All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 31
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CommentAre GP commissioning reforms logical?
There is dissatisfaction with arrangements for commissioning GPs
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CommentGetting the money right matters most to patients
NHS England can deliver better specialised care
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Blogs
Ta-ra Farrar
Joint ventures are soon to be all the rage, we hear.And innovation has always been important to the NHS Confederation, that pace setter in the vanguard of change.So what better occasion for the spirit of the age to be felt than at Confed chief Mike Farrar’s leaving party, which the ...
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CommentWhere does dementia policy go next?
The G8 summit on dementia is a big win, but national progress is stalling
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CommentMichael White: A year of 'everything for the best'
You needn’t be Dr Pangloss to hope for a better year in 2014
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Blogs
Esio Cat
As Roald Dahl’s regular illustrator, Quentin Blake drew snozzcumbers and Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. But even such a colourful imagination as his can struggle to comprehend the mysteries of NHS bureaucracy.Mr Blake sketched a new logo for Whittington Health Trust in north London: a goggle-eyed but chipper looking black cat, ...
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Blogs
The drive for equality and diversity in the NHS
Appointing a few high profile black leaders will not change the culture within NHS trusts
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Blogs
An apple a day
Vitality is an attribute normally associated with eating a leading brand of dog food – so End Game has long wondered what possessed a string of GP practices in Birmingham to call themselves “Vitality Partnership”.There are no dogs to be found on their website though. Overall that’s probably for the ...
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CommentGovernors are vital to a foundation trust's success
FTs must support their governors to improve the organisation
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Blogs
Kick the hornet's nest
An Essex trust is looking forward to welcoming a new intake of Filipino nurses, and sees no risk in the recruitment because they’re “more highly trained” than their English counterparts.The somewhat blunt assertion appeared in a paper discussed at Basildon and Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group’s latest board meeting and was ...
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CommentLord Darzi: A global response to the healthcare crisis
Patient-driven care stimulates innovation and boosts quality
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CommentFailure regime is no guarantee of success
The regime has so far been difficult to use and unfit for purpose
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CommentIntegrated care won't work without trust
There is a lack of trust between health and social care
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CommentWhat schools teach trusts about 'special measures'
The new CQC regime is a chance for hospitals to recover
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CommentMichael White: The coalition’s real U-turn
David Cameron is instinctively a pragmatic liberal Tory
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Blogs
Wicked whispers
So called “pace setting” leaders – who, according to convention, get results but leave underlings quivering and broken in their wake - have fallen out of favour in the NHS. Well, most of them are still in post but they’re all desperately unfashionable post-Francis.At the recent chief nursing officer’s summit, ...
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CommentBedlam trust: why we let cameras in
Trust explains its involvement with the Channel 4 series
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CommentRobotic devices can be the future of surgery
Robotic surgery can produce amazing patient outcomes