All Comment articles – Page 3
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CommentThe hidden risks within community services are being ignored
Steph Lawrence, CEO of the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing, warns that insufficient staffing is leading to care being missed and patient deaths
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CommentEnsuring public money serves the public good
A bold initiative in Birmingham and Solihull is linking supplier partnerships to social impact, transforming outcomes for children and families
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CommentGovernment must be even bolder with its plans for the NHS App
Dr Charlotte Refsum outlines how to deliver the NHS App as a world-class patient portal
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CommentBME staff are sick of being told lack of career progression is nothing to do with race
The Taskforce for Diversity in NHS Communications has uncovered systemic issues affecting BME staff progression, but these can be overcome by concerted action, writes Edna Boampong
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CommentElective recovery is leaving minority ethnic patients behind
New analysis reveals stark inequalities in elective care waits, highlighting deprivation, ethnicity, and digital exclusion as key barriers to equitable recovery
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CommentRegulation of managers must be equitable as well as effective
New NHS manager regulation must go beyond disbarring – supporting standards, equity, and leadership development to truly improve healthcare leadership, writes Saffron Cordery
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CommentSustained, small steps will deliver a digital by default NHS
The NHS must not repeat past failures in its attempt to shift from analogue to digital services
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CommentTwo cheers for the 10-Year Health Plan's CVD ambitions
Preventing cardiovascular disease offers a major opportunity to improve health, reduce inequalities and strengthen the economy, but stronger action is needed
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CommentPoliticians must stop their unthinking defence of hospital care
To fulfil the 10-Year Health Plan’s vision of a community-centric service, politicians and local leaders will need to align their actions and engage collectively with the communities for whom this matters, writes Helen Buckingham
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CommentFT governors should not be abolished
The 10-Year Plan shows little understanding of the role of governors of foundation trusts, writes Ken Jarrold
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CommentList cleaning keeps elective recovery on track
Validation exercises kept waiting list recovery on track in May… but the outlook is poor for June and July’s figures.
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CommentDoctors must be enabled to do more research
Doctors face mounting pressures that leave little time for research, threatening the future of innovation in the NHS
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CommentCut in haste, repent at leisure
A cautionary tale about cuts, consensus, and getting it wrong if we move too fast, from Andi Orlowski
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CommentThe heavy lifting on NHS financial reform is still to come
The 10-Year Health Plan sets out a compelling vision, but its success will depend on overhauling financial systems to truly transform care, writes Anita Charlesworth
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CommentManagers want to be as accountable as doctors
As the NHS prepares for sweeping reform, regulation and development of its managers must be central to lasting, effective change
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CommentThe NHS must work with charities if it wants to succeed
A decade of preventable deaths shows why only bold, cross-sector collaboration can build a healthier, fairer England, explains Laurie Lee
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CommentAs the UK prepares for war, we prepare to care
With the new Strategic Defence Review pledging to prepare the UK for future conflict, health services must consider how well they are able to support those who have served in the Armed Forces. Amanda Shepard, chief executive of The Poppy Factory, looks at how specialist employment support can help veterans ...
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CommentThe environmental cost of medicines waste
Despite costing the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds annually, medicines waste remains largely invisible and unmeasured
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CommentPhilanthropy will help the NHS close its investment gap
Jon Spiers, CEO of the Royal Free Charity, makes the case for a strategic, government-backed approach to philanthropy – similar to the Blair-era matched funding scheme for universities – in health to complement and bolster state funding
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CommentSupporting the NHS’s non-clinical workforce in the wake of immigration curbs
A new Labour Market Evidence Group could help align NHS workforce planning with immigration and skills policy, but risks remain around execution, non-clinical staffing, and quality standards, writes Jon Freegard