All Health Service Journal articles in Opinion – Page 20
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News
Efficiency drive lies at the heart of PM's uncompromising message
The prime minister's interview with HSJ this week poses important questions for health service managers. Among the familiar - the NHS is important, managers do a good job - are some more subtle but pointed messages.
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Comment
Dr Marc Farr on understanding preventable injury
In February, the National Audit Office called the number of accidental injuries across the country a 'disgrace', with 2 million children a year visiting accident and emergency due to an accident.
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Comment
Moving down the line to financial stability
The recent merger of two acute trusts hints at things to come as struggling organisations are forced to re-examine their options. Chris Ham surveys the new structural landscape of the health service
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News
Don't leave unhappy medics to stew
'And there will be more points of conflict to come, such as the issue of where doctors work as opposed to where they are needed.'
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Comment
Laura Donnelly on overlooking talent
I heard a good story once about David Nicholson. Along with the rest of the 28 strategic health authority chief executives, he was waiting to meet health secretary Patricia Hewitt for the first time. A colleague turned to him: 'Well, David, when you met John Reid you told him you ...
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News
Laura Donnelly on honesty and political risks
'Admitting that the NHS does not always offer a 'world-class service' is a high political risk'
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Comment
Wanted: doctors to help redesign services
The need for more doctors to take on a management role has almost become a mantra, yet progress has been painfully slow. Penny Dash and Pam Garside examine the challenges and opportunities
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Comment
Overtime work and incentivising doctors
I am slightly amused that the '75 per cent.NHS workers do unpaid overtime' article is in the 'news' section. I qualified in 1983 and it has certainly been the norm for me for the last 24 years.
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Comment
Simon Stevens on a summer of discontent
'So as we head into TUC and party conference season, by comparison things actually look pretty tame here. Part of the problem is the way international health comparisons are used - and abused.'
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HSJ Knowledge
International development: 'Go and tell people what it's like here'
In the midst of grinding poverty, Malawi's tiny nursing workforce is fighting to meet the country's healthcare needs. Emma Dent reports
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Comment
Emma Dent on the dreaded lurgy
I have written before about my non-scientfic diagnosis of this condition, where tired bodies succumb to bugs and germs. I think it might be a sign that I should take a holiday
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Comment
In defence of e-patient records
It hasn't been often over the last few years that I have found myself agreeing with ITRichard Granger (News, 3 May) but here here!
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News
Noel Plumridge on disinvestment and decluttering
What would NHS managers dump on the hospital lawn ready for the crusher or eBay?
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Comment
HSJ debate: So you want to be a director?
HSJ 'Managers make a difference' Campaign: Whether it's the art of fostering effective relationships with clinicians, non-executives and politicians or demonstrating empathy with staff, what does the next generation of high-quality managers need? HSJ brought together six chief executives to provide some answers
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News
Simon Stevens on the great pbc debate
PBC is desirable but sadly not workable as a universal mechanism. It wasn't in the 1990s, and it isn't now
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Comment
A different kind of day at the office
The HSJChallenge offers managers the opportunity to escape their day jobs and pit their wits against their peers in a in a multi-agency health economy with more than its fair share of problems. The good news is that it's not for real. ...
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Comment
David Woodhead on public health
'Vicky was patronised by health professionals unwilling to listen to her views or take note of her experiences'