All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 53
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CommentOfsted-style ratings can only work with conditions
Hospitals are too complex for a simple ratings system
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Blogs
Tee tweets cockadoodledoo
It is a little known fact about Matt Tee – the NHS Confederation’s soon to be chief operating officer – that he was once interviewed by David Frost as a child.Mr Tee, the former all-sorts-of-things in and around the NHS and current boss of something called “Reputate”, took to Twitter ...
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Dr Dan's achievement map
Since a disastrous appearance at Unite’s health visitor conference and THAT flu jab photo back in November, things have been pretty quiet from junior health minster Dan Poulter.Aside from continuing to practice part time as a medical doctor, health policy fans might be wondering what the MP for Central Suffolk ...
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CommentYour Humble Servant: smelly lasagne
“A flute blower came along and said there was a stench in the lasagne parlour.”
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CommentCompetition isn't always the best option
We must be carfeul with how NHS competition is used
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Blogs
Pestilence and the art of public relations
Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust’s public relations people got in touch today to inform us that the trust “takes the issue of pest control very seriously”. Fantastic! Because so many other trusts treat pestilence as a great big giggle.“Any large organisation, including hospitals, will experience infestations on occasions, and, ...
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Differences in waiting times in Scotland and England
England’s waiting time guarantees are more inclusive than Scotland’s. Why?
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If the shark doesn’t get you HR will
Managing an employee’s sick leave and return to work is never straightforward once you look into their individual circumstances.
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BlogsHarkness Fellows: can payment reform improve public health?
Payment reform for healthcare delivery in the US could improve not only the service provided, but public health as well, writes Douglas Noble
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Supporting failure
The tendency to support failure: A common theme in the health service’s ritual hand wringing about why it fails to stimulate radical changes and new market entrants. It was one inevitably raised at the Healthcare Innovation Expo this week, the bonanza of idea exchanging - and product flogging - held ...
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Questionable aroma
Hearty End Game congratulations go to the team of volunteers who achieved a “professional relaxation qualification” via George Eliot Hospitals Trust.A graduation ceremony took place in February to recognise the team, who work on the trust’s Oasis Project, all of whom received an A grade in the diploma assessments.The project ...
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How will Monitor judge waiting times performance?
Monitor is out to consultation. My response explains why its approach to 18-week waits is perverse, and how to fix it.
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CommentCompetition, conspiracy and cock-ups
The row over the section 75 regulations has been chaotic
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CommentPatients can stop trusts playing the ratings system
New quality measures should be based on local patient input
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Patients vs the business case
The NHS is not subject to local democratic accountability. If you want to have more say in what happens to your local hospital maybe you should advocate a transfer to local government
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CommentWhistleblowing roundtable: How do you decide which concerns to focus on?
More ideas in our interactive graphic