All articles by Claire Read – Page 2
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HSJ InteractiveCan addressing the backlog be a means of addressing health inequalities?
An HSJ webinar brought together a panel of experts to consider how tackling the backlog might perhaps become synonymous with tackling inequality. Claire Read reports
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS move from waiting lists to preparation lists?
Shared decision making and regular communication throughout a patient’s surgery pathway would, a recent HSJ webinar argued, help the NHS move from the concept of waiting lists to one of preparation lists – and to a better way of dealing with the backlog. Claire Read reports
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HSJ InteractiveCould the NHS make greater use of remote testing?
A recent HSJ webinar, supported by Medichecks, considered whether it’s viable for more patients to collect more samples remotely for subsequent analysis in laboratories – and what impact such a move might have on patients and services. Claire Read reports
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HSJ InteractiveCan the NHS make virtual wards work at scale?
The national direction is clear – virtual wards are to become an increasingly important part of care delivery. But can the NHS successfully scale up such an approach? Claire Read reports from a recent HSJ webinar
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HSJ InteractiveSeeing digitisation as part of a bigger picture
At Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, further digitisation is a key part of plans – including those for a new hospital. But the organisation’s leaders are clear that truly making digitisation works requires a cross-cutting strategy. Claire Read reports
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS make the most of temporary staff?
Organisations need to find new ways of emphasising how much the service values temporary workers, a recent HSJ webinar suggested. Claire Read reports
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS normalise digital patient engagement?
Patient-facing digital communication has become more commonplace during the pandemic, but some see even greater potential for such an approach
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HSJ InteractiveHow has the pandemic altered NHS procurement?
The past two years have highlighted the importance of effective procurement to the NHS, changing perceptions of the function – and, in some instances, its practice
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HSJ InteractiveRoundtable: Meeting the mental health needs of cancer patients
At an HSJ and All.Can roundtable, experts discussed how fragmented services often mean cancer patients’ mental health needs were not adequately met – and explored how to change that
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HSJ InteractiveIs cybersecurity now an urgent patient safety issue?
With cyber attacks constituting a risk to clinical care, a recent HSJ webinar in association with Sophos argued cybersecurity should be the business of everyone in the NHS. Claire Read reports
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HSJ InteractiveWhat do emerging treatments for cancer tell us about how the NHS can best spread innovation?
This article was organised and fully funded by Bristol Myers Squibb, as a follow-up to a roundtable hosted in collaboration with HSJ. This article has been developed by HSJ and Bristol Myers Squibb has reviewed the article to check for accuracy. This article has no promotional intent. Bristol Myers Squibb ...
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HSJ InteractiveCould technology ever replace clinicians?
Advances in clinical technology mean it is increasingly well placed to augment – but not replace – healthcare professionals, a recent HSJ webinar heard
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HSJ InteractiveIn current times, how can the NHS best support honesty when things go wrong?
Pandemic and backlog pressures may make candour more challenging but do not make it any less essential, the panel at a recent HSJ webinar argued. Claire Read reports
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HSJ InteractiveShared care records – Reviewing the progress and planning next steps
Claire Read reports on an HSJ webinar run in association with Orion Health which explored the progress of shared care records and their future
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HSJ InteractiveEmployee wellbeing: How can the NHS support staff through peak demand, and develop a resilient workforce during times of stress?
An HSJ webinar, held in association with SAP, delves into how reliably supporting wellbeing across the workforce is a multi-faceted challenge. Claire Read reports
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS manage the needs of covid patients in the longer term?
Continuing to meet the needs of covid patients while also addressing the backlogs that have built up in other areas of care will clearly be challenging. At a recent HSJ webinar, a panel of experts explored what we have already learnt about how best to manage covid and where the ...
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HSJ InteractiveHow can ICSs transform diabetes management and outcomes?
Diabetes touches on many challenges that will be at the top of priority lists for integrated care systems. It also provides an example of how expanded use of technology might help address such issues. By Claire Read
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HSJ InteractiveImproving services through greater digital engagement with patients
Digital patient engagement has accelerated during the pandemic but sometimes in a piecemeal fashion. Now some organisations are introducing a more consolidated approach, hoping to further increase service efficiency and patient satisfaction as a result, reports Claire Read
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HSJ InteractiveShould cybersecurity be seen as a patient safety issue?
Increased use of technology and homeworking in light of the pandemic can present additional cybersecurity and patient safety challenges in the NHS. How can ‘cyber hygiene’ and collaboration mitigate the threat to patients? Claire Read reports