Comment archive – Page 204
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CommentWinter in the NHS is all year round: here's how we can cope
What can A&E departments do to tackle acute admissions in light of rapidly escalating, crisis-level statistics, asks Jenny Simpson
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LeaderAct now to give CCGs a good death
Clinical commissioning groups’ demise must be handled carefully and their achievements preserved
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Catchup: Trusts miss deficit target, new Carter review and top chief execs revealed
Your essential update on the week in health
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CommentPreparing for the impact of Brexit on health in the UK
In the aftermath of Brexit, it is essential that the NHS gain public support for the continued recruitment of clinical and scientific staff from the EU
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CommentThe dangers of tying reconfiguration to seven day standards
It is essential that commissioners and STP leads learn the lessons of the London Quality Standards, says Silvia Machaqueiro
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Avoidable stillbirth in maternity?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentStraight talk is the only way to win the public's trust on STPs
We must sweep away jargon and speak our message loudly and clearly if the public are to embrace sustainability and transformation plans
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CommentReframing frailty care – what can we learn from mental health?
Four challenges must be overcome if society and NHS decision makers are to heed the valuable lessons from another sector
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CommentUnderstanding the right and wrong time for intervention
Use of charts by hospital boards can help decision makers set control limits to performance indicating where intervention may be required
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Familiar cost dilemmas get chronic
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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CommentNow it’s 20 weeks - elective waiting times at pre-target levels
English waiting times rose sharply in December, driven by the growing waiting list and winter pressures. And there was a sharp drop in the proportion of local hospital services achieving the 18 week target. By Rob Findlay
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CommentEstablish the principles of a just culture for staff
A just culture is compassionate and does not blame staff to ensure that they learn when things go wrong
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Expert Briefing
HSJ Catchup: A&E woes, Dalton on forward view, and a rationing row
Your essential update on the week in health
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CommentIntegration of health and social care – working and not working?
Integration is looking less and less like a panacea and more of a long term vision
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CommentWill the NHS never learn?
Patient safety campaigner James Titcombe gives his reaction to MPs’ report on why the health service is still so slow to heed the lessons of the past
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CommentThe one lesson that the US and UK can learn from each other
Ideological differences between America and the UK don’t mean total incompatibility when it comes to making their systems better
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The Green Line Cancer Differential
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentTen ways to speed up the forward view improvements
It’s taking too long to deliver the necessary improvements – here are some thoughts on what we should prioritise
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CommentBreak the silence on sexual abuse
The NHS is raising awareness of sexual abuse and violence in the hope of reducing it and also to provide much needed support to the victims
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CommentThe big change that can reduce medical errors
There is compelling evidence that flattening the NHS hierarchy and introducing staff self management would reduce mistakes in the NHS