All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 25
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HSJ KnowledgeLessons from India: how to improve care with limited resources
First dispatch from senior NHS leaders’ research trip
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HSJ KnowledgeSix questions about the increase of children in A&E
Andreas Hadjitheoris wants your views on what’s really happening in A&E
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BlogsScottish waiting times still worsening
Waiting times are getting worse in Scotland, but you wouldn’t know it from the government’s press release.
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CommentThe Welsh NHS is the latest political football
The ‘crisis’ is more about politics than health
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BlogsThere was no 'golden era' to be a public sector worker
Despite the perpetual challenges facing the public sector, young people still want to be social workers, teachers and nurses
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By the rivers of Babylon, or what Ali Parsa did next
Babylon! The Mesopotamian city-state, whose hanging gardens were considered the one of the wonders of the world.Babylon! Founded two millennia before Christ, whose ruins could be seen from the window of one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces.Babylon! Site of the mythic tower of Babel, that enduring allegory for man’s hubris!Babylon! Seat ...
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BlogsLife on the front line is tough wherever you work
Many nurses want to move jobs, but the causes of their disillusionment go far beyond their current trust.
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CommentThe friends and family test is much more than a target
The survey can bring the NHS into the 21st century
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BlogsCQC to improve referral to treatment monitoring
The CQC are improving their 18-weeks monitoring. It still isn’t perfect, but that may not be entirely their fault.
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Update the unwritten rules of workplace behaviour
More staff feeling they can be open about their sexuality is a measure of progress in terms of equality
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CommentSometimes the NHS needs a sensible spot of panic
We need to kick up a fuss over old problems
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BlogsSandbags, dredging and waiting times forecasts
What can the NHS learn from the Environment Agency’s management of flood risk?
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Your 18 week waits: December 2013 data
Interactive maps of local NHS waits around England, showing the pressures and one-year-waits, with links to all the detail by organisation and specialty.
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Stop looking for a quick fix from the private sector
The government puts too much emphasis on leadership and has too much admiration for private sector management
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And so it begins: the decline of 18 week waits
The waiting list usually shrinks from August to December. Not this time. The waiting list now looks set to pass the 3 million mark around Easter, and there is a risk of England-wide 18 week breaches this year.
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CommentEnough reports, let's focus on the recovery
Give managers time to implement NHS culture change
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