Stay informed, stay in front COVER STORY SPINNING OUT
The risks and rewards of social enterprise EYE IN THE SKY
Lessons from space research for health technology INTEGRATION STATIONS
The increasing role for councils in healthcare EDITOR’S CHOICE
SECOND OPINION 16 Institutional resistance Julia Manning of
2020health.org makes the case for total personal budgets, genuine choice and efficient and informative electronic health transactions.
COMMENT 18 Eye in the sky Alan Brunstrom of the European Space Agency investigates the impact that space technology could have on healthcare.
t he essential guide to health service managemen t
Special report pages 28-37 QIPP: Transformational change?
COMMISSIONING 22 Nurses on board RCN head of policy Howard Catton discusses what nurses will bring to the commissioning process and why their impact will go far beyond tokenism.
QIPP FOCUS 28 In the lead
NHS East Midlands medical director, and strategic lead for QIPP, Dr Kathy McLean, talks clinician engagement, avoiding salami-slicing and interference from the centre.
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS 38 CISS Chase
Martin Bell, head of IMT at North Bristol NHS Trust, explains why more trusts should develop applications in-house.
HR & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT 42 Q&A with Kevin Croft We speak to new HPMA president Kevin Croft, director of people at a large acute trust.
OUTSOURCING 50 HP outsource Dr Pete Sudbury of Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust explains why it outsourced its whole IT department.
TRAINING 55 Vaccinating staff Dean Royles, director of NHS Employers, urges healthcare managers to do more to ensure their staff are vaccinated against flu.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY 58 Hotting up
Tim Pryce of The Carbon Trust, who works with NHS trusts on energy management, discusses the latest trends.
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MEDICINE MANAGEMENT 64 David Pruce, former Director of Policy & Communications at The Royal Pharmaceutical Society, explores the costs of non-adherence among dementia sufferers.
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