Comment archive – Page 49
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CommentNHS managers perform better than management consultants
The advice external consultants provide can be beneficial in some cases, as it can help to combat the ‘not invented here syndrome’ by introducing new expertise and innovative thinking, but in general investment in management staff is a better bet. By Ian Kirkpatrick and Andrew Sturdy
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Two year waits have NOT been ‘eliminated’
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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CommentRacism: Some HR teams get it and some don’t
In light of NHS England recently losing an employment tribunal case against a senior black nurse on grounds of race discrimination and whistleblowing, Roger Kline casts light on learnings from the case for NHS board members and HR departments
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CommentThe changing roles of NHS trust chairs
Donna Hall gives a glimpse into the lives of the leaders of trusts and elaborates the complexity of working in partnership with social care, housing, the community and voluntary sector, and other local providers
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: All change for maternity transformation
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch trustee James Titcombe.
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CommentHow to write the perfect ICS strategy
To lose one strategy is unfortunate, to lose seven looks like carelessness. Julian Patterson reports
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CommentTrans people deserve better end of life care
Jonathan Ellis describes how simple and practical changes by providers, NHS bodies and regulators can ensure that end-of-life care is inclusive for all.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: It has to be better than before
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, this week by HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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CommentGovernment and NHSE need to start listening to patients
Dr Henrietta Hughes sheds light on the disconnect between the executive corridor and what patients experience.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Overtime pay, not ‘insourcing’, is NHS chiefs’ big elective headache
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Alarms ignored, with fatal consequences
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance, and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Flory tasked with getting a grip
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentICSs could drive up employment if government provides better data
The UK has a problem with economic inactivity. Research indicates that long-term sickness is to blame and, given the right data, integrated care systems could help, says Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard.
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CommentHow to turn the whining into winning
Former estate agent Darren Graft was dubbed the thickest ever winner of The Apprentice. After six weeks working as Lord Sugar’s business partner, Darren reinvented himself on Instagram as Britain’s leading Gen Z business influencer. Here he offers advice to NHS’s debt-ridden hospital trusts. As told to Julian Patterson.
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CommentSystem working thrives in a culture that empowers staff to improve care
Len Richards explains how system working grows from the right culture, clinical leadership and systemwide joined up, real-time data
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Where’s the harm?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The priorities for scarce funding
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentWhy counselling should replace occupational health support for distressed staff
NHS trusts should provide counselling support services for staff that are independent of occupational health and management systems to improve uptake, write David Anderson and Lucy Howard
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CommentThe covid inquiry could miss out on vital learning
Finola Kelly explains how the UK Covid-19 Inquiry could do more to learn lessons for now and for future civil emergencies.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: With no budgets to squeeze, true patient voice could safeguard services
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this new monthly ‘expert briefing’, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...