All Comment articles – Page 33
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CommentEfficiency asks risk damaging patient care
Complex operational pressures, workforce shortages, reduction in covid-19 funding…the list of barriers preventing trusts to deliver efficiency savings, goes on. By Saffron Cordery.
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CommentNHS England’s PCN contract is working against the Fuller review
There is a stark contrast between the themes of the Fuller Stocktake report and NHS England’s primary care network contract, writes Dr Joe McManners
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CommentTo tackle long covid, enhance support to GPs
With an estimated 1.5 million people living with long covid in the UK, Louise Ansari calls for better support for GPs in recognising and managing the condition
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CommentNew strategy chief pledges 'every priority is my top priority'
Bold new appointments mark Joy Hunter’s determination to shake up the leadership team at the country’s most challenged health economy, writes Julian Patterson
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CommentA nationally-endorsed vision that defines integrated primary care services
In view of Dr Claire Fuller’s recently published stocktake on how primary care can work with ICSs, Toby Lewis reflects on the challenges and solutions to implement its recommendations
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CommentVolunteers are not a ‘nice to have’ for NHS services
It is time for a more strategic approach to identify areas where volunteers play a crucial role for NHS trusts, writes Helen Gilburt
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CommentThe NHS must be more ambitious in combating inequalities faced by disabled staff
As the country’s largest healthcare provider and employer, the NHS is uniquely positioned to play a central and pioneering role in tackling inequalities both for disabled patients and its disabled staff, writes Oliver Potter
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CommentThe distraction games
Need something to take your mind off the cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine and celebrity libel cases? Time to dig out the old board games, writes Julian Patterson
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CommentThe NHS is lagging in the restoration of fertility services
The fertility sector is almost back to pre-pandemic treatment levels but Julia Chain warns of its aftershocks and urges action to keep patients’ dreams alive
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CommentHow providers are delivering on tackling backlogs
Trusts are implementing a wide range of innovative solutions to tackle the elective care backlog, as Ella Fuller explains
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CommentTighter reporting requirements could overwhelm hospitals
The medical regulator has issued new standards for doctors — Louella Vaughan argues
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CommentHow patients came to share power in the NHS
David Gilbert imagines a world in which those with lived experience of healthcare are given a central role in the planning of services and policy at local and national level.
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CommentThe forgotten staffing shortages in primary care
Malcolm Harrison writes about the main reasons for the growing shortage of community pharmacists and gives his take on how to avert the deepening crisis
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CommentThe folly of trying to make GPs feel better
The most important review of general practice since the last one is nearing publication. Its author is worried. He shouldn’t be, writes Julian Patterson
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CommentIPC changes need to bite to stop surging elective lists
Two-year waits may be falling, but the underlying pressure on waiting times continued to grow, says Rob Findlay
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CommentWhat the NHS can learn from low-income countries
The NHS can learn from other healthcare organisations and systems of middle- and low-income countries as it forms its new local systems and tries to engage communities and partners more effectively. By Nigel Crisp
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CommentGetting a same-day GP appointment in the UK is relatively easy
A survey of around 19,000 adults over the age of 65 in 2021 asked about their health and care, including how the pandemic had affected their access to services in 11 countries. For the UK, the results are mixed.
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CommentA licence to act for progressive primary care leaders
The Stocktake report, set out to understand how leaders can support better primary care integration, highlights a number of key issues hoped to be addressed through it. By Matthew Taylor
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CommentOur ICS thrives on disagreement
NHS Blithering chief executive Joy Hunter publishes an inspiring monthly blog for staff and patients as part of the ICS’s ‘commitment to communicate’, writes Julian Patterson
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CommentWhat Javid’s imminent ‘digital health plan’ must include
Sajid Javid’s promised digital health and care plan will need to integrate the several digital commitments made in recent years, concentrate on implementation, infrastructure and maintenance, and identify past failures. By Pritesh Mistry