All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 44
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CommentAll NHS boards should have members under 30
‘Generation Y’ is at the forefront of a digital revolution
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Blogs
It's the vision thing
Joseph Chamberlain, the man who brought street lighting and paving to Birmingham, is generally considered the nation’s greatest public health visionary.But perhaps Public Health England can be seen to have similar visionary powers.A few months ago the organisation was widely mocked for producing an action plan to deal with a ...
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Blogs
Summer perils
We despaired for so long because the sun refused to appear. Now summer’s here it’s apparent that we’d forgotten the dangers of heat waves.End Game was thinking about leaving the office and heading home, and maybe taking the children for a trip around the sun-drenched garden on the ride-on mower, ...
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CommentWhy the NHS debate needs an independent voice
An ‘Institute for Health Studies’ could add transparency and trust to arguments
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CommentHow we decided HSJ's Inspirational Women list
One of the panel reflects on the judging process
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CommentWhen is a trust failure not a failure?
The ambiguity over FTs’ insolvency has consequences for mergers
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CommentTesco and Starbucks have little to teach the NHS
Why are we so keen to tell the NHS it can learn from the high street?
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CommentMichael White: profound questions about booze and fags
It is too easy to cry “outrage” over packaging and prices
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CommentLet's recruit, develop and plan leadership differently
Senior roles in NHS organisations can be performed collectively
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CommentChange and controversy go hand in hand in the NHS
Ruth Carnall reflects the lessons from her career in the NHS
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BlogsWe cannot let the NHS slip backwards
The NHS has come a long way in the last couple of decades − to keep gaining ground we need a national debate on the kind of NHS we want to see
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CommentLocal authorities should run commissioning
Democracy should have a part in how public money is spent
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CommentWill named clinicians for older people work?
Mr Hunt’s policy should be welcomed with some caution
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BlogsThe difference between a board and a cabinet
Council meetings tend to be a bit more rowdy than their NHS trust board counterparts
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Blogs
Circularity: the seventh C
The first two elements on NHS England’s list of essential elements of compassionate care, featured on a press release commemorating the service’s 65th birthday, bowled End Game over.They are (wait for it!): care and compassion.“Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment, are values essential to compassionate care,” says the document.End ...
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CommentThe NHS estate can be a driver for change
The service’s buildings are currently a cost and an obstacle
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CommentMichael White: the NHS's birthday presents
As a 65 year old, the NHS should also have someone caring for it
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LeaderEmployers should decide who is 'fit and proper'
The CQC must instead focus on quality of care
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BlogsWe're missing the signs of alcohol abuse among older people
The over 65 population is drinking in ever greater numbers, posing a new set of healthcare problems
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Blogs
The cuisine quality commission
A recent Care Quality Commission investigation has uncovered some unsettling truths about life in one north eastern town.Patients told the CQC that at Auckland Park Hospital, “They make an excellent meal here; [the] best in town”.End Game sympathies go to restaurant-goers in Bishop Auckland.