All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 48
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Thinking the unthinkable
End Game warmly congratulates the Conservative Party for bravely recognising the scale of the challenge the NHS faces, and daring to think outside the box in public.In this case “the box” they are thinking outside of is the principle of treatment based on clinical need.A Tory consultation paper picked up ...
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CommentPrepare for the workforce boom
The DH has to face up to 20,000 future unemployed hospital doctors
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CommentMichael White: a bad week for GPs and MPs
The papers stir up the battle between doctors and politicians
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More NHS related cakes
After the extraordinary “Bristol stool tart”, End Game is delighted to learn that that more clinicians have decided to express their love for their jobs through the medium of cake.Members of the Royal College of Midwives have done themselves proud (and End Game a favour) by producing a breathtaking array ...
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Scents and sensibility
End Game has a wide range of interests, but normally we draw the line at cosmetics, so when a perfumer sent in a press release about some new smells they’ve made, we were all about hit “delete” without further thought.But just before we did, we got a whiff of something ...
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CommentThe Care Bill ignores Francis' recommendations
Examining the government’s Care and Support Bill
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Moore confusion over women at the top
Sir David Nicholson’s resignation (as exclusively revealed by HSJ - you’re very welcome) sparked a predictable frenzy of bile, praise and speculation about who will replace the big beast.While health select committee head honcho Stephen Dorrell has no jurisdiction over the selecting the new Commandant, his choice would at the ...
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The dance of innovation
End Game learns of more evidence of innovation from a commissioning support unit.NHS South CSU has listed a set of private sector partner organisations on its website. This is in line with what policymakers had strongly suggested CSUs should do, to pull in expertise and new ways of doing things ...
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The wisdom of crowds
The group campaigning for Stafford Hospital to remain open now have a new song to get behind, End Game learns.Titled 50,000 People Can’t Be Wrong, the song is available to listen to on YouTube or to download from Amazon.In End Game’s experience, NHS songs tend to fall into three categories: ...
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Big data should inform commissioning decisions
More data is available to the NHS than ever, so we should use it when making commissioning decisions.
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The Bristol stool tart
Readers who work in a clinically-focused setting will be familiar with the Bristol Stool Chart – a table which helps doctors and nurses understand digestive health by setting out seven distinct categories of human faeces.Sometimes a pictorial version can be seen on wards or in staff rooms.Well, presumably concerned that ...
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Blogs
A touching message
It is gratifying to discover that the NHS in Warrington continues to nurture bold and experimental approaches to the English language.Regular readers may recall that the commissioning support unit for Cheshire, Warrington and Wirral last year won one of the Plain English Campaign’s Golden Bull awards – given for the ...
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CommentMichael White: a gloomy picture of A&E
The inevitable result of soaring demand and dwindling resources
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CommentWhy hospital failure is fine, but passing is not
Examining Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of high mortality rates
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The DH's epic quest
The government’s Care Bill “will give people peace of mind in hospital, care homes and their own homes”, trumpets the headline of a recent Department of Health press release.Excellent. End Game is all in favour of peace of mind. How are ministers going to impart it to the nation?Helpfully, a ...
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CommentThe NHS needs a more mature attitude to patient safety
NHS England must allow open reporting and tough decisions
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CommentNow is the time to invest in NHS leaders
NHS staff deserve more support in their new roles, says Karen Lynas
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Blogs
The power of an HSJ blog
A trip to the health centre suggests local general practice staff have been reading my blog.
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Blogs
Little known FoI exemptions, from CSU Cassander
End Game’s esteemed colleague CSU Cassander identifies some little known exemptions to the pesky Freedom of Information Act