Comment archive – Page 217
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CommentEngagement works best when it’s actually engaging
Getting people involved in shaping and improving health and care services can only really work if you speak their language and capture their imagination
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Missing data causes harm to patients in south London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentElective waits improve in January
The English waiting list and waiting times fell in January in better-than-expected figures. However the NHS remains in serious breach of the 18 week standard, and on recent trends things are still expected to get worse.
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CommentHousing is ready to step up – will health meet us halfway?
Supported accommodation can play a key role in preventing issues such as unnecessary hospital admission, but it can’t achieve great results on its own
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: The budget, staff survey results, and Sir Leonard latest
Your essential update on the week in health
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CommentYour Humble Servant: NHS Retro
‘Simon Stevens wants to take us back to 1991 before the purchaser provider split. Jim Mackey wants to go back two years to when he was a trust CEO.’
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CommentMr Hammond's big picture is admirable – now let's see the fine print
The Budget finally gave social care some fiscal attention but it won’t be a game changer by itself – here’s what is needed now
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Comment'Devo health' is pushing national legislation to its limits
Greater Manchester shows that if local areas can build strong relationships between partners around an ambitious local reform plan, they can make very real progress
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LeaderThe budget brings war and peace to the NHS
Philip Hammond’s first and last spring budget will spark a fierce struggle over how the extra social care funding due next financial year is spent, but it also appears to signal a truce between NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens and the government over NHS funding.
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CommentSo how did the NHS cope with the never-ending winter?
Siva Anandaciva argues that we are now in danger of losing the substantial progress made in A&E performance more quickly and deeply than feared
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CommentAn evidence-based plan for palliative care can ease the NHS crisis
Investment in palliative care with its specialists and home support services could make a major difference to an overstretched NHS, say Irene J Higginson and colleagues
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CommentE-cigarettes have the power to radically change health outcomes
Ignore the shock headlines – vaping has great potential for good, while tobacco remains the real enemy, says Jim McManus
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CommentWe don't need this cuckoo in the nursing nest
The nursing associate is part of the worrying expansion of support roles – perhaps it’s time we protected the term ‘nurse’, argues June Girvin
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Next steps for STPs, part 1 – towards accountable care
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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CommentSTPs and a question of trust
Stephen Brookes on how ego is the biggest barrier to collective leadership and we should consider personal interest as secondary to that of the public good while implementing the STPs
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CommentMind the growing gap between health and social care
It’s vital that in the forthcoming budget the government makes some bold political decisions that will set the course for putting care and support on a sustainable footing
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CommentHere's how we get the 5YFV back on track
The National Voices coalition of charities is urging the prime minister to salvage the Five Year Forward View with some whole-system planning
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CommentShifting from a culture of encouraged dependency to informed responsibility
STP proposals present an important opportunity to prepare for the future despite our inclination to cling to the familiarity of the past.
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CommentDigital integration is a huge leap forward for cross organisational working
The next generation of record sharing is under way, with cross-community care planning and team collaboration reducing pressure on acute services
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CommentMorecambe Bay two years on: great progress alongside great gaps
Many positive changes have been made at the trust but many of the inquiry’s recommendations remain worryingly unaddressed, write Bill Kirkup and James Titcombe