All Health Service Journal articles in Opinion – Page 2
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Comment: Greater Manchester's health inequality woes resonate widely
'The Audit Commission report makes clear that reconfiguration 'is damaging the potential for more successful joint developments,' creating rifts and instability.'
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Why the NHS must wake up to the medical technology gap
If the UK is to match other advanced countries, major investment in technology is essential. But predicting real demand can be difficult. Joe Rafferty and colleagues may have the answer
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John Seddon on lean times
The clearest indication that the 'tool heads' don't understand the problem is their assertion that the lean tools will help the NHS meet its targets
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Comment: the HSJ50, an index of ideas and influence
'This is very deliberately a snapshot of influence, and already the sands are shifting'
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Jonathan Andrew on measuring value
A system that compares value for money across healthcare systems is vital, argues Jonathan Andrew
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Comment: New NHS chief executive lays plans for funding revolution
'Mr Nicholson wants to look at how funding can be released so trusts have to rely less on a system which is in effect designed to produce a deficit.'
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McKinsey bid: controversy but no scandal
'The suspicion will be that the people who shaped the market will profit from its creation'
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Comment: Referrals must soar for ITCs to fulfill intended role
'Concerns will be increased by the fact that the second wave of ITCs will not, as previously indicated, be risk-free to commissioners.'
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Comment: Boards and charters are not simple politics-free fixes
'Without a link to elected people, the board would feel adrift and vulnerable.'
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Charles Core on Hepatitis C
1 October brings World Hepatitis Awareness Day, but on the domestic stage the NHS is struggling to cope, writes Charles Gore
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Mike Cooke on mental health
'For mental health and related illness, problems and conditions one needs to be convinced about the who, what and why of the choices on offer.'
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Your Humble Servant: washing your hands of it
‘Pathology will be exported to Belgium, mental health will now fall under the council’s community support officers and treated with ASBOs.’
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David Mobbs on health inequalities and the market
Nuffield Hospitals' David Mobbs argues that those who rail against the market stand to make health inequalities worse
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Hilary Thomas on talking about illness
'Two messages from old friends began 'What terrible news about your health' and 'Not good news!' and then switched subject in the next line'
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Comment: Keeping afloat in a topsy-turvy market
'Central and Greater Derby primary care trust deserve congratulation for innovating in a way that promises to improve the quality of services.'
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Comment: Win some and lose some - our verdict on the conferences
So as this year's party conferences recede over the horizon, who had a good or bad time of it?
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David Lock on an independent NHS
An independent NHS board would be good news for ministers - but what about managers, wonders David Lock
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David Woodhead on gardening for the mind
'She was clear that picking up a spade and plunging it into the ground enabled her to channel some of the anger she had felt the previous week at work.'
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Emma Dent on slim pickings
Overhearing 17-year-olds fixating on how much weight you can gain and still look 'normal' has made me distinctly uncomfortable of late