Comment archive – Page 9
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Losing the plot?
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 and correspondent Mimi Launder.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Fantasy and reality in the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentGeneric weight loss medicines will place new demands on the NHS
Mark Samuels explores how the UK government is leveraging weight loss medications as a strategy to combat obesity and stimulate economic growth, addressing the significant burden on the NHS
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CommentSenior leaders must 'buy in' to supporting staff mental health
With 76 per cent of NHS staff experiencing mental health issues in the past year, NHS Charities Together’s £16m workforce wellbeing programme aims to address the growing crisis
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Game changers
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 monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: What Apple can teach the NHS about logistics
Efficient logistics can revolutionise NHS care, reducing delays, saving lives, and improving patient experiences
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Jeremy Hunt on why sacking managers is a bad idea
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt.
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CommentStop blaming agencies and doctors for NHS staffing problems
Before even completing the much-anticipated “change” consultation on NHS staffing, Wes Streeting’s plan to ban agency workers from certain roles has raised concerns about bias and missed chances for meaningful reform, writes Kate Shoesmith.
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CommentNHS dentistry must be remodelled along GP lines
As the government develops its Dental Rescue Plan, Louise Ansari, chief executive of Healthwatch England, writes what the people want is a GP-style system
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CommentNHS reluctance to work with pharma must be addressed
Effective collaboration between the NHS and life sciences requires trust, accessibility, leadership, and deeper sector integration, writes Anna Charles
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: Mapping the future of NHS estate
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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CommentHow to build an effective integrated neighbourhood team
Nigel Edwards suggests that successful integration of health services hinges on prioritising staff engagement, simplifying processes, and fostering local collaboration, rather than top-down policy initiatives
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The 10-year plan groups seem focused on virtue signalling – not radical change
Steve Black critiques the approach to the forthcoming 10-year plan, warning that its focus on vision-building and virtue signalling could hinder meaningful change
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CommentElective recovery gets underway
The pace will need to be even higher in 2025-26, writes Rob Findlay.
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CommentGreater clarity is still needed on the roles of trusts and ICBs
The new emphasis on ICBs’ strategic role needs to be followed through in NHSE’s revised oversight and assessment framework, writes Saffron Cordery
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CommentICSs need to do more for young children
Rukshana Kapasi and Raj Jain highlight the urgent need for a shift from crisis intervention to early, preventive measures to tackle rising health inequalities and improve children’s long-term wellbeing and development
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: How the new performance regime will work
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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LeaderNot having a row about failing managers
There are many better things Wes Streeting could focus on than picking rows with NHS managers, writes HSJ editor Alastair McLellan.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Streeting’s magic tree
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentLocal communities should lead on setting priorities, not ICBs
Brian Fisher highlights the Coalition for Personalised Care’s work in examining the key conditions that empower communities to set and address their priorities, a tactic which yields numerous benefits