NHS leaders recognised in the new year’s honours, being appointed CBE. NHE spoke to her about the honour, her management style, and the ways the trust is trying to get more involved in the wider Greater Manchester health economy. The Christie’s... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/at-the-cutting-edge 424,417 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/at-the-cutting-edge Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Getting patients more involved in decisions about their own care can have a positive effect on health outcomes, and even on NHS resources, while also being a worthwhile aim in its own right. NHE discusses the Shared Decision Making programme with its national clinical lead, Dr Steve Laitner. Shared decision making is an idea and an... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/shared-decision-making 409,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/shared-decision-making Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Dr Peter Reading, chief executive of Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, spoke to NHE about improving clinical performance in the face of significant financial difficulty. Foundation trust regulator Monitor has had to step in at Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS FT (PSHFT) due to its significant financial... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/turning-things-around 424,415 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/turning-things-around Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT David Pokora, executive director of the LIFT Council, gives NHE his impression of the job facing NHS Property Services from April, and his verdict on the outcome of the PFI review in the Autumn Statement on December 5. NHS Property Services, which is to be offi cially launched in April alongside the other major structural transitions to... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/nhs-property-after-april-1 424,415 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/nhs-property-after-april-1 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Dr Mary Keenan, medical director of Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG), discusses its new patient-centred approach. Imagine a model that puts patients at the heart of commissioning – that plans and manages services in a way that takes their views and opinions into consideration, rather than focusing on the volume of... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/outcomes-based-commissioning 410,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/outcomes-based-commissioning Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Lord Filkin, who chairs the House of Lords committee on public service and demographic change, speaks to NHE about recognising the positives in an ageing population. Our population is changing; living longer and presenting all the consequences that comes with extended life. But is this something to be viewed as a challenge for public... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/a-positive-picture 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/a-positive-picture Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Chief executive of East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Nick Carver spoke to NHE about the organisation’s overarching programme of hospital change, and the efficiencies this was generating. A mid looming financial pressures and a constant need for improvements in patient outcomes, many trusts are looking to centralise services... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/change-without-controversy 424,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/change-without-controversy Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Twenty of the UK’s most promising early stage health technology businesses have recently returned from the ‘Future Health Mission 2012’, an entrepreneur-led trade mission to Boston in the USA aimed at getting a foothold in that country’s massive market and spurring growth back home. NHE talks to Zahid Latif, head of... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/future-health-mission-2012 424,417 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/future-health-mission-2012 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced a new initiative intended to improve the quality, availability and choice of hospital food to patients. Niall Gray talks to national chair of the Hospital Caterers Association, Janice Gillan. Following a countrywide pilot review of hospital food across the country, figures suggest that two-thirds... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/improving-hospital-food 424,415 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/improving-hospital-food Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Professor Philip Sugarman, CEO of St Andrew’s Healthcare, the largest charity sector provider of NHS care, discusses the opportunity to create and commission a national strategy for brain injury. Brain injury as a specialism has often been overlooked in the past, with a distinct lack of clarity over which services to commission... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/towards-a-national-strategy 409,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/towards-a-national-strategy Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The evidence for bariatric surgery, when done well, is well-established, even if many commissioners rarely choose to fund it in accordance with NICE guidelines. But a new NCEPOD report suggests that pre- and post-operative care too often falls short of good practice, and many private providers are marketing the surgery inappropriately. NHE... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/treating-severe-and-complex-obesity 410,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/treating-severe-and-complex-obesity Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Kent and Medway Health Informatics Service completes around 500 projects annually, received nearly 170,000 calls last year, and earlier this year won a tender to provide an FT outside its own geographic area, Surrey & Borders Partnership, with an IT service desk and portal. But the HIS’ managing director, Richard Gifford... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/a-shared-service-for-the-nhs 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/a-shared-service-for-the-nhs Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dr Finbarr Martin, president of the British Geriatrics Society, argues against a prevailing view that emphasises shifting elderly people out of hospitals – especially since too many primary care organisations just don’t have the skills to deal with frail older people with multiple health problems. The NHS has been fed a... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/caring-for-the-elderly-is-hospitals-core-business 413,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/caring-for-the-elderly-is-hospitals-core-business Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT The ‘friends and family test’ has proved a major success since its launch earlier this year in the NHS Midlands & East region, and will be rolled out nationally from next April. NHE spoke to Andrew MacPherson, director of customer service strategy and the Strategic Projects Team at the SHA cluster, who has been leading on the... