All Long-term conditions articles – Page 9
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HSJ InteractivePartnership defined by purpose and shared values will make a difference
Rob Webster on how West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership has set out common points of agreement on its purpose, principles and approach and is working towards providing optimum healthcare to its people
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CommentNew QOF will improve quality of diabetes care
The new QOF will mitigate previous concerns about it encouraging mismanagement of complex patients and its retention will aid practices’ business continuity. By Robin Hewings
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NewsStroke units could close under new NHS England plans
A planned major reorganisation of stroke services could see the number of acute units in England cut by more than a third, with patients going to more specialised centres, HSJ understands.
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CommentWill the NHS long-term plan actually change health inequalities for BAME communities?
Dr Melrose Stewart writes that the NHS long-term plan is far from revolutionary when it comes to addressing healthcare inequalities
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NewsExclusive: Hidden epidemic 'dwarfing harm by hospital superbugs'
Harm done to NHS patients who deteriorate from spending too long in hospital has hit “epidemic” levels which “dwarf the damage done by hospital acquired infections”, a senior national adviser to the NHS has warned.
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NewsCCG accused of using 'flawed' test to cut spending on elderly
A clinical commissioning group has been accused of blocking potentially eligible patients from receiving continuing healthcare funding under a programme supported by NHS England.
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CommentWhat is needed from the long-term plan?
The NHS plan will set a direction of travel which looks set to create integrated care systems across England but there has been relatively little public debate over these bodies, notes Niall Dickson
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Expert BriefingPerformance watch: A new outpatients target?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsRegulators target £700m saving from ‘obsolescent’ outpatients
NHS bosses have identified £700m of potential savings in outpatient services as part of an overhaul of the £10bn workstream.
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CommentLong-term plan should grant greater local freedom to ICSs and STPs
With the long-term plan imminent, Niall Dickson discusses the challenges facing STPs/ICSs and ways to address them, especially through increased freedom for local systems
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CommentThe prevention agenda can tackle devastating diseases
The health and social care secretary’s prevention vision could, if given the backing it needs, really change the odds for people affected by heart and circulatory disease. By Simon Gillespie
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NewsMedical student numbers should double to avoid 'absolute disaster'
The number of medical students need to double in the next decade to avoid “an absolute disaster”, the new head of the Royal College of Physicians has told HSJ.
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CommentHow to enable the uptake of technology in the NHS?
Responding to Matt Hancock’s argument that the NHS will fall behind the curve if it waits to evaluate benefits before implementing new technology, Adam Steventon says evaluation is crucial and outlines four measures to ensure timely evaluation of new technology is achieved
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What the long term NHS plan will - and won't - do for integration
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping policy, providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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CommentGovernment must boost dementia research spending
Dementia is the health crisis of our time and the government needs to pull up its socks with an increase in dementia research, notes Hilary Evans
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Target inequalities, invest in general practice
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping policy, providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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CommentMore intelligent approach needed to redesign outpatient services
With outpatient activity often ignored in policy creation, Nigel Edwards delineates the learnings from an event held to hear from people who have fundamentally changed outpatient services
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CommentProviding consistent and humane end of life care
Ian Greenwood recounts the traumatic experiences of his late father to highlight NHS clinical inefficiency and inconsistent care and the importance of communicating end of life care plans
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CommentRunning to stand still
In light of the extra £20.5bn NHS funding, Anita Charlesworth outlines the various cost pressures that will likely consume most of the extra funding before improvements in quality and access can materialise
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Primary colours
Andy Cowper notes that most of the problems affecting the NHS are as much about the absence of well functioning relationships as they are about the lack of data