All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 35
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CommentIT systems are an overlooked cog in the machine
Effective IT is essential to successful integrated care
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BlogsMan management is a funny old game
Managing conflict in the team and the art of getting rid of those who just won’t play ball
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Blogs
Do the CQC and Monitor understand 18 week waits?
The regualtors are applying the target in ways that deter hospitals from treating long waiting patients. Let’s hear the reasons why.
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News
An early spring
NHS England’s ambitious plans to link patient information across all care settings and build a powerful database are laudable – but its communication about the care.data project, somewhat less so.Following GPs getting quite uppity about data being taken from records before they had been given a chance to warn their ...
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CommentAsk not what your country can do for you
Do we need to rethink our relationship with the state?
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CommentHouses of care need solid foundations
Creating a successful healthcare programme can be done if we all work together
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Blogs
Doctors do it best
Word reaches End Game of an opulent evening out hosted by the Royal College of Physicians.The “Harveian Oration and dinner” is an annual feast to celebrate the memory of the college’s 17th century benefactor Dr William Harvey. Guests are treated to a look inside the RCP’s cubist-influenced headquarters, and a ...
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Blogs
Everybody hates a tourist
End Game was wearied to hear of the Department of Health’s latest publicity wheeze, which this time involved coming up with a new number to do with health tourism (£2bn, except really it’s £300m max) and acting all tough and resolute about making that number smaller in the future.We were ...
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CommentNHS England ‘land grab’ causes dismay
Providers are unhappy with specialised commissioning policy
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CommentThere is still hope for trusts seeking to merge
Bournemouth and Poole decision is not the end of the line
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Blogs
Customer added value
Word reaches End Game of a happy example of NHS leaders recognising that the wider public is a valuable source of information.An NHS England case officer had received a somewhat baffling request for information from a member of the public about whether retired GPs are able to work in private ...
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CommentNHS complaints procedure is a cause for grievance
The NHS needs a more compassionate approach
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Comment‘Health tourism’ and the China syndrome
Properly handled, health tourism is a legitimate target that should not be attracting the outrage it has
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Blogs
Horror movie
Oh good, an NHS trust has produced a video in an attempt to be funny while imparting an important but humdrum message.You may remember last year Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust had a hit with their flu fighters campaign video, which featured a normal bloke called Phil getting a hero’s ...
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Comment'There has been a deafening silence from clinicians for too long'
Clinical input is crucial to solving care quality issues
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CommentData lessons from the education sector
Comparing new ideas in handling health and education data
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: August 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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BlogsHunt's care plan puts burden on family before state
Jeremy Hunt’s proposals for looking after older people are all about ‘care closer to home’