Comment archive – Page 232
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: It's time to publish the STPs
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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CommentHealthcare can learn from Pokémon GO
Tapping into potential assets, observing effects of augmented reality, and behavioural theory can help the NHS make a difference in patients’ lives
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CommentThe deficit train has slowed – but it is still moving
Today’s financial figures look better – but it will be much later in the year before we actually know how the provider sector is shaping up.
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CommentWhat if antibiotics stopped working?
Antimicrobial resistance is an unavoidable process of natural selection, but tackling the issue needs solutions that must be adopted on a global scale
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CommentJail for CV shows need for regulation
A statutory regulatory regime for registering and authenticating physiologists could avoid serious threats to patient safety
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CommentSuccessful integrations can reap benefits for the NHS
The renewed interest in collaboration and integration amongst NHS providers is good news but we need to ensure the right transactions take place
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Expert BriefingDeep South: The Southern Health carve-up continues
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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CommentDress for the job at hand: understanding tribalism
Conforming to expectations in the way you dress is an unspoken rule of professional life - just don’t isolate yourself from other groups
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CommentCriminalisation of healthcare professionals: do patients benefit?
Internal assurance processes are vital to ensure criminal liability is not unfairly biased against healthcare professionals in the event of an accident
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: Catching penguins - preparing for life after the vanguard
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View. By integration reporter David Williams.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Biggest CCG merger, and plans to revamp NHS procurement
Your essential update on the week in health
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CommentWhat could Theresa May do about the 'burning injustice' of health inequality?
Theresa May has said she wants to address the life expectancy gap linked to poverty. We asked leading experts where she should start
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CommentExplore the third sector to improve diversity of boards
NHS Improvement should look to the charity sector to recruit the kind of diverse boards that we greatly needed
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CommentEnough analysis: Make real plans for young people's mental health services
Years of critical reviews have failed to bring about the required changes in child and adolescent mental healthcare services. Establishing a good case for improvement is important to move beyond just analysing the problems
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CommentThe NHS must rise to the challenge of tackling poverty
The health service does sterling work treating the consequences of poverty but can do much to address the causes, too
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Expert BriefingDeep South: A trio of inspection reports
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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CommentWhat have we solved in medical education?
Neel Sharma identifies some areas where future educational leaders should make improvements
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CommentSome rare good news for NHS finances, at least in the short term
HSJ’s analysis provides some welcome and rare good news for NHS finances, but it is essential the service comes up with a long term plan so it can be sustained, writes Adam Roberts
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CommentEngland remains solidly in breach of 18 weeks as new incentives loom
Longer-waiting services should have improved in June, as trusts approach the start of their “reset” trajectories in July. But instead those longer waits got worse.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Trusts told savings priorities, and FTSE 100 firms approached for NHS boards
Your essential update on the week in health