Enter the CCG: on Painting by Numbers
John Lockley feels over-positive tweets and communications to the NHS do nobody any favours. Fortunately, the new e-Referral Service is not taking this approach.
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Enter the CCG: on prene-ing
Dr John Lockley has a new concept: the prene. This is a selfish activity, plan or program that fails to interact with its surroundings – or consider its impact on them – and there’s too many about.
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Enter the CCG: filling the smoke filled void
John Lockley finds curious parallels between a smoking chimney and a choking healthcare IT and information set-up. The solution to both, he suggests, is to look at the throughput of the whole system.
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Enter the CCG: Dear Santa
Pity Dr John Lockley. Three years ago, he started working for a clinical commissioning group, where the doctors struggle to speak fluent management and the managers struggle with basic doctor. What both sides need for Christmas is a Babel Fish…
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Enter the CCG on writing for a readership
GP and CCIO John Lockley teaches medical students to think about their intended audience before they pen an article. Programmers and computer users could do with following the same advice.
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Enter the CCG on stats use and abuse
A little statistical knowledge is a dangerous thing, argues GP John Lockley; who has come up with a manifesto for good practice.
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Enter the CCG loses its RAG
Enter the CCG, one year on
Dr John Lockley reflects on the highs and lows of his first year as clinical lead for informatics at Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, and on what comes next.
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Enter the CCG: referral management
GP John Lockley gets to grips with the knotty problem of referral management; and why it’s so hard for the computer to help.
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Enter the CCG
Dr John Lockley would like to introduce you to Paula; the woman who inspired ‘the Paula Test’ that IT suppliers, informaticians and enthusiasts should always bear in mind.
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