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CommentSustained investment is needed to improve the mental health estate
Improved access to mental health services is in jeopardy if the infrastructure is not up to scratch, writes Paul Farmer
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CommentReducing emergency admissions from care homes: a measure of success for the NHS long-term plan?
Jennifer Dixon asks how the NHS long-term plan can support efforts to reduce emergency admissions from care homes.
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CommentLong-term neglect meets short-term politics
The new government may take short term steps to try to show “front line” improvement in the NHS, writes Dave West.
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CommentPrimary care networks are a quiet revolution
Primary care networks have huge potential, but how they interact with other NHS providers is crucial, argues Andrew Ridley
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CommentGovernment doesn’t yet have a winning team on prevention
Though the green paper on prevention incorporates some effective tactics as star player, it does not add up to a winning team, says Anna Dixon
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CommentThe NHS lags behind international peers on workforce
The UK lags international peers on investment in workforce and needs to start catching up, argues the NHS Confederation’s Layla McCay.
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CommentStart work on realistic workforce planning
Workforce culture at the NHS requires a seismic shift at every level, note Ben Gershlick, Billy Palmer and Suzzie Bailey.
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CommentThe Bedpan: Boris would think NHS management ‘fads’ are ‘ridiculous’
This week: Lord (Danny) Finkelstein of Pinner
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CommentBuild social prescribing into the architecture of the health system
Naomi Phillips on how social prescribing can reap benefits in the field of personalised care
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CommentHSJ Partnership Awards once again celebrate private sector contribution to the NHS
HSJ today launches the third edition of its Partnership Awards. These seek to celebrate the contribution made by private and third sector suppliers of goods and services to the success and sustainability of the NHS.
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CommentThe Bedpan: The poor can’t afford to follow public health advice
This week: Professor Sir Michael Marmot, professor of epidemiology and public health at University College London
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CommentStigma around medical burn-out is killing doctors, don't let it happen in your trust
With healthcare staff facing stress and burn-out in a stretched out healthcare system, NHS leaders can take simple steps to foster a workplace culture that enables staff to raise issues without fear, says Amandip Sidhu
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CommentWhat about the patients? Experience is the weakest of the three arms of quality
This week: Annie Laverty, chief experience officer, Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust
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CommentWhy the NHS's new ‘Windrush Generation' must get a better deal
Ben Simms on the NHS’s dual role in helping both international recruits and the countries they hail from
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CommentWaiting times reach 23 weeks as admissions falter
Elective waiting times have risen from 22 weeks to 23 weeks over the last 14 months, and there is still no end in sight. The target, of course, is just 18 weeks.
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CommentMove towards alternative approaches to NHS contracts
Aligned incentive or guaranteed income contracts shift the focus of providers to reducing waste and cost to achieve financial stability, notes Chris Ham
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CommentMaking the NHS a fairer and more supportive environment
Seen as ’outsiders’, overseas and BAME doctors are disproportionately referred to GMC and lack support, note Doyin Atewologun and Roger Kline
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CommentI am ashamed of the way the NHS treated my elderly aunt
Kieran Walshe shares an account of his aunt’s treatment that raises serious questions about the quality of care for the frail elderly
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CommentThe NHS needs to talk about productivity
The NHS needs to engage with local industrial strategies to boost booth health and economic sustainability says Michael Wood