All Comment articles – Page 43
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CommentThe media must support, not criticise, GPs
Professor Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of GPs, argues that coverage of concerns about remote GP appointments is undermining confidence, while many patients are being assessed effectively and safely.
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CommentWaiting list soars past 5.6 million patients
The waiting list continues to grow rapidly as demand mostly recovers but activity cannot. By Rob Findlay
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CommentUnpaid carers’ rights are overlooked in hospital discharge
The discharge to assess model, rapidly extended during covid and still in place, has in many cases failed family members looking after loved ones at home, omitting carers from the discharge process, says Helen Walker of Carers UK.
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CommentLetter from Scotland: Making Scotland’s NHS 10pc better
In his regular dispatch from north of the border, Henry Anderson discusses the aim to remobilise the health service as quickly as possible over the next five years
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CommentThe Blithering Chronicles: Towards accuracy – the new clarity
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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CommentCrowdsourcing ideas for hospital design can bring real benefits to our NHS
Dame Elaine Inglesby-Burke, a judge for the Wolfson Economics Prize 2021, suggests how fresh ideas can radically improve hospital planning and design
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CommentAs a CEO from an ethnic minority, staff expect me to make a difference to inequality
Patricia Miller, Dorset County Hospital CEO, shares her approach to building a culture of inclusion
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CommentBlithering Chronicles exclusive: Amanda Pritchard on her first week
A month ago, Amanda Pritchard succeeded Simon Stevens as chief executive of NHS England. Julian Patterson takes a satirical peek at her first week in post.
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CommentWhen it comes to staff safety during the pandemic, the buck stops with chief executives
One of the main preventive roles of occupational health experts in the pandemic is, or should have been, to advise and support managers/employers in risk management and control both as regards compliance with legal duties on health and safety
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CommentThe Primer: NHS managers were ‘the enemy within’
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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CommentThe Blithering Chronicles: Passionate about values
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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CommentClimate emergency: 10 things every NHS trust can do now
Tim Jaggard, acting chief executive at UCLH, highlights 10 practical things every NHS trust must change immediately amidst a global climate and health emergency.
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CommentA permanent department for pandemics
Andrew Sturdy writes on the possibility of having a permanent government department for pandemics which can deploy latest technology and skills for testing and vaccinations
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CommentNHSI could not have had a better chair than Dido Harding
Narinder Kapur, Chris Harkensee and Terry Skitmore praise Dido Harding’s work on introducing fairer procedures for NHS staff which, they say, have contributed to workforce wellbeing, and patient safety.
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CommentNobody should be denied a second chance of life because of their ethnicity
Henny Braund addresses the inequalities patients face during stem cell transplants, urging the NHS make sure care is culturally appropriate
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CommentThe Blithering Chronicles: Portrait of a leader – Sir Trevor Longstay
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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CommentEnglish waiting list passes 5.4 million
Ongoing covid restrictions mean the waiting list continues to grow, with little sign of the pent-up demand coming back yet, says Rob Findlay
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CommentChange the Health Bill to strengthen governance and democracy
Labour MP Karin Smyth, who will be a member of the Parliamentary committee scrutinising the Health and Care Bill, proposes that ICS chairs should be appointed independently, and requirements for transparency.
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CommentUnder-pressure ambulance services are accelerating transformation
Chris Hopson and Daren Mochrie on the ambulance sector’s role in NHS recovery following covid.