Comment archive – Page 203
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CommentCowper's Cut: Productivity and pressure
With Jeremy Hunt saying that future pay rises might be partly linked to productivity improvements, Andy Cowper points out that measuring productivity in healthcare is hard, even as the pressure increases cheating instances
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CommentHorizon Scanning – initiatives impacting on delayed transfers of care
GE Healthcare Finnamore’s Duncan Harper on how DTOCs can be reduced
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: NHSI board shake-up and the coming funding row
Your essential update on health for the week
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Simon says move the goalposts?
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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CommentHow do we make integration more than a tick box exercise?
Integration between health and social care remains an elusive goal but the essential building blocks are well documented, writes Paul Burstow
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Winter, deaths and inequality
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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CommentUpdated: How a training scheme could transform clinical leadership
Ali Raza suggests providing NHS General Management Training Scheme to undergraduate nurse and medical students to produce the next generation of clinical leaders. UPDATED TO INCLUDE INFOGRAPHIC (see attachment at bottom of page)
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CommentNHS relaxes grip on 18 week waits
When financial penalties were lifted from referral-to-treatment waiting times back in March, I said that looser waiting list management might be the first clear sign that focus on this NHS Constitution right was being lost. This has now happened. By Rob Findlay
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CommentDarzi: The NHS must learn from its digital failures
Successful modernisation of the NHS depends largely on its ability to digitise its operations. It can be done, but training and education will be key. By Ara Darzi
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Rumblings in south west London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: A fresh start for Liverpool
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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CommentPublic engagement – pitfalls, barriers and benefits
Dan Wellings explains the importance of and ways to effectively engage people with the NHS
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CommentOpening the door to boardroom diversity
Women from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicities do not get a level playing field when it comes to leadership roles in NHS trusts – and this needs to be changed. By Unnati Patel
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CommentNew technology solutions promise much – now can we work out which ones actually deliver?
Measuring the effectiveness of care innovations is a tricky business, but Tim Burdsey believes it can be done. He shares some insights from a recent review of the evidence base
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CommentBrexit may be dominating political debate, but the NHS cannot be ignored
Party conference season saw some positive noises about politicians’ plans for the NHS. But serious issues have still not been addressed, says Anita Charlesworth
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Why the MBA method to NHS reform may fail
Andy Cowper on how management by admonishment is not a good idea in the case of the NHS
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CommentMoving rhetoric to reality: six challenges for health and social care
There are six key issues the health and social care sector need to tackle in the near future, writes Steve James. Can we turn talk into action?
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CommentBreaking free of 'bonkers' – how not to let your organisation grind you down
The Health Service can often seem crazy. A new book offers ways out of the madness. By George Binney, Phil Glanfield and Gerhard Wilke
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CommentFrom National to Universal: The UK Contribution to Global Health
The conference of choice for NHS professionals acting globally.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: A good wheeze from the prime minister?
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector