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CommentIntegrated care has the potential to improve health outcomes
Chris Ham and Anna Charles outline the findings and recommendations of the health and social care committee’s review of integrated care development in the NHS
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise
Andy Cowper on why if we collude with a fear narrative by lying about NHS finances, then we are lost
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CommentRisks to the NHS when referring to private hospitals
With numerous systemic patient safety problems in private hospitals, the NHS cannot shirk its responsibility if patients are harmed in private hospitals, says Colin Leys
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CommentHow can pharma support NHS service change?
Steve How, Paul Midgley and Oli Hudson, of the Wilmington Healthcare Consulting Team, find some answers in NHS England guidance for commissioners
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CommentIntegration is not all about structure or organisational form
It is high time the community health sector was brought in from the cold and used as a willing flexible partner to redesign care for urgent and long care needs of our local populations, writes Matthew Winn
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Happy National Lying About the NHS Deficit Day!
Andy Cowper muses on NHS Improvement’s misleading quarter four data on NHS finances
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CommentPatient leadership for real - The Sussex model for patient partnership
With patients as trusted equals in decision making, Sussex MSK Partnership (Central) appointed the first patient director in the NHS to facilitate patient partnerships for improvement and governance, says David Gilbert
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CommentA new funding settlement needs to put the NHS in everyone’s pocket
Smart use of funding can help people to benefit from digital innovations in health and care
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Comment'NHS Assembly': clear purpose, inclusiveness and sufficient power needed
A spirit of humility and collaboration must be inculcated in the “NHS Assembly’’ for the sake of co-designing and co-producing the 10 year plan for the service. By Jeremy Taylor
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CommentEqually Well UK: bridging the divide between mental and physical health
The Equally Well UK initiative aims to improve the physical health of people living with mental illness through collaborations with organisations across the health system, says Andy Bell
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CommentAmbition to save more lives from cancer is vital for NHS plan
A multiyear budgeting approach is needed to achieve transformation in cancer care and make long-term savings
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CommentA lot to praise in Lord Carter’s report, but no practical solutions
Wendy Burn discusses the findings and limitations of the recent review of community and mental health services by Lord Carter
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CommentCowper’s Cut: A money and numbers game
With recent reports on the need to raise healthcare spending in UK through tax increases, Andy Cowper ponders on the money and numbers game being played out
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CommentSetting up a subsidiary maximises benefits and mitigates risks
Focusing on proportionate regulation and communication is key to setting up subsidiaries effectively and responsibly
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CommentFuture healthcare funding will require tax increases
Anita Charlesworth discusses the dilemma facing the government: improving the quality of the health service through a rise in healthcare spend or increasing the low level of taxes
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CommentThe data debate: What is really needed to transform NHS care
Kay Boycott argues that while data sharing is imperative to transform NHS care, it must be married with the use of new healthcare technologies, robust safeguards and continuing dialogue with patients.
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CommentThe Lansley reforms succeeded in unintended ways
Half a decade on, Nick Timmins assesses the impact of the Lansley reforms and the first five years of NHS England
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The less deceived
Andy Cowper ruminates on drawing a line between experience and cynicism when it comes to NHS politics and management
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CommentCommunity services – the glue in the system
Georgia Butterworth argues that we need to recognise and build on the massive untapped opportunities presented by strengthening community services
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CommentTrue integration must start with the local economy
If we want to earn the trust of local authorities we need to be talking with them about the financing of social care, not just the provision