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Inspire and Influence: Leading Others
In an edited extract from his book Simply Said: Communicating Better at Work and Beyond Jay Sullivan, managing partner at Exec|Comm LLC, shares his theory of keep reading
Year: 2017
Management
Communication platforms: accessing a pool of information
Healthcare providers are over-burdened at present. There is a need to streamline processes and technology is being championed as a means of doing this – keep reading
News
Survey reveals crisis of confidence in medicine as a future career
A new survey released, November 16 2017, conducted amongst senior hospital doctors, GPs, trainees and charity supporters by the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (RMBF), finds keep reading
Management
Healthcare is on a journey towards digitisation – but how is this impacting general practice?
Technology is prevalent in every sector; however, to a degree, its use in the NHS remains limited – there is a gap in our digital keep reading
News
Primary care is key to optimising value in healthcare, says new research
Balancing improvements in health against the cost of such improvements in primary care is vital to achieve a cost-effective and efficient healthcare system, finds a keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Home is where the heart is: taking care out of practice and into the home
With GP consultations rarely extending beyond a ten-minute window home visit requests are becoming ever-more subject to scrutiny. Tim Martin speaks to practice manager Carmel keep reading
News
EEA doctor exodus threat grows; RCGP says action needs to be taken
A growing number of EU doctors are now considering leaving the UK, according to the findings of a new BMA study A survey of more keep reading
Management
Trusts must publish OOA numbers
Mental health trusts will have to reveal how many patients they send out of area owing to a lack of beds, in a bid to keep reading
Management
One in four UK healthcare IT professionals aren’t confident in their organisation’s ability to respond to cyberattacks
New research has revealed that one in four UK healthcare IT professionals aren’t confident in their organisation’s ability to respond to cyberattacks Technology is booming in keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Discontinuity of care puts older patients at risk of emergency hospital admission
Older patients who do not see the same GP over a period of time are at higher risk of emergency hospital admission than those who keep reading