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Analysis: Keogh’s A&E overhaul has not materialised
NHS England set out plans for major reform in its milestone urgent and emergency care review in 2013. But now over three years since its publication, the flurry of A&E reclassifications has simply not materialised.
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Next phase of inspections: a turn in the right direction?
Amina Uddin takes a look at the Care Quality Commission’s proposed new phase of regulation, which closes to consultation on 14 February
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Trade deals with Trump could give the NHS a heart attack
Labour must come to terms with the gains of the Blair years, while the Tories must be wary of the dangers of Uncle Sam
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Why the government should introduce a healthcare spending target
Given the pressures on health spending, there exists the dilemma of setting social care spending on a more sustainable trajectory for the longer term
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Don't ignore the councillors
When it comes to decisions around health and social care, there needs to be a bottom-up approach involving local leaders and not top-down pre-determined solutions
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NHS England should learn a lesson from Ofsted and get tough over STPs
There’s a real danger that sustainability and transformation plans will fail on mental health services unless action is taken now
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Are we prepared to pay more for healthcare?
The fiscal sustainability report of the government’s economic forecasting body poses specific challenges regarding healthcare spending and improved productivity in the NHS
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Four ways in which the NHS can learn from others
Narinder Kapur specifies how learning from others can be best put into practice in the NHS
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E-rostering: Helping hospitals ease winter pressures and boost staff morale
How effective staff management through e-rostering can help hospitals to meet challenges, improving staff morale and patient’s experience
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Could imaging be a goldmine for NHS artificial intelligence?
NHS’s wealth of imaging data can be used to start teaching machines how to recognise parts of the human anatomy, and recognise abnormalities.
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Elective waiting times tread water in November
Waiting times were steady in November, and other indicators followed the usual post-2012 pattern. Which means things are still getting steadily worse, writes Rob Findlay
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Red Cross: Here's how we improve care for our most vulnerable
The prime minister’s review of health and social care integration offers the chance to start backing up potentially life-changing schemes with culture change and resources
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Karin Smyth: Getting behind the NHS headlines
Karin Smyth MP reflects on the way ahead following the Commons public accounts committee’s inquiry into the financial sustainability of the NHS
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Revalidation for doctors must not become a box-ticking exercise
Sir Keith Pearson says the revalidation process is changing things for the better, but that much work remains to be done
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I survived heart attack but the NHS's arteries can't take any more
A new year’s eve emergency brought home to Nick Samuels the huge gap between NHS staff’s compassion and the resources available to them
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Strategic estates partnerships: not so much why as why not?
Keven West explains why the financial pressures on trusts mean it’s time for them to reap the many benefits of SEPs
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Time to dodge the hard choices on NHS sustainability has run out
We can no longer put our heads in the sand about the immense pressures on the provider sector – something has to give, and 2017 is the time to decide what
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2017 is a make or break year for the forward view
Sustainability and transformation plans must be backed up by resources, time and leadership and not become lost in the huge drive to get performance back on track
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Meet the leader who works for the people, not the organisation
The era of collaboration needed to make STPs work rests on a new breed of leader
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Five key issues affecting NHS estate planning in 2017
Elliot Rose looks ahead to the likely hot potatoes in property