All Comment articles – Page 72
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CommentStevens: NHS must take more responsibility for tackling climate change
This week: NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens
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CommentThe changing NHS must hold on to the best of clinical commissioning
Without clinical commissioning, we risk losing a valuable piece of the puzzle that will help improve care for everyone, and deliver a sustainable and effective NHS, says Graham Jackson
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CommentA 'Royal Community of Advocates' can help the NHS engage with the public
Laura Fulcher calls for a true partnership between the public and the NHS through the creation of a new body.
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CommentWhy technology should influence your estate plans
A recent King’s Fund research report looking at how technology is affecting the NHS estate concluded that it is critical that they are not treated as silos, notes Lillie Wenzel
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CommentThe Bedpan: The NHS must take gambling seriously
This week: Bill Moyes, chair of the Gambling Commission
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CommentWhat does the global climate emergency mean for UK healthcare leaders?
Healthcare leaders are called to play their part in reducing the NHS carbon footprint as part of the jigsaw to reduce the rate of global warming, writes Dr Fiona Day
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CommentNHS England bid to change CCG tendering rules could 'make things worse'
David Furness says that NHS England needs to rethink its proposals to legally change procurement rules as they are based on incorrect information
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CommentLack of consistent evaluation lets down case for public health interventions
There is a need to improve evaluation of preventive investments, both to inform decision-making and increase transparency. By Dr Eleanor Roy
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CommentService users are best placed to design improvements
Emma Tiffin and Lois Sidney explain a new initiative in Cambridge and Peterborough that puts patients in the driving seat to improve mental health services
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CommentThe Bedpan: 'It’s about decency and what your readers want'
This week: Matt Tee, chief executive of the Independent Press Standards Organisation
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CommentSuccess on one-year waits, but waiting list grows to record-breaking size
The English NHS achieved its important ambition to halve the number of one-year waiters during 2018-19. However, the underlying waiting list continued to grow, reaching record levels and frustrating the other main ambition for elective waits. By Rob Findlay
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CommentAchieving greater collaboration and system working
National bodies and government need to to support NHS leaders and staff to make changes to local relationships, to bring about integration in the interest of their communities, and create the right legislative and regulatory framework for local leaders and their organisations to succeed. By Niall Dickson
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CommentWhat do the local election results mean for the NHS?
The thin majorities of the ruling Conservatives or Labour parties in many councils will have far-reaching consequences for social care and community health, explains Haydon Etherington
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CommentHow the 'lonely ones' can drive meaningful change
Liz Mear and Naomi Fulop on how embedded researchers can support busy teams to achieve positive impacts for patients and staff
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CommentThe NHS has suffered a critical loss of authentic internal challenge
It is time to safeguard against familiarity and self review, whilst adopting a seven-stepped approach to evaluating assurance regarding the delivery of trust improvement plans across the NHS, says Gillian Hooper
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CommentHealth and Wellbeing boards still have an important role to play
Richard Humphries on the need to clarify the role of health and wellbeing boards as part of the review of NHS legislation
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CommentThe Bedpan: Being stabbed is ‘a real teachable moment’
This week: Sarah Jones MP, chair of the all-party Parliamentary group on knife crime
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CommentIncreasing inclusivity can be hard and uncomfortable, but it is vital
Nick Carver and Joan Saddler give an overview of two recently held podcasts that featured an expert panel discussing inclusiveness in the health service
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CommentWhat do 'outstanding' trusts tell us about how to improve care?
Achieving a step-change in the quality of care across the NHS is ultimately going to require an organisation-wide approach to improvement, writes Bryan Jones
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CommentHancock's obsession with 'shiny' tech is 'blinding' us to the NHS' real needs
Nadeem Moghal on the lack of some basic technologies needed in every hospital in the NHS that accelerate the flow and quality of information, enabling timely responsive care