Comment archive – Page 93
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CommentCombating long covid will take a marathon effort
With over one million people thought to be suffering from long-term symptoms after a covid infection, the NHS needs funding for research into treatments and specialist staff so people with long covid can access the help they so desperately need, writes Sarah Woolnough, CEO of Asthma UK and the British ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The ‘magic Morecambe Bay’ facade
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingThe Primer: New variant, familiar concerns
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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CommentPatient leadership: where are we now?
An open letter to Rosamund Snow and Michael Seres, by David Gilbert
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Avoiding strategy overload
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: A failure to keep trouble at Bay
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentJulian Patterson: Longstay's dramatic return
Independent consultant to lead far-reaching leadership and IT review
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CommentHow to make sure good analysts really can 'save more lives than a good anaesthetist'
When I think of ‘good analysts’ I picture someone striving to ‘improve decision quality’ for system leaders. Such good analysts really can save lives, writes Andi Orlowski
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Frontline’s fairytale fatigue
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentPooling NHS and social care budgets needs more thought
In considering a big leap towards pooled budgets, ministers may trigger a huge revolution in structures whose cost in disruption and in political capital may never be repaid by results, argues Nigel Edwards.
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CommentWe won’t have genuine integration without inclusive integrated care boards
Without the integrated care boards, there is a real risk that we lose the benefits of integration and that we exclude the voice for innovative organisations, such as social enterprises, which are able to challenge the status quo, writes Jo Pritchard
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CommentCovid has been ‘devastating’ for lung cancer diagnosis
We need to act collectively and urgently to rebuild and recover from the consequences of the pandemic on lung cancer and get back on track to deliver a step change in lung cancer outcomes. By Professor Robert Rintoul
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Expert BriefingNHS faces ‘gear shift’ in performance management
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 BriefingDaily Insight: Messenger delayed but to the point
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentIs integration everyone’s problem but no one’s responsibility?
Matthew Taylor sets out five steps which could help bring together local responsibility for heath and social care.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Merger, he wrote
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingThe Primer: Storm clouds gathering
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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CommentWhy we need to trigger ‘Plan B’ for covid now
The government should now trigger covid “Plan B” ahead of winter, if we are to minimise excess deaths from both covid and non-covid causes, writes public health director Dominic Harrison.
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CommentWe need to make health inequalities everyone’s business
The NHS has to prioritise reducing inequalities in health, but the most important solutions are not always in its gift, write Stephen Bradley and Tom Gardiner
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CommentWhat are the reasons for high intensity A&E use?
To take action means looking out for people who are frequently attending anywhere in the health and care system, not just A&E, and referring them to dedicated services. By Julia Munro