External contributors – Page 99
-
CommentSimon's disease and what to do about it
A three part analysis can help the commissioning body calculate the change in emergency admissions, focusing on reducing total healthcare activity
-
CommentWe'll take a fresh look at clinical leadership in the NHS
Andrew Murrison on why his all-party parliamentary group on clinical leadership and management will overcome the partial observance of Roy Griffiths’ recommendations
-
CommentWhy the forward view's target is in danger of being missed
The NHS must radically rethink its approach to productivity during the Five Year Forward View refresh in March, or key assumptions underpinning the high level plan will unravel
-
CommentWhy the 'good year' has not been good enough on efficiency
The required progress is not being made in NHS finances, storing up trouble for the future, writes Rob Whiteman
-
CommentTake the less trodden path of volunteering overseas
Laura Spratling shares her experience of volunteering in a hospital of Sierra Leone
-
CommentAnalysis: Emergency care reforms delayed pending answers on social care
Details of an overhaul of emergency care targets have been delayed, as senior figures in the health and care system await a potential government intervention to support social care services, HSJ understands.
-
CommentWinter in the NHS is all year round: here's how we can cope
What can A&E departments do to tackle acute admissions in light of rapidly escalating, crisis-level statistics, asks Jenny Simpson
-
CommentPreparing for the impact of Brexit on health in the UK
In the aftermath of Brexit, it is essential that the NHS gain public support for the continued recruitment of clinical and scientific staff from the EU
-
CommentThe dangers of tying reconfiguration to seven day standards
It is essential that commissioners and STP leads learn the lessons of the London Quality Standards, says Silvia Machaqueiro
-
CommentStraight talk is the only way to win the public's trust on STPs
We must sweep away jargon and speak our message loudly and clearly if the public are to embrace sustainability and transformation plans
-
CommentReframing frailty care – what can we learn from mental health?
Four challenges must be overcome if society and NHS decision makers are to heed the valuable lessons from another sector
-
CommentUnderstanding the right and wrong time for intervention
Use of charts by hospital boards can help decision makers set control limits to performance indicating where intervention may be required
-
CommentNow it’s 20 weeks - elective waiting times at pre-target levels
English waiting times rose sharply in December, driven by the growing waiting list and winter pressures. And there was a sharp drop in the proportion of local hospital services achieving the 18 week target. By Rob Findlay
-
CommentEstablish the principles of a just culture for staff
A just culture is compassionate and does not blame staff to ensure that they learn when things go wrong
-
CommentIntegration of health and social care – working and not working?
Integration is looking less and less like a panacea and more of a long term vision
-
CommentWill the NHS never learn?
Patient safety campaigner James Titcombe gives his reaction to MPs’ report on why the health service is still so slow to heed the lessons of the past
-
CommentThe one lesson that the US and UK can learn from each other
Ideological differences between America and the UK don’t mean total incompatibility when it comes to making their systems better
-
CommentBreak the silence on sexual abuse
The NHS is raising awareness of sexual abuse and violence in the hope of reducing it and also to provide much needed support to the victims
-
CommentTen ways to speed up the forward view improvements
It’s taking too long to deliver the necessary improvements – here are some thoughts on what we should prioritise
-
CommentThe big change that can reduce medical errors
There is compelling evidence that flattening the NHS hierarchy and introducing staff self management would reduce mistakes in the NHS