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CommentThe NHS is finally taking patient safety seriously
Policy developments indicate the health service is belatedly moving in the right direction on keeping the public safe
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CommentWhy we must improve reporting rates of medical errors now
Innovative ways of reporting and analysing medical errors will go a long way to improving patient safety, writes Lord Ara Darzi
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CommentContract ceasefire would allow us to evaluate safety and funding
Phil Hammond suggests a way forward in the junior doctors’ dispute
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CommentThe NHS's overseas recruits need our help to succeed
The influx of EU doctors and nurses to plug NHS staffing gaps is doomed to failure without the right support
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CommentHow can we redevelop the NHS estate to achieve the best treatment?
A range of actors is needed to put surplus land to better use and help tackle NHS shortages of space and money
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CommentUnderstanding triple prevention and how to deliver it
NHS England senior fellow Dr Mahiben Maruthappu explores the five key strategies to delivering triple prevention
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CommentWhy the NHS could do with cruise control
By reducing variation, the NHS can keep up with demand with less capacity and consequently lower costs, writes Rob FIndlay
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CommentThe Carter report – can NHS procurement transformation be accelerated?
Trusts do not by and large possess all the skills required to deliver their share of the Carter savings, says Richard McIntosh
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CommentResilience is not enough
Resilience is needed to help overcome the situations that arise daily from patients and their needs, it shouldn’t be required for dealing with issues arising from within the organisation itself. Derek Mowbray writes
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CommentCare and support planning: the role of voluntary, community and social enterprise
The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society’s Phil Baker outlines the importance of VCSEs in the development of care planning
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CommentJim Mackey must sweep away public and staff engagement inertia
Nick Goodman on how NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey must make people engagement a top priority
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CommentMind over matter is the key to improving health
An effective psychological tool for mindset change would go further to counter the burden of disease than current government thinking, writes Hemant Patel
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CommentIt's the workforce, stupid: or what's really going on with the deficit
The Health Foundation’s Anita Charlesworth on the real issues behind the shortfall in provider funds
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CommentPrints and the revolution
Don’t roll your eyes at the mention of 3D printing - its potential for good in the NHS is huge
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CommentLook in the staff survey mirror and ask: am I the bully?
The positivity so evident in the NHS and its staff should be celebrated - and the stain of bullying eradicated, writes Rob Webster
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CommentPeople power is the key to saving the planet
Top-down leadership plus harnessed emotional intelligence can create great change on sustainability
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CommentThose in early 60s defer treatment until retirement
People in their early 60s defer seeking treatment until they have retired, a big data investigation into hospital visits reveals. By Christelle Gendrin and Chris Morris
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CommentHow creating high value can lead to low cost
It’s wrong to think we must choose between good enough quality at lower cost and ever-higher quality outcomes
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CommentNiti Pall: Reducing costs by innovating
Innovating with people, process and technology is the way to reduce costs in the NHS
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CommentWe must nurture all the apples on the NHS tree
Part of the intention of HSJ and Serco’s new inquiry is to ensure the savings drive does not undercut the non-clinical workforce’s endeavours.