All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 24
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Blogs
Like a circle in a spiral
First, let us be absolutely clear that End Game is a profound supporter of NHS Change Day, and applauds both its aims and the outcomes of thousands of tiny improvements to make NHS services more considerate, caring and patient centred.But however committed our cheerleading, we will always be outclassed by ...
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BlogsLookey-Likey on the Radio Mikey
VaughanRoylesHere are two twinkly-eyed, football loving everyblokes.Both have a personal style combining keen intelligence with down to earth, homespun common sense.Both enjoy wholesome pursuits – though one is into cooking and the other prefers a countryside stroll.It seems the only things separating DJ Johnny Vaughan and Dean Royles, the NHS’s ...
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Blogs
Talking about talking about talking
There was so much sense talked at the NHS England Expo, and so very much of it tweeted out by NHS England’s media team, that it’s difficult to single out highlights.But a special mention goes to the SOCIAL COMMAND CENTRE – a sinister sounding piece of apparatus which in fact ...
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BlogsLove over fear in managing absenteeism
Managers need to show they care about the wellbeing of their employees
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Blogs
The long walk to the boardroom
Are we a bunch of hard-nosed hacks who have seen too much of the cutthroat world of health policy? Yes, probably so, but even End Game’s icicle heart was warmed by a recent missive from Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust.We opened the chief executive’s report expecting the financial warnings and ...
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BlogsYou can't run trusts like football clubs
It can take years for an underperforming organisation to get out of special measures
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CommentCommissioners must take the long view in neurological care
The funding of services requires vision
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CommentOur health attitudes and policies remain chaotic
Nanny state must hold its nerve on public health
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HSJ KnowledgeNow we must tune up hospitals' underpowered engines
John Drew continues his exploration of hospitals’ uphill struggle at the McKinsey Hospital Institute summit
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Blogs
Sixty per cent guff
The important matter of Monitor’s 2013-14 report and accounts was on the agenda at the regulator’s latest board meeting.It won’t be published until July. But it’s not surprising that the wheels have to be set in motion early when its proposed length is 86 pages.We’ll be honest - End Game’s ...
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Blogs
Jazz Expo
If NHS England had promoted care.data with the same gusto it advertised its own Expo in Manchester this week, it may well have avoided the unwelcome jaunt-up-poo-creak-sans-paddle-come-stool-storm it’s currently navigating.Care.data, which involves the laudable but tricky task of joining up patients’ health records without breaching their privacy, was advertised by ...
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Blogs
The Downfall of Tim Kelsey
It would be charitable to describe care.data as a communications fiasco, but anyone wondering about its impact on the status of NHS England’s national director for patients and information today received an unexpected answer.It came in the form of a Downfall parody video. Readers will surely be familiar with the ...
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