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/friends-family 405,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/friends-family Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Pauline Howie, chief executive of the Scottish Ambulance Service, describes the positive results of a whole-system improvement strategy for both fleet management and patient care. A clear strategy, streamlined information and strengthened leadership have led to significant improvements for the Scottish Ambulance Service. Response... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/infomation-rich-improvement 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/infomation-rich-improvement Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Royal Society for Public Health’s (RSPH) chief executive Richard Parish outlines the future role of pharmacies in protecting and promoting public health, and whether they should be given powers to refer patients into secondary care. Pharmacies are significantly underused; they have the potential to serve as an early warning... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/open-access 405,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/open-access Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS FT has been shortlisted for two prestigious HR awards by the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD). NHE discussed the trust’s successes with its director of human resources and organisational development, Susan Young. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-countess-way 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-countess-way Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Professor Mike Morgan, chair of the British Thoracic Society, talked to NHE about the ‘Cinderella’ of lung diseases – bronchiectasis – and how specialist societies can produce guidelines for treatment of rare diseases that might fly below NICE’s radar. Bronchiectasis is a little-known, littlerecognised lung... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-role-of-specialist-societies-in-the-treatment-of-rare-conditions 409,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-role-of-specialist-societies-in-the-treatment-of-rare-conditions Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dr Huw Charles-Jones, who chairs West Cheshire CCG, tells NHE about the work it is doing with other organisations and agencies under the ‘Altogether Better’ community budgeting pilot, and about the ‘Hospital at Home’ initiative to cut unnecessary A&E admissions among older people. The shift to clinical... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/healthcare-not-just-closer-to-home-but-in-the-home 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/healthcare-not-just-closer-to-home-but-in-the-home Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Jon Latham, assistant director for blood donation at NHS Blood and Transplant, spoke to NHE about the ongoing drive to maintain blood stocks ahead of and during the Olympics. Maintaining the necessary level of blood for use across the NHS is a difficult task at the best of times, with only 4% of the population registered as regular donors... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/driving-blood-donation 424,411 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/driving-blood-donation Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Phil O’Connell, telehealth project manager at NHS Stoke-on-Trent, describes the power of a system which hands responsibility to the patient. Designed and developed in the NHS, ‘Simple Telehealth’ is a communication tool that increases patient adherence and compliance with treatment, and aims to take telehealth to the... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/going-with-the-flo 424,417 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/going-with-the-flo Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT The way the NHS handles improvement is changing. NHE spoke to Jim Easton, the National Director for Transformation on the NHS Commissioning Board, and an architect of QIPP. At one NHS Confederation conference not so long ago, Jim Easton recalls, six different exhibitors had the words ‘NHS’ and ‘improvement’ in... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-future-for-nhs-improvement 424,407 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-future-for-nhs-improvement Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Matthew Costa, Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and consultant orthopaedic surgeon at University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire, spoke to NHE about a new type of treatment with the potential to cut infection rates in open wounds. Open wounds can pose significant risk of infection to patients.... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-positive-potential-of-negative-pressure-therapy 424,417 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-positive-potential-of-negative-pressure-therapy Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Rick Stern, the new chief executive of the NHS Alliance, has stepped up at a key time for the organisation, with its longstanding goal of clinical commissioning now enshrined in law: but big challenges remain, especially in improving primary care provision, he tells NHE. The NHS Alliance was one of the few organisations that remained... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/a-long-way-to-go 424,407 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/a-long-way-to-go Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT NHE talks to Mark Bostock, director of NHS Informatics Merseyside, a not-for-profit shared service providing IM&T to trusts across Merseyside, about recent innovations and how it is driving efficiency. Information management and technology in the NHS is not just a back office function: at its best, it can help clinicians deliver care... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/agile-workers-and-a-true-shared-service 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/agile-workers-and-a-true-shared-service Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Trevor Single, CEO of the Telecare Services Association (TSA), is adamant that mobile technology will “revolutionise” the way telecare and telehealth are delivered. Detailed academic analysis of the results of the Whole System Demonstrator Programme are not yet available, but the headline findings are clearly very... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/seizing-the-opportunity 409,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/seizing-the-opportunity Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT NHE speaks to Professor Marcus Longley, director of the Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care at the University of Glamorgan, and a noted expert on applied health policy, about his new report for the Welsh Government on reconfiguring health services in the country. World-class hospital services depend on four key factors –... