All Opinion/columnist articles – Page 4
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CommentCommissioners must help defuse England’s cancer time bomb
Tackling the looming cancer challenge
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CommentPoliticians must come clean on how they plan to fund the NHS of the future
The war for Number 10 begins
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HSJ KnowledgeThink differently: Nine ways to adopt good ideas for NHS change
The Change Challenge campaign
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CommentMPs' links with private health companies and why they matter
They are influencing the election
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HSJ KnowledgeScrap the programme: Successful change starts with a change platform
The change challenge campaign
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CommentElection 2015: Party politics offer little new year cheer
Reality bites for political parties in 2015
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – commissioning: Stevens’ style reinforces his position
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-COMMISSIONINGHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-COMMISSIONING Simon Stevens’ immense political capital means much of the power and influence in the commissioning system sits with him in the top spot. Were they allowed, the judges might have considered inventing a position above number one for him.His position is ...
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – safety and quality: Post-Francis NHS must stay safe without spending more
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-SAFETYHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-SAFETY After the sea change in focus on quality and safety that followed the 2013 Francis report, 2015 will be about ensuring the issue remains at the top of the list in the face of an ever more challenging financial position.The pre-eminence ...
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – providers: Trusts will weather a time of faltering and flux
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-PROVIDERSHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-PROVIDERS The provider sector is facing significant upheaval in 2015 - even before you take into account the finance and performance problems trusts will undoubtedly face.Simon Stevens’ “horses for courses” approach to pushing new organisational forms for NHS providers might sit awkwardly ...
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – integration: The ‘joined up’ thinkers at the heart of party policy
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-INTEGRATIONHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-INTEGRATION In various forms, integration is the dominant principle underpinning the policy offers from all three major parties, and in particular explains the positioning of Norman Lamb and Andy Burnham in the top 100.Mr Lamb (16) can lay claim to being the ...
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – workforce: Recruitment set to become key political battleground
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-WORKFORCEHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-WORKFORