All Comment articles – Page 22
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CommentThe new maternity and neonatal plan is ambitious but lacks detail
According to Robert Wilson, head of Sands and Tommy’s Joint Policy Unit – a much more detailed plan is needed to link national policy priorities with changes in local practice for maternity and neonatal care
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CommentHow a naked Chris Ham inspired my conversion to PHM
Dr David Rummage, emeritus professor of digital healthcare and metaverse studies at the University of Blithering, argues that we ignore population health management systems at our peril. Interview by Julian Patterson
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CommentWe must not let workforce pressures undermine the establishment of women's health hubs
The collaboration between professional bodies and investment in training and development for the existing workforce will be essential for successful working of the Women’s Health Hubs model and improving the overall healthcare for women, writes Ranee Thakar
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CommentNHSE’s decision to delay pioneering health centres is short-sighted
The national program for redesigning primary care estates in six locations in England has been halted, throwing plans into doubt and potentially delaying improved outcomes for localities, writes Dr Eleanor Roy
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CommentOnly to the untrained eye does this look like chaos
‘Years of careful planning may occasionally look like chaos.’ Sir Trevor Longstay explains why improvement is back at the heart of the NHS Blithering strategy after a short break. By Julian Patterson
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CommentGovernment is backtracking on promises to tackle health misinformation
Despite the lessons of the pandemic, the current version of the Online Safety Bill fails to address the harm that comes from health misinformation with no regulatory oversight on internet companies, writes Will Moy
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CommentICSs can disrupt the powerful social currents that pull people into ill health
Rosie Fogden discusses how the introduction of ICSs offers a significant opportunity for a renewed focus on the health of larger population as integrated health and social care has been the pinnacle of healthcare reform for decades
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CommentThe charity sector is key to overcoming the NHS's organisational barriers
Charities overcome organisational barriers to embed their services, develop imaginative and proactive solutions to local issues, and are extremely effective at reaching the community’s most vulnerable members, writes Lisa Weaks
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CommentWanted: national director of debacles
There’s never been a better time to look for a new job – just ask junior doctors. We’ve scoured the recruitment pages for a selection of the best openings for senior NHS management talent. Julian Patterson presents his top picks
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CommentHow an ICS learned to listen to children and young people
Rukshana Kapasi writes about Barnardo’s Health Equity Collaborative that will help devise solutions on health issues faced by children and young people while taking in their honest views to inform their work
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CommentAction is needed now to reverse shocking decline in stroke care
To tackle declining performance in stroke care, investment in well-evidenced interventions, and a sustainable stroke workforce is the need of the hour, writes Juliet Bouverie
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CommentFreedom for the compliant
More recommendations, more key takeaways, more pages. The Longstay Report is bigger and even more explosive than the Fuller Stocktake and the Hewitt Review. The report’s author Sir Trevor Longstay shares its hard-hitting conclusions with Julian Patterson
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CommentStill waiting for elective recovery
At least the underlying pressure on waiting times has stopped getting worse.
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CommentPolitics and the NHS: can the link be broken?
Sir Chris Ham talks about the current crisis as a reflection of a political system dominated by short-term thinking and unwillingness to deal with long-term challenges
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CommentDigital exclusion is not solved by enabling online access alone
To make digitally enabled healthcare more inclusive requires co-producing services to meet the needs of various population groups with different levels of digital functionality for patients to choose from, writes Pritesh Mistry
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CommentThe optimistic view of the Hewitt review
Richard Taunt explains about the three key areas that we should focus on to make sure the review will be remembered as a step towards ICSs having the right aims
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CommentHow ICSs can arrest the decline in the nation's health
Axel Heitmueller, Martin Carkett, Paul Blakeley explain integrated care systems’ part in arresting the decline in the nation’s health.
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CommentFrom firebrand to fire extinguisher
How was Chris Hopson turned? What happened in the basement? Did junior doctors cause covid? Julian Patterson has the answers
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CommentWe need to hold leaders to account on racial discrimination
Roger Kline comments on how NHS organisations are increasingly recognising the need for a different approach to tackle racial discrimination, shifting the dial from the patterns of denial and avoidance towards the issue
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CommentThe NHS has warmed to Barclay, but his biggest test is to come
Matthew Taylor shares his insights on what the new reforms proposed by the Hewitt review will mean for the NHS and the population health outcomes