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-case-for-change-in-wales 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-case-for-change-in-wales Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT A new report by the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network demonstrates the economic return on treating the emotional and psychological wellbeing of patients with long term conditions. NHE spoke to its outgoing director Steve Shrubb. Co-morbidity is expensive, damaging to patients and widespread. With so much at stake, the need... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-cost-of-co-morbidity 424,414 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-cost-of-co-morbidity Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT NHE speaks to Lee Robinson, who has helped found a new group representing health technology providers under the auspices of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, to find out more about the aims of the new organisation. A new group has been launched to represent the interests of medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/efficient-and-effective 424,415 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/efficient-and-effective Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Nottingham University Business School’s Dr Peter Samuel, co-author of a partnership report on NHS Scotland, talks to NHE about working in consensus. In Scotland, long-established and clearly defined partnerships improve patient outcomes and ensure a common agenda for the health service to work towards, according to a new academic... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/lessons-from-scotland 424,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/lessons-from-scotland Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Nyla Cooper, programme lead on professional standards at NHS Employers, discusses the new guidance issued on language competency. NHS Employers has been in negotiation with the European Commission (EC) unit responsible for the Department of Health for some time regarding language competency, with guidance developed in a variety of drafts... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/prompting-competency 424,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/prompting-competency Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT David Pokora, executive director of the LIFT Council, gives NHE his thoughts on the establishment of NHS Property Services Ltd and how LIFTCos, as expert asset managers, can be involved. The nature of the NHS estate is changing rapidly, as the organisational structure of the health service changes in advance of the formal changes coming... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/the-next-steps-for-nhs-property 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/the-next-steps-for-nhs-property Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Evidence shows that consultant-delivered care provides significant benefits to patients and trainee doctors. Professor Terence Stephenson, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health, chaired the steering group examining consultant-led care for the AoMRC, and discussed the findings with NHE. To dispel the dangerous... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/consulting-the-evidence 409,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/consulting-the-evidence Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Online access to health records, which will be handled overwhelmingly by individual trusts and IT suppliers, needs a set of national information governance standards to ensure the data is safe, transferable and useful. NHE looks at the proposed creation of a new body to develop those standards and certify products as compliant, and speaks to... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/a-building-block-for-a-revolution 424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/a-building-block-for-a-revolution Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Jeff Nielsen, head of the Procurement Cooperative at NHS North Central London, discusses a more entrepreneurial way of working. A procurement cooperative that’s saved millions of pounds for its members and won an award for its innovation could provide lessons for other parts of the NHS. The NHS North Central London Procurement... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/award-winning-procurement 410,424 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/award-winning-procurement Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dr Nick Crabb, associate director of the Diagnostics Assessment Programme at NICE, talks to NHE about the complexities of evaluating new diagnostic technologies for use in the health service. Diagnostics involves a variety of tests and measurements that can be used to determine what conditions, diseases or syndromes a person may currently... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Deliberating-on-diagonotics 424,417 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Deliberating-on-diagonotics Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dorothy Cowie, director of Scotland Excel, talks to NHE about an innovative new framework to provide standardised telecare across Scotland. The national procurement organisation for local government in Scotland has developed a new framework to improve standardisation across the purchasing of telecare services. The greater use of... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/framework-for-independence 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/framework-for-independence Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Phil Corrin, deputy chief information officer at St Helens & Knowsley Health Informatics, talks to NHE about spiralling digital storage requirements at NHS trusts and what’s being done about it. Every patient consultation at St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Merseyside is now made without any medical... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Having-a-lot-in-store 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Having-a-lot-in-store Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Sue Mortlock, project lead for the Leadership Framework at the NHS Leadership Academy, talks NHE through the latest roll-out of the organisation’s self-assessment tool for current and future health service leaders. The NHS Leadership Academy has just released its Medical Self Assessment Tool, which is designed to help current and... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Having-what-it-takes-to-lead 424,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Having-what-it-takes-to-lead Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Senior researcher at think tank Reform, Thomas Cawston, explains why competition, contrary to recent argument, can actually improve the health service. A new report, ‘Healthy Competition’, has been published by think tank Reform to demonstrate how competition can be used to benefit the health service, when done... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Raising-the-competition 424,407 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Raising-the-competition Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT IT security has always been a key concern for NHS trusts, and the gradual shift to paperless working is making it an even higher priority. At an acute teaching trust like the Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen, the large number of staff passing through means the best processes and technologies need to be in place. NHE spoke to the trust’s... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Security-conscious 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Security-conscious Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT David Small, general manager of NHS Lothian East and Midlothian Health Partnership, talks to NHE about the cutting edge technology used in a modern primary care centre. A new primary care centre has just been constructed for services in Musselburgh, East Lothian, bringing together three separate and outdated buildings spread across the... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Space-age-services 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Space-age-services Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Director Steve West talks to NHE about the launch of the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives. Before the creation of AACE (Association of Ambulance Chief Executives), the ACEG (Ambulance Chief Executives’ Group) existed as an informal network. The new organisation was created to provide a formal point of contact for external... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/A-new-face-for-AACE 424,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/A-new-face-for-AACE Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT New technology is transforming the ways doctors work. Dr Justin Whatling, vice chair of strategy & policy at BCS Health and BT Health’s chief clinical officer, explains the key trends and outlines the next steps trusts can take. Dictation and transcription have long been used in the health service, but now sophisticated... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Coordinating-communications 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Coordinating-communications Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dr Alison Hill, managing director of Solutions for Public Health, speaks to NHE about a new report into the delivery of public health services at a time of economic and structural upheaval in the NHS. Widening health inequalities between and within communities at a time when the NHS is having to make unprecedented efficiency savings and... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/co-production-and-intergration 424,411 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/co-production-and-intergration Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT NHE talks to service improvement manager of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Julie Ekins, about the integration of digital dictatio. Doncaster and Bassetlaw hospitals have benefited from the integration of digital dictation into their workflow, allowing secretaries and clinicians to access and process recordings... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Digital-age 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Digital-age Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Claire Wells, performance manager at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, talks to NHE about the integration of digital dictation and overcoming the teething problems that all trials experience.  Savings on admin costs, redistributing transcription into a more regular workflow and speeding up both turnaround times and... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Easing-the-bottleneck 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Easing-the-bottleneck Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Far too many high-risk patients are dying after surgery, with few of them informed properly about the risks of having their operations, and fewer than half receiving care classed as ‘good’ or better. NHE speaks to NCEPOD’s Dr George Findlay Knowing the risk’, the latest report by NCEPOD (the National Confidential... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/high-risk-approach 424,408 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/high-risk-approach Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT The second report of the NHS Future Forum focused on four key areas where the NHS can drive improvements in patient care and better value services: public health, information, integration and education and training. Members of the forum met with over 12,000 people, attended over 300 events and received 150 formal responses. They have... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/ideas-whose-time-has-come 424,411 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/ideas-whose-time-has-come Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT What are the challenges in ensuring speech recognition systems stay up-to-date with the latest medical terminology and with the wide range of accents found in the NHS? NHE got a supplier’s perspective from Nuance’s Carina Edwards and Joseph Petro, who also discuss alignment with the QIPP agenda and the changing role of medical... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Making-sense-of-what-people-say 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Making-sense-of-what-people-say Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Advances in broadband technology and infrastructure have also meant a rapid increase in the quality of video conferencing technology, and it’s having a huge effect on how health sector organisations work. The BMA’s support services manager Will Clarke and support services team leader George Birch explain what the technology is... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/See-change 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/See-change Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Transforming speech into text is not as simple as it may first appear. Professor Michael Toolan, Head of English at the University of Birmingham, discusses the linguistic issues surrounding digital dictation. The differences between writing and speech may seem minimal, but their characteristics entail a disparity which can hinder... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Verbatim-transcription-chasing-the-ideal 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Verbatim-transcription-chasing-the-ideal Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Danny Roberts, associate director of IT at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, talks to NHE about increasing visibility throughout the workflow. Digital dictation is allowing trusts to integrate workflows, supporting clinicians and secretaries to work more effectively whilst reducing the amount of typing and delays... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Interviews/Visible-benefits 424,419 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/Interviews/Visible-benefits Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT