Features

This section contains features and opinion articles from key opinion leaders and experts in the field of healthcare quality improvement.

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  • NHS clinical leaders

    12.05.09

    NHS clinical leaders

    As a military medical officer working in the NHS and a Health Foundation Leadership Fellow, my professional development has been different from that of most clinicians in the UK, writes Ed Nicol

  • Self-management: co-creating health

    12.01.09

    Self-management: co-creating health

    Clinicians are changing the way they work with patients and acknowledging that it is a partnership, says Natalie Grazin in the HSJ

  • Why look to other countries to learn about health?

    06.06.08

    Why look to other countries to learn about health?

    Healthcare is large, complex and dynamic. Yet seeing the bigger picture is critical to delivering high quality health services. Looking across countries immediately highlights how many similar challenges are being dealt with in different ways. So it is possible to assess their relative effectiveness?

  • Partners in care

    24.02.08

    Partners in care

    The Prime Minister’s recent speech on the NHS marked a clear shift in the Government’s attitude to the role of patients in their healthcare. If delivered, this would not only change our health services unrecognisably – it would improve the lives of millions of people.

  • Tackling patient safety through team working

    17.12.07

    Tackling patient safety through team working

    Torbay hospital is one of 20 hospitals selected to join the Safer Patients Initiative. The hospitals are working in pairs with five teams covering leadership, critical care, perioperative care, medicines management and the general wards.

  • The future for trainee doctors

    15.12.07

    The future for trainee doctors

    Medicine has always been a highly competitive career option, attracting some of the brightest and best of each generation. For those who succeed, the rewards go beyond job satisfaction and social standing.

  • Stopping needless deaths in hospital

    09.08.07

    Stopping needless deaths in hospital

    Every year, thousands of NHS patients suffer unintended harm from their treatment in hospital. Luton and Dunstable hospital is using an Early Warning Scorecard and critical care outreach to reduce their number of adverse events.

  • Health for London: are we now on the right route?

    13.07.07

    Health for London: are we now on the right route?

    This week sees the publication of Ara Darzi's review of London's health service. How refreshing it is to read a policy document that focuses on real health problems and makes practical suggestions about how to solve them.

  • Effectiveness of strategies for informing, educating, and involving patients

    07.07.07

    Effectiveness of strategies for informing, educating, and involving patients

    Policymakers increasingly believe that encouraging patients to play a more active role in their health care could improve quality, efficiency, and health outcomes. But critics have dismissed this as political correctness.

  • Safety is the key for change

    23.05.07

    Safety is the key for change

    Hugh Ross is at the helm of one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, with responsibility for over 13 500 staff and a turnover of £625 million. His experience in Bristol has made him a tireless advocate for patient safety.