All Comment articles – Page 59
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CommentThere was not ‘spare capacity’ during the covid crisis
Claiming there was “spare capacity” in the NHS during this crisis ignores sacrifice, pain, diagnoses missed, and support withdrawn from people in need, says Charlotte Augst.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Styling it out
Andy Cowper on the anarchic dismantling of lockdown, improvisational ad hoc-ery of introducing the track and trace system and the shortcomings of Cummings/Johnson government.
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CommentMeeting the emotional needs of staff using virtual support meetings
Delivering virtual Schwartz Rounds alongside other staff support approaches amidst this covid environment is not only achievable but can be powerful and effective, say authors Paula Dimarco, Dr Sue Brown, Andrew Brown and Dr Melinda Firth.
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CommentThe NHS' rapid response to covid would have been impossible without CCGs
It’s not a choice between commissioning or provision, and the lessons from covid show that it’s about a re-focused set of commissioning activities and a re-focus of provision, writes Julie Wood
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CommentAllow GPs to charge for flu vaccinations to boost coverage
Sir Sam Everington on how to save lives and suffering from flu, reduce the pressure on the NHS and at no cost to the NHS
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CommentWhat went wrong (and right) in hospital discharge for older adults during the pandemic
David Oliver gives his views as an acute hospital doctor regarding dealing with elderly patients during the covid-19 crisis
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Character and chronology, Cummings and goings
Andy Cowper examines the government’s handling of the recent fiasco of Dominic Cummings, chief adviser to the prime minister, breaking his own government’s covid-19 guidance
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CommentNo rest in sight for NHS staff means taking action to support their mental health
Letting staff know that ‘it’s OK not to be OK’ and that the NHS ‘has their back’ is the best way of ensuring that they will be able to care for our nation during this crisis and beyond, writes Professor Neil Greenberg
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CommentEveryone should feel uncomfortable about the number of BAME staff dying from covid
Urgent social change is needed for lasting impact to allow NHS to be a great leveller it was created to be, writes Dr Lorraine Gordon
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CommentWe cannot trust the official figures showing a boom in online consultations
Variations in reported figures of online consultation appointments highlight the lack of a single agreed approach to collect such data and that there is no single repository of robust data, notes Graham Kendall
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CommentHow long before growing waiting lists become an urgent priority?
Tim Gardner explores the challenge of meeting the 18-week standard as NHS begins to restart services after first wave of coronavirus.
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CommentThe pandemic has taught the NHS the benefits of 'working from home'
Geoff Underwood on locking the benefits of this lockdown and learning lessons from it to improve the long-term working life in the NHS.
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CommentWhat is the purpose of commissioners now?
Focusing on the population and the long-term planning mind-set for improving outcomes is what commissioners can bring to the table in times like these, writes Leeds CCG chief executive Tim Ryley.
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CommentThe old, disabled and frail have not been written off during covid
The pandemic shows an urgent need for better public understanding of health and care challenges, says David Oliver.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Optimism for cynics
Andy Cowper on the government’s response towards healthcare in care homes at the time of the pandemic
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CommentCovid proves that commissioning and regulation add little value
The development of strategy over a local health economy will be much more coherent if provider led, says Peter Carter
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CommentTime to join the dots: connecting what matters to staff and patients
Helen Buckingham calls for bringing patients and clinicians together to design future services that meet both their needs
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CommentAverage waiting time for NHS operations hits six months thanks to covid
The request to postpone elective care was enacted quickly and comprehensively, the latest RTT data suggests. By Rob Findlay
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CommentHelping NHS staff survive the covid storm
A new paper discusses how organisations should enhance the mental health resilience of the NHS workforce to help them cope with the coronavirus pandemic, writes Andrew Coley
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CommentHealth inequalities and covid-19 - our greatest challenge
How the NHS, local government and others in West Yorkshire are trying to mitigate the greater threat from covid-19 to more deprived and excluded groups.