All Blogs articles – Page 8
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BlogsReforming the funding of long term care in the US
The US is not that different from Europe in the funding of long term care but urgent reform is needed.
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Can clinicians make good managers?
In the new NHS, having the necessary management skills is more relevant than your professional background
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Waiting lists and criminal offences
It will soon be a criminal offence to supply false or misleading waiting list data. Time to get ready.
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BlogsIs it that good to talk?
I’m unconvinced the government’s Schwartz rounds pilot will improve staff wellbeing or patient care
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The English waiting list is bigger than first thought
After fixing a slip in my calculations, the adjusted English waiting list turns out to be bigger than first estimated.
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Big data should inform commissioning decisions
More data is available to the NHS than ever, so we should use it when making commissioning decisions.
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The power of an HSJ blog
A trip to the health centre suggests local general practice staff have been reading my blog.
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BlogsChallenge the myth of integrated care
Integrated care is not immune from the problems that affect the existing health and social care system.
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The new NHS can transform mental health care
Under the NHS mandate, new commissioners have the chance to improve mental health care throughout the NHS.
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The problem with superficial inspections
Some inspections of health and care providers are note much deepe than someone inspecting a second-hand car by going around and kicking the tyres.
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The mystery of the missing waiting list patients
Thousands of patients are apparently missing from the English waiting list. February is 28 days long. Together, those facts help us work out what on earth might be going on.
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Cut the Newspeak out of redundancy announcements
Managers and politicians should be upfront and clear when announcing bad news, not hiding behind jargon.
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Your 18 week waits: February 2013 data
The local picture on one-year and 18-week waits across England, updated with the latest data.
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Could the 'Rooney rule' work in the public sector?
A look at how attitudes to race have changed in public sector recrutiment.
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Mid Staffs shows a foundation trust can go bust
Is it possible for trusts provide excellent care while staying within budget?
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Not sleeping your way to the top
Separating fact from fiction about senior managers and their lives away from work
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BlogsInnovation in healthcare: ‘There’s a way to do it better – find it’
Alexandra Norrish on the lessons the UK can learn from the US health system’s long tradition of innovation
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Senior management was ‘incompetent and reckless’
Blair McPherson on how we should judge managers
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BlogsPolitics and satisfaction with the NHS
To say the NHS is political is to state the obvious. But are the public’s views about the NHS shaped by, or linked to, identification with political parties?