External contributors – Page 6
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CommentCompetition between GPs and pharmacies is hampering service integration
Community pharmacies are vital to NHS reforms, but funding, workforce, collaboration and digital barriers threaten their expanded role, write RAND Europe’s Robert J. Romanelli, Saoirse Moriarty and Maggie Bradford
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CommentWe are wasting the NHS’s management consultancy expertise
Internal NHS consultancy teams offer trusted, cost-effective transformation support - yet remain underused and fragmented, and need strategic recognition and investment
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CommentFor neighbourhood care to work, we must close wards
Daniel Elkeles highlights how neighbourhood health can transform care but must scale with clear roles, shared incentives and enough resources to reduce hospital demand and cost
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CommentSomething has to give on ICB redundancies
Funding uncertainty and delays risk undermining ICB reforms essential to delivering the NHS 10-Year Plan, writes Kathy McLean
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CommentAn NHS-only neighbourhood health service would be ruinously expensive
Community-led eye care is primed to be a much-needed win for the 10-Year Health Plan – so long as we are sensible about what we mean by “community”, writes Adam Sampson, CEO of the Association of Optometrists
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CommentMackey’s subco plan is risky and unnecessary
Now is not the time to subject low-paid workers to morale-sapping outsourcing, says Unison general secretary Christina McAnea
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CommentThe hidden risks within community services are being ignored
Steph Lawrence, CEO of the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing, warns that insufficient staffing is leading to care being missed and patient deaths
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CommentEnsuring public money serves the public good
A bold initiative in Birmingham and Solihull is linking supplier partnerships to social impact, transforming outcomes for children and families
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CommentGovernment must be even bolder with its plans for the NHS App
Dr Charlotte Refsum outlines how to deliver the NHS App as a world-class patient portal
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CommentBME staff are sick of being told lack of career progression is nothing to do with race
The Taskforce for Diversity in NHS Communications has uncovered systemic issues affecting BME staff progression, but these can be overcome by concerted action, writes Edna Boampong
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CommentElective recovery is leaving minority ethnic patients behind
New analysis reveals stark inequalities in elective care waits, highlighting deprivation, ethnicity, and digital exclusion as key barriers to equitable recovery
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CommentRegulation of managers must be equitable as well as effective
New NHS manager regulation must go beyond disbarring – supporting standards, equity, and leadership development to truly improve healthcare leadership, writes Saffron Cordery
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CommentSustained, small steps will deliver a digital by default NHS
The NHS must not repeat past failures in its attempt to shift from analogue to digital services
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CommentTwo cheers for the 10-Year Health Plan's CVD ambitions
Preventing cardiovascular disease offers a major opportunity to improve health, reduce inequalities and strengthen the economy, but stronger action is needed
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CommentPoliticians must stop their unthinking defence of hospital care
To fulfil the 10-Year Health Plan’s vision of a community-centric service, politicians and local leaders will need to align their actions and engage collectively with the communities for whom this matters, writes Helen Buckingham
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CommentFT governors should not be abolished
The 10-Year Plan shows little understanding of the role of governors of foundation trusts, writes Ken Jarrold
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CommentList cleaning keeps elective recovery on track
Validation exercises kept waiting list recovery on track in May… but the outlook is poor for June and July’s figures.
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CommentDoctors must be enabled to do more research
Doctors face mounting pressures that leave little time for research, threatening the future of innovation in the NHS
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CommentCut in haste, repent at leisure
A cautionary tale about cuts, consensus, and getting it wrong if we move too fast, from Andi Orlowski
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CommentThe heavy lifting on NHS financial reform is still to come
The 10-Year Health Plan sets out a compelling vision, but its success will depend on overhauling financial systems to truly transform care, writes Anita Charlesworth