Comment archive – Page 18
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CommentThe Groundhog Expo
It’s time to “activate your awareness funnel” as this year’s Blithering Expo is here. Once again the event provides an opportunity to share learnings, hear about great examples of innovation and network with peers. Most importantly, it’s a chance to get out of the office for a couple of days. ...
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The public care, but what about politicians?
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by senior correspondent Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: The ‘Glastonbury tickets’ for NHS estates
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: ICB small print reveals raft of new treatment restrictions
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: If Wes Streeting becomes health secretary, what should he do first?
Steve Black’s advice to the aspiring next health and social care secretary, on how to build a better NHS.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: ‘Closing ranks around a lie’
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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CommentCrack teams to get spin backlog under control
As election fever intensifies, the Labour leadership has set out a clear and detailed plan to save the NHS, writes Julian Patterson
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Can shared waiting lists and staff supercharge recovery?
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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CommentGoing green without the preaching
Empowering NHS staff with the Green Team Competition’s SusQI approach boosts morale, aligns sustainability with clinical priorities, and achieves significant financial, environmental, and patient care improvements, writes Rachel McLean
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The NHS in the election campaign
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentTesting Labour’s waiting list pledge
Waiting list expert Rob Findlay examines whether Labour’s election pledge to restore the 18 week elective target within five years is feasible.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: NHSE sees the light on productivity
NHS England changing its stance on NHS productivity is a major positive, writes Steve Black
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Expert BriefingThe Download: A closer look at the FDP in action
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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CommentTrusts and suppliers are heading for a showdown
A brief insight into the challenges and opportunities in NHS supplier negotiations, and the need to align inflation expectations with funding realities and collaborative opportunities. Writes Jason Dorsett.
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CommentA tribute to chair’s towering modesty
Blithering ICB chief executive Joy Hunter shares extracts from her diary – a privileged glimpse into the busy life of one of the NHS’s top leaders, as told to Julian Patterson
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Expert BriefingA&E boss: 40% of patients at major A&Es don’t need to be there
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ senior correspondent Matt Discombe
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CommentRevealed: the tech that frees up clinicians, and what they do with that extra time
Tim Horton and Alison Moulds explore the potential of health technology to alleviate NHS workforce pressures, emphasising the importance of effective implementation and utilisation for productivity gains
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The trusts with the biggest drops in productivity
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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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Running rings around the ICB
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: One rule for the DHSC, another for the NHS
NHS capital spending, though well-intentioned, suffers from systemic flaws, leading to delays, inefficiencies, and unintended consequences, writes Steve Black