As a locum doctor, you will parachute in to many teams as part of your career. One key professional skill you must display is the flexible ability to contribute and fit in to different teamwork structures within varying environments. Undoubtedly, teamwork has proved vital in healthcare delivery, as it can have a real immediate and positive … [Read more…]
Professor of Health Policy and Management dissects the current healthcare scene With constant re-structures and changes hitting the NHS full force, healthcare services have been struggling with organisational adjustments as well as fighting a losing battle with target times as both A&E and surgery teams come under the spotlight. David J Hunter, a professor of Health Policy and … [Read more…]
Key speech by shadow health secretary focuses on end of life care Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham has promised voters that Labour will “rescue a shattered service” , saying the NHS will be at the forefront of Labour’s election campaign. Speaking about the “personal to you and your family” ethos Labour wants to adopt with the NHS, Mr Burnham … [Read more…]
King’s Fund member explains why charging for healthcare should be a no go area King’s Fund member and social policy professor Julian Le Grand has spoken out against the idea of charging for healthcare services, instead advocating a “a single pathway of care with a single ring fenced budget and a single commissioner.” Long opposing the … [Read more…]
Labour leader pledges to turn around health services Labour’s Ed Miliband has vowed to “save and transform” the NHS, planning to reveal more details in due course. Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham is also due to speak about what a £2.5 billion annual funding boost could mean for patients, although Mr Miliband has already stated that … [Read more…]
Skip the surgery waiting room by getting the doctor to come to you New apps such as Pager and Medicast are making house calls popular again by locating and contacting doctors who can come to your home for a consultation. iPhone app Pager, created by Oscar Salazar, offers house call services for patients in Manhattan and … [Read more…]
The tides are changing within the NHS and the seasonal ebb and flow is in full swing right now, as the unending winter pressures begin to escalate further in the run up to the approaching festivities at Christmas. With senior management tightening purse strings relentlessly, savings are high on the NHS agenda, so it is … [Read more…]
Specialist recruitment agencies such as Total Assist Group, defined as playing a ‘crucial role’ in industry staffing With NHS budgets running on empty, it’s no surprise that they are looking to cut costs where they can to introduce necessary savings to reinvest into patient care. However, The Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s Director of Policy and … [Read more…]
They could offer more support for deprived areas A recent study by Durham University has suggested that pharmacies should be providing a wider range of health services because of their influential reach into local communities. The researchers revealed that 89% of the English population live within a 20 minute walk of a nearby pharmacy, however … [Read more…]
NHS charging patients from outside the UK to recover funding In a bid to stamp out ‘health tourism’, the NHS are planning to charge EU and non-EU nationals for using Britain’s free at the point of delivery health service. Patients from outside of the EU could potentially be charged 150% of the cost of treatment … [Read more…]