Comment archive – Page 87
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CommentFair, not fast, should be the watchword when reducing waiting lists
Alongside the operational challenge of tackling backlogs inclusively, clarity will be needed about how systems are held to account for tackling inequalities when there are competing priorities. By Ruth Robertson
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Will NHS regions ‘get out of the way’?
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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CommentIf ‘place’ is working, it should feel uncomfortable
The government’s new health white paper sets out steps towards what ‘joined-up care’ will really mean, finally recognising the centrality of place. Claire Kennedy finds much to celebrate, as well as big questions to be answered.
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CommentThe four leadership challenges the Messenger review must address
In light of the proposed Messenger Review, Chris Hopson delineates four areas of improvement where the NHS can improve its leadership capability and capacity
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: What will we get for the £1.5bn?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentEstablishing proportionate accountability for integrated care systems
Partnership with local authorities and meaningful engagement with people and communities are the best way of ICSs earning a mandate to push back. By Chris Ham
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CommentHow I led the turnaround of a special measures trust
Caroline Shaw shares her thoughts on why turning round a special measures hospital has been the hardest but most rewarding role of her career to date and why she’s adamant the NHS should put our brightest and best CEOs in challenged hospitals.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: NHSE targets digital support for clinicians
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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CommentThe secret weapon that could help win the PM’s war on cancer
Andrew M Wardley says there is one intervention that can both help catch cancer earlier and reduce health inequalities in cancer care: expanding outreach cancer services
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Trusts set ‘enablers’ for merger
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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Expert BriefingThe Primer: Back to the noughties
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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CommentPatients are being excluded from shaping the cancer recovery
The barriers and challenges in cancer care need to be explored locally, regionally, and nationally – and dismantled, writes Laura Fulcher
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CommentPlace is a state of mind
With integration ready to move into a first exciting phase, it’s time for a refreshed national vision of systemness, writes Martin Plackard
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CommentMen need their own health strategy
Considering that there are serious challenges in men and boys’ health, developing a strategy for men’s health which includes the responsiveness of the health service and society as a whole is the need of the hour, writes Nick Fletcher
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Javid’s workforce strategy is hiding in plain sight
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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CommentFor the public, good healthcare is about relationships
John Hall gives an insight into the revelations from Engage Britain’s recent ‘People’s Panel’ where members of the public discussed health and care challenges faced across the country
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CommentThe government has gone silent on mental health
If the government is genuinely serious about “levelling-up”, they need to tackle the disparity between funding for physical health and mental health and deliver the funding mental health services need, writes Dr Adrian James
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Mackey’s blunt message
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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CommentWhy we're offering compassionate leave for miscarriage and fertility treatment
Donna Griffiths discusses how putting the focus on the wellbeing of employees during challenging times and introducing support packages and policies can make a powerful impact.
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CommentLetter from Scotland: Care reforms could ‘dismantle’ health service
NHS Scotland leaders fear the reforms to fix social care as it includes, what they call a ‘radical restructuring’, which would ‘disconnect’ community services from acute care and disrupt the health service as it recovers from covid. By Henry Anderson