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CommentDiabetes: Helping hospitals learn from each other
Emily Watts outlines the recommendations of a new report on how hospital stays can be made safer for people living with diabetes and explains how hospitals that have adopted the recommendations are benefitting
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CommentHow the system can make the most of the unique role of specialist hospitals
The highest potential of specialist hospitals can be utilised with the help of international benchmarking, linking into regional agencies and enhancing the role of national bodies. By Liz Mear and Dr Charlie Davie
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The magic sofa fallacy
Andy Cowper gives the lowdown on the recently announced Budget and where did the extra NHS money in the Budget come from
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CommentThe Bedpan: The NHS after capitalism
The Bedpan is HSJ’s new weekly political column. This week, it features Paul Mason, former journalist and an intellectual driving force of the resurgent radical left.
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CommentThe chancellor got lucky this Budget but can that luck hold?
Anita Charlesworth notes that the chancellor narrowly avoided the impossible political choice of making good on the extra £20.5bn promised for the NHS with tax increases but the underlying reality remains unchanged
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CommentWhy Plymouth hospital is 'insourcing' an elective unit
University Hospitals Plymouth has announced a novel partnership with Care UK, for the independent provider to carry out a large amount of elective surgery. Ann James, Plymouth chief executive, and Jim Easton, of Care UK, explain the project.
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CommentCost efficient and compassionate care of the homeless
Pippa Medcalf and Deborah Lee on how Gloucester is tackling the problem of healthcare for the homeless
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Budget? Fudge it.
Andy Cowper on how a philosophical quandary faces the Chancellor as he presents the Budget
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CommentThe Bedpan: Stevens’ Tory Plan
The Bedpan is HSJ’s new weekly political column. This week, it features Fraser Nelson, the editor of Tory ‘house magazine’ the Spectator.
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CommentThe NHS needs to create a single point of access to all cancer data
An improved cancer dashboard provides the NHS with insight to become better at preventing cancer, writes Maisie Borrows
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CommentNHS accountants have a responsibility to act in the public interest
According to a pioneering survey undertaken over the summer by CIPFA, accountants in the NHS appear to feel more pressure to compromise their ethical values than those in the wider public sector, notes Dr Eleanor Roy
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CommentThe chances of changing the Health Act any time soon are remote
Nicholas Timmins says amending the Health and Social Care Act 2012 is not an easy task due to the current composition of Parliament
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Planning permission
Andy Cowper says the NHS has seen a lot of making of plans over the years and requires the permission of the system being changed to properly implement them
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CommentThe long term plan must break the cycle of winter crises
The coming winter is likely to be even more difficult than the last due to system wide demand/capacity gap, but the NHS long term plan offers a ray of hope to enable service transformation, says Claire Helm
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CommentWhat next for advanced clinical practice education?
If advanced practice education is to expand and evolve to meet changing population need, educators need to be able to invest in capacity, capability and staff, writes Professor Ruth Taylor
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CommentGreater investment in training of healthcare assistants is need of the hour
Healthcare assistants are increasingly plugging the workforce gap, spending more time with patients than nurses, but receive the least amount of training, says Professor Lynne Gell
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CommentDiversity and inclusion are not optional extras if the NHS wishes to improve
Roger Kline writes about the benefits of diversity and inclusion for the NHS
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CommentMaking the invisible, visible
Tara Donnelly recounts her experience of judging the 2018 HSJ Awards
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CommentPlace children and young people at the heart of the NHS long term plan
Considering a new report stating that child health outcomes in England are poorer than its western counterparts, NHS England should develop a Children and Young People’s Health Strategy as part of its long term plan, says Professor Russell Viner
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Grasping the nettles
The NHS leadership doesn’t seem ready to openly discuss the problems besetting the NHS, especially the workforce crisis, let alone seek meaningful solutions, notes Andy Cowper