All Comment articles – Page 4
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CommentData-driven modelling can take the guess work out of planning
As the UK population ages and demand on hospitals grows, new research shows how predictive and prescriptive analytics could help the NHS better forecast demand, allocate resources and improve care for frail and elderly patients
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CommentThe Mann Review will not help NHS leaders tackle racism
Lord Mann’s review into antisemitism and racism in the NHS aims to strengthen accountability and tackle discrimination, but questions remain over whether its recommendations address the deeper cultural issues that continue to affect staff experiences and patient care
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CommentWait list growth in April cancels out March ‘sprint’
The trajectory for “18 weeks” recovery was missed by a record margin
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CommentThe NHS is getting better thanks to its leaders
NHS improvement depends less on restructuring and more on courageous leadership tackling inequality, workforce pressures, and service performance
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CommentPolitical whim should not drive NHS restructures
As Parliament debates the Health Bill, the focus should be on not only new structures, but on whether repeated NHS reorganisations deliver meaningful change
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CommentThe persistent need to re-enter info into EPRs is draining NHS resources
One of the most persistent drains on NHS clinical capacity is the repeated re-entry of information across EPRs. The main barrier to reducing this burden is no longer capability, but prioritisation
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CommentThe benefits of slow leadership
Under relentless NHS pressure, speed is replacing judgement. Leaders risk losing reflection, moral clarity, and safe decision-making in this constant acceleration
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CommentHow the UK’s housing shortage is undermining NHS care
Mental health trusts are spending millions keeping clinically ready patients in hospital beds – not because they need treatment, but because the supported housing market that should receive them has been shrinking for 15 years
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CommentDon’t let strategic commissioning make inequality worse
Strategic commissioning has begun, but without proper allocative tools and co-design, the NHS risks cutting the services it needs to close the health inequalities gap, argues Andi Orlowski
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CommentThe default model for complex care is no longer fit for purpose
Providers and GPs across North Central London tested a proactive neighbourhood model that improved coordination for patients with multiple long-term conditions
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CommentThe government’s new cyber bill has forgotten the NHS
Two bills announced in the King’s Speech deal with issues of vital importance to the NHS and its use of new technology. The fact that neither mentions the other is a huge missed opportunity
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CommentWe must shake up data sharing to deliver neighbourhood health
The success of neighbourhood health cannot depend on ambition alone. Governance, accountability, and digital coordination across fragmented NHS organisations are all required
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CommentThe NHS must stop using untrained therapists
Growing demand and ballooning waiting lists are encouraging the NHS to use unaccredited therapists to treat those in mental distress. This undermines patient safety and trust
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CommentStaff must be trained to use AVT properly
Supplier registries for AVT tools are all very well, but are they the best way to reduce risk for trusts adopting the new technology?
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CommentThe growing management crisis risks undermining NHS reform
A new NHS workforce plan must finally address the overlooked management workforce needed to drive improvement, innovation, and reform
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CommentThere is growing unease about the future of stroke care
The government’s focus on stroke signals a welcome elevation of this critical policy and clinical area, but much hangs on the planned Modern Service Framework
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CommentThe NHS needs to learn to call patients by the right name
The CQC has just admitted that no one is checking NHS staff are calling patients by preferred names. That gap is fixable
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CommentTarget hit as unreported removals spike
Most but not all of the waiting list improvement was caused by validation
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CommentThe three things boards can do to tackle the inequality harming children
Without changes to board accountability and system governance, the care provided by the NHS to children will not improve
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CommentUnfairly shifting the burden of care to GPs is a feature of NHS system design, not a bug
The 8am scramble to see a GP reflects capacity shortages, workforce mismatches, and system inefficiencies