Comment archive – Page 22
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CommentTaking a stand against bigotry
In response to racist and misogynistic remarks by the CEO of a prominent technology supplier, the digital health community is uniting to forge an Equity charter, aiming to ensure sector-wide accountability and fairness, while fostering a safe and equitable environment for all
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Abolishing NHS England
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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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Takeover
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentThe NHS App must not try to meet every digital health need
Matthew Swindells explains how the NHS App presents opportunities for improved healthcare access, but it must navigate digital inclusion, functionality expansion, and innovation while preserving its founding principles
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Key data project teeters on the ‘cliff edge’
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 senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Digital workforce plan virtually ignores the greatest challenge
The draft NHS digital workforce plan leaked to HSJ fails to diagnose the causes of the biggest workforce problems or to present an effective action plan, writes Steve Black
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CommentVictoria Atkins: comedy genius
In a rare mea culpa, Julian Patterson acknowledges that he was wrong to make fun of the health and social care secretary. She is more than capable of managing without him
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The priorities for NHSE’s new elective recovery plan
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 bureau chief James Illman.
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CommentTackling health inequalities should be core business for trusts
A new NHS Providers’ guide for trusts provides a comprehensive framework for identifying, prioritising, and addressing health inequalities, write Christine Camacho and Rachael McKeown
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: An ICB finds inspiration in Brazil
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentLabour need to think big on primary and community care
Blair and Brown missed the opportunity to think big despite winning a mandate for change. Nearly 30 years on, healthcare can’t afford history to repeat itself, writes Adam Sampson, chief executive of the Association of Optometrists
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHS England struggles to hold the line
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: Skin in the game
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentI am not 'an angry black woman', but I am disheartened by the lack of diversity in NHS comms
A report’s finding that there is poor representation of minority ethnic communities in NHS communication teams speaks to a broader issue of racial inequality, and the lack of diversity in senior positions in the NHS, writes Edna Boampong
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: magical thinking is driving the NHS’s adoption of AI
NHS’s fervent embrace of AI lacks critical analysis and overlooks many potential problems, risking futile investment in technological solutions over more practical problem-solving, writes Steve Black
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CommentClinical homecare needs to be properly regulated
Clinical homecare could offer a solution to some key NHS challenges, says Mark Hackett. With a focus on governance and strategic thinking, increased uptake could be transformative for patient experience, the NHS and society.
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CommentWhen commissioning priorities meet clinical reality
Navigating the complexities of delivering care for individuals with learning disabilities, autism, and challenging behaviour reveals systemic challenges and underlines the need for urgent reform, writes Andrew Hider
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: ‘Prizes for performance’ could be here to stay
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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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Marsden meets its Waterloo
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.