External contributors – Page 101
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CommentAnalysis: STP digital plans need a major reboot
The largely vague and un-costed digital components of the STPs need a substantial upgrade, or the NHS will continue to lag behind comparable health systems on technology for years to come, writes HSJ technology correspondent James Illman
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CommentMaking a drama out of a crisis: the cancellation of elective operations
Methods must be developed to be better prepared for the crisis caused by winter pressures in NHS hospital systems
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CommentSix ways to boost the morale of junior doctors
The NHS needs to look across the waters to learn from the Navy – which does better at making employees feel valued
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CommentReforming how we pay for care is crucial to successful innovation
Financial reforms for innovation in care need to be implemented for early diagnosis and effective disease management at low costs
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CommentStill doing the system’s – not the patients' – business
New recommendations on co-ordinated care would help to address patient safety issues that remain unaddressed by rafts of policy initiatives
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CommentStepping up a gear to accelerate innovation
The Innovation and Technology Tariff can combat problems of procurement and support services that ring in the age of digital modernisation
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CommentMove beyond hierarchy and tribalism towards a compassionate culture in the NHS
The focus in the NHS needs to move from targets and processes to a fair and just system that values the workforce
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CommentThe NHS and Obamacare face similar challenges
The future of “Obamacare” after Donald Trump’s victory, and how the questions raised for healthcare in the US are relevant for the NHS
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CommentAnalysis: Is there really £900m extra cash for social care?
The government say its reforms will increase social care spending by £900m; critics have been underwhelmed by the announcements. Here, Sarah Calkin looks at who is right
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CommentA beacon for collaborative and compassionate leadership within the NHS
Why the ambitious vision of developing tomorrow’s leaders is quite a challenge at a time when the NHS is undergoing so much change
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Webinar: Tips for optimising emergency care pathways
Mark Ebbens on the strategy that helped one trust improve and sustain emergency department performance
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CommentWhy the NHS needs to get better at assessing surgical risk
Surgeons must be in a position to understand risk to patients so that they can overcome reluctance to take on high risk cases
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CommentDevolution and metro mayors can redraw the mental health landscape
London’s mayor will bring multiple benefits to the capital if he heeds the recommendations of the recent mental health taskforce
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CommentWe must be aware of and fight unconscious bias in healthcare
It comes in many forms and can even affect patient safety, write Narinder Kapur and Peter Jones
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CommentPublic engagement is crucial for development of care
The experience of being public about the work on the Dudley MCP and the importance of sharing know-how in the NHS
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CommentWhat planet are we on?
Meet Planet Context and Planet Intervention – both are at work in the NHS but must be rebalanced if we are to get to grips with performance
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CommentA four-point plan to save our STPs
The once in a generation opportunity could be thrown away unless we take action now - here’s what we need to do, says Jon Restell
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CommentEnglish waiting times growth trebles
Since the incomplete pathways target was first met in 2012, English waiting times have been creeping up at about half a week per year. Now they’re growing three times faster
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CommentAcute lack of investment is starving healthcare estates
Buildings and infrastructure in the healthcare sector are suffering a serious shortage of cash and need new financing models to break the deadlock.
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How Johns Hopkins is boosting efficiency with control centres
The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore worked with GE to develop a state-of-the-art, control centre to improve patient flow, patient scheduling and staff scheduling.