All Health Service Journal articles in Opinion – Page 33
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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: 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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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: 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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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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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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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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Comment: Confidence in achievement shines through from HSJ awards
'There is sometimes concern that being seen to celebrate success is akin to bad taste when there are so many pressures in the system and on individuals'
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Emma Dent on days off
'It's as if working in education, health or social care should be some kind of prolonged, low-level punishment rather than a fulfilling, rewarding experience.'
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Andrew Jones on clinical management
A lack of understanding on either side only contributes to ludicrous meetings where the only obvious collective truth is self-preservation.
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Your Humble Servant: Cyborgs on order
'This was the latest shipment of cyborgs destined for NHS Direct, which included a model that could put over a thousand calls on hold per minute.'
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Mike Cooke on mental health
'Cross-cutting government initiatives on respect, anti-social behaviour, mental health and social inclusion and incapacity benefit are all beginning to emerge.'
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Comment: Trusts feel squeeze from PCTs' tight grip
'Foundations should not be surprised if PCTs prove fierce negotiators this year. However, their complaint is about a lack of planning.'
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Comment: PCTs need certainty of consultations to innovate
'You cannot be certain of a consultation's outcome, however important to you, but that makes it all the more vital you are certain of the process.'
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Emma Dent on teenage kicks
'Our sex education was adequate although we did not get onto the juicy stuff until, frankly, it was too late for some. I thank the pages of teen mag Just Seventeenfor my best information.'
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Hilary Thomas on clinical management
'My unwanted effects present a long, weary list of moans. These demonstrate just how much my uncomplaining patients have been through'
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Comment: Responsibility and beliefs key to next stage of choice
'The government believes the 'where' of care resonates with the public at least as much as the 'how?'.'
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Comment: Anger as fitness for purpose programme fails on fairness
'Rather than PCTs being helped to consider and work on weaknesses in a supported way, they are in effect invited to merely record what they already know.'
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Your Humble Servant: Project Stepford
‘You are either in a lot of trouble or are just the sort of twisted mind we need’