Comment archive – Page 10
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The surgeon called me 'a snivelling clerk', I stood my ground
Ken Jarrold reflects on a career shaped by the commitment to patient care, recalling pivotal moments enforcing a code of conduct and navigating controversial service reconfigurations
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How to speak manager
If you want to go far in NHS management, don’t make the mistake of confusing plain English words with plain English, writes Julian Patterson
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ICSs have the opportunity to end HIV transmissions
Ahead of World AIDS Day, James Cole, National AIDS Trust’s senior policy, research and influencing manager, highlights key opportunities for integrated care systems to tackle inequalities, and HIV Outcomes UK’s new briefing
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: Trusts struggle to continue ‘tail gunning’ waiting lists
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. HSJ’s Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NHS leaders do not have the data they need to keep patients safe
James Titcombe, Melanie Leis, and Peter Howitt delineate the major themes of a roundtable to address challenges in improving patient safety, emphasising the need for data sharing nuances, cultural shifts, optimising limited resources, prioritising workforce plans, and staff well-being
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Financial plans, take four
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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Delay cost lives during the pandemic, let's not repeat that mistake with climate change
Covid’s harsh lessons underscore the urgency for NHS-led climate action, emphasising efficiency, innovation, and immediate intervention to protect lives and the planet, writes Luke O’Shea
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: ICBs learn different lessons from procurement debacle
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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The NHS needs to give its 'accidental managers' more support
Inadequate training for NHS managers highlights a pressing need for mandated and high-quality leadership training to enhance patient care and organisational effectiveness, writes Anthony Painter
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Daily Insight
The mythbuster: NHSE must own up to the fall in NHS productivity
Burying its head in the sand, the NHS England leadership doesn’t think the NHS has a productivity problem even though evidence suggests to the contrary, writes Steve Black
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Those with multiple conditions are the core customers of the NHS
One in four of us are now living with multiple long-term conditions, and this proportion is growing as the population ages. Charlotte Augst, director for policy, campaigns and improvement at Diabetes UK, says this should be a useful lens for service planning and design.
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: ‘It has happened again. This is utterly unacceptable’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Amanda Pritchard’s diary: Passionate about priorities
This exclusive extract from the NHS chief executive’s diary is brought to you by the letter P (as told to Julian P)
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Better community services not more beds are the answer to delayed discharges
Amid the growing winter healthcare challenges it is imperative to adopt a holistic approach and strategic solutions to enhance elderly care, optimise patient flow, and build an overall resilient healthcare system writes Martin Tett
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NHSE data platform won’t reach all trusts until 2026
US firm Palantir has been announced as the provider for the federated data platform but, as senior correspondent Nick Carding writes, that’s just the beginning of the story for NHSE’s latest data endeavour.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: The only way is reconfiguration
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Bad data tools are dangerous, so how do you spot them?
Navigating the potential of data analytics in healthcare requires careful consideration. While analytics holds transformative promise, cautionary tales, such as IBM’s Watson, underscore the need for mindful development and user confidence writes Andi Orlowski
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Cost improvement plans will not solve the NHS’s financial crisis
The current NHS ‘cost improvement model’ is not sufficient to meet financial constraints, but an allocative efficiency approach being applied at Mersey Care Foundation Trust offers hope, its leaders argue
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Missing the police
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Why the Treasury said ‘no’ to the NHS’s extra £1bn ask
Treasury scepticism about NHS funding is ever more engrained. Local and national NHS leaders can help change it, argues Chris Thomas.