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CommentComment: Systemic bullying has to stop
Positive organisational cultures need supportive leaders
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CommentManchester’s devo deal is a huge opportunity for clinician-led change
Manchester can put clinicians at the centre of better care
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CommentThe emerging new era of general practice
How the evolution of general practice is being driven by advancements in technology
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CommentMore data on activity is needed to tackle the general practice crisis
NHS England must urgently consider how it can generate ongoing information on primary care workload
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CommentVanguards are already improving people's lives
Health of care home residents has improved with advancements in new care model vanguards
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CommentThe 'weekend effect' is about admissions as much as mortality rates
Understanding the infamous hospital ‘weekend effect’ can be achieved by looking not at weekends but weekdays
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CommentNHS channel management strategy needs some resuscitation
Gordon Miles on how some of the urgent care plans proposed by NHS agencies have been tried elsewhere and failed
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CommentHealthcare innovation demands understanding, not imitation
We must embrace innovation, not run from it, if the £22bn funding black hole is to be tackled head on
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CommentAnalysis: NHS Improvement can make RTT picture clearer, not prettier
News of NHS Improvement’s waiting times validation project comes at an interesting point for those affected by referral to treatment data.
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CommentThe NHS is an organisation with amnesia
Despite major reports calling for an overhaul of safety, barriers to effective NHS investigations still exist
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CommentYour future workforce is your local workforce
The focus of skills provision is changing – NHS organisations should act now to see how this affects the supply of staff
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CommentSomething wicked this way comes: the main barrier to transformation
Radical policy shifts are needed to deal with some hefty obstacles standing in the way of major change
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CommentPrevention is the only cure for the NHS
The population’s inactivity problem is being addressed by some decisive action from NHS England and CCGs
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CommentSTPs will establish system leadership and place based commissioning
STP changes not just mere reshuffle
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CommentAn altogether different Simon Stevens
Simon Stevens has transformed from an enabler to a commander
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CommentWhat makes a top CIO?
Do we have what it takes to hold on to the NHS’s valuable chief information officers?
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CommentWhy every NHS director should be very interested in reference costs
Reference costs can be a catalyst to greater NHS efficiency but we must invest in them now, writes James Wilson
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CommentPlugging the holes in the crumbling plasterwork of GP practices
How does the GP Forward View measure up when we consider its potential to deliver better healthcare, asks Don Redding
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CommentSo, how easy will it be to deliver the General Practice Forward View?
Richard Lewis reviews the measures set out in the General Practice Forward View