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DIGITAL DICTATION AND SPEECH RECOGNITION p35-63 Our special supplement this edition examines every aspect of the integration of digital dictation and speech recognition technology into the NHS, from the clinical savings to the language research to staff feedback and the difficulties in accurately capturing human speech.
PATIENT SAFETY p64-65
Patient safety is at the heart of the NHS. A UK-wide system has been proposed to better identify high risk patients ahead of surgery. Dr George Findlay of NCEPOD explains more.
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT p66-68 Managing the NHS’s vast array of estates and facilities can be a challenging task. Health professionals discuss the use of video conferencing technology and the impact this can have on the way organisations work.
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16-17 EDITORIAL BOARD
Dr Dave Haslam is a General Practitioner in Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire and Clinical Director
of the National Obesity Forum. He specialises in obesity and also holds positions as Trustee of the Foundations Charity and is Executive Director, PCOS UK.
Prof Matthew Swindells
is Chair of BCS Health, Chair of the Charity Trustees at
Imperial College NHS Hospital Trust and Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Global Consulting at Cerner Limited.
Susie Sanderson is Executive Board Chair for the British Dental Association, Honorary
Treasurer and Board member of the Council of European Dentists and a member of the Board of Medical Education England and its subsidiary Dental Programme Board.
Dr Mike Knapton is Associate Medical Director (Prevention and Care) at the British
Heart Foundation, and also the Medical Director for the combined Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire PCTs.
Nina Pinwill is the Associate Director and Appraisal Project Manager for Topic Selection at
the Centre for Health Technology Evaluation for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
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SECOND OPINION p16 – 17 Dr David Colin Thomé calls for a reconfiguration of outpatient care and takes a look at some of the historical efforts to do so.
COMMENT p18-21
Focusing on the impact of the NHS Future Forum’s second report, the Foundation Trust Network’s Sue Slipman discusses public health, information, training and education and integration; ideas ‘whose time has come’.
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT p22-29 The launch of a new national group for ambulance chief executives, ‘insourcing’ NHS trusts and a new way to gain health advice via telephone are some of the examples of business improvements considered this issue.
CANCER CARE p30
By establishing a satellite centre in Oldham, specialist cancer institute The Christie NHS Foundation Trust has dramatically improved access to radiation therapy services and commute times for patients in the expansive region of Greater Manchester.
INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE p31-34 The co-production of healthcare and reconfiguration of services from the acute to the community sector will be the next big issue for the NHS over the coming years. We hear from experts including The King’s Fund’s Dr Nick Goodwin, and Solutions for Public Health’s Dr Alison Hill.
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