Comment archive – Page 152
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Is the shine coming off Sheffield?
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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CommentValues-based leaders come out on top
Many in HSJ’s top 50 chief executives list were operating in the most complex of environments and achieving remarkable results, writes Dr Alex Till
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: At your own risk
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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CommentThe future of leadership
Successful leaders will be those who not only manage the disruptive conditions of today’s world but thrive on them and enable others to do so, writes Kate Wilson
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CommentExclusive: How all provider trusts rate their leaders and culture
Listening into Action’s analysis of the most recent National Staff Survey and a commentary by its founding director
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Workforcing the issue
Andy Cowper on workforce as the biggest issue facing the NHS currently
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CommentDevolution of workforce shows an NHS that’s learning, not one that’s run out of ideas
Devolution is inherently a place-based issue and isn’t just about workforce, writes Michael Wood
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Back office goes in-house, target practice and merger blues
Your essential update on health for the week.
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CommentThe NHS must focus on becoming a better employer
Anita Charlesworth, Candace Imison and Richard Murray look in detail at solutions across the different policy levers for workforce, including training, pay, staff retention and skill mix
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CommentThe false promise of the self-improving health system
There is an urgent need to reform the system for paying and contracting for services in the NHS but new complex financial incentive schemes are not the answer, writes Ben Collins
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Cancer and STPs — 'If you work it out, let me know'
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by commissioning correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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CommentPrivate Patient Units – the £1bn opportunity?
Putting resources into PPUs will always be controversial and many will be asking whether it is worth bothering, writes Hugh Risebrow
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CommentThe NHS must learn from other countries
International comparisons show that enabling patients to take part in their care can help turn ambitions for patient-centred, joined-up care into a reality. By Layla McCay
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CommentThe five conditions needed for digital transformation
Chris Hopson on giving digital transformation the appropriate priority, ensuring the right amount of capital and investing properly in the required leadership and management skills
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Two aims
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The GP IT showdown
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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CommentMedical appraisal and revalidation – a pretence that is reassurance, not assurance
The GMC’s current appraisal system fails to provide assurance that a doctor remains capable of maintaining safe and effective practice because it is not backed by objective data, says Nadeem Moghal
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CommentWhy can’t we say sorry?
Iain Moppett discusses the importance of apologising for medical mistakes made in the health service
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CommentCowper’s Cut: On Matt Hancock, bullshitting and lying
Matt Hancock symbolises the slippery slope from bullshit to lies, down which it has become acceptable for our politicians to slide, observes Andy Cowper
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CommentBreak the vicious cycle of poor mental health crisis care
Paul Farmer urges action on the recommendations of the year-long review of the Mental Health Act and the provisions of the long-term plan to improve the mental health of the nation