All articles by Mark Britnell
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CommentBritnell: 'Protect the NHS' was an expression of 'anxiety'
The performance of other countries successfully tackling the coronavirus pandemic has shown that investing in services such as public health is the bedrock of economic success, not a drain on it and the UK should take note, writes Mark Britnell
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CommentThe NHS must prepare for the global workforce war
As a worldwide healthcare workforce crisis gathers pace, the NHS can play a major role in boosting productivity in the UK in view of Brexit, says Mark Britnell
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CommentForward view analysis: The new Stevens deal
He’s demanding politicians make their contribution
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CommentMark Britnell: What industry teaches the NHS about self-management
There must be support to help patients self-manage
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CommentMark Britnell: we must take the fear out of healthcare transformation
Square up to the challenge
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CommentCut the platitudes and get staff motivated
Sustainable change depends on having staff that care
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Mark Britnell: open for business
There is still time for the NHS to regain its status as the best health system in the world, argues Mark Britnell.
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CommentFrom Tokyo to Torbay, integrating services will prove to be the future
Healthcare services in Torbay, England and in Tokyo, Japan both provide valuable insight into how the health service in the UK might look in the future. In getting ready, there are some stark lessons to learn, writes Mark Britnell.
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CommentIntegrated care needs the clinical-managerial marriage to work
Integrated care is the new Holy Grail but it won’t happen without some bold new relationships, says Mark Britnell.
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CommentBritnell: the NHS performs amongst the best but it can be better
Just over two years ago, as some people knew, the NHS saved my life. My family and I shall always be grateful to it and will always support it.
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CommentMark Britnell: the NHS funding model is no longer 'resilient'
A sophisticated discussion on how – and how much – the health service should be funded is badly needed to avoid undoing two decades worth of progress.
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Comment'Without a firm battle plan, consortia might find themselves neither here nor there'
The grand old health secretary risks getting the new consortia stuck on the hill, unless a change in strategy to push them higher up the slope of success is attempted.
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CommentSuccessful healthcare mergers, like marriages, need a lot of hard work
Mergers and acquisitions of healthcare organisations in the developed world have become much more commonplace over the last decade.
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CommentMark Britnell: quick fixes for making efficiency gains
Some people think more cash is coming for the NHS, but just in case it isn’t, here are some instant gains we can make in the meantime
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CommentMark Britnell: Have foundation trusts realised their potential?
Australian interest in foundation trusts has thrown their achievements into stark relief
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CommentMark Britnell: PCTs can carve out a new role
Judging from the anxious reaction to the white paper this is not a time for the faint-hearted. It is time for bold leadership. For those who relish disruptive innovation, this is the time to seize the opportunities presented by discontinuity.
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CommentMark Britnell on increasing NHS productivity
The new health secretary, Andrew Lansley, has already gone on public record to suggest that £15-20bn in efficiency savings may be needed.
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CommentMark Britnell on keeping the wolf from the NHS door
The annual deficit in public expenditure is 13 per cent of GDP. This cannot continue, but what should the next government do? It will have three main levers: increase revenues; reduce spending commitments; and achieve more for less current spending.
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CommentMark Britnell on the future of Agenda for Change
Agenda for Change does not need to be scrapped and renegotiated - just applied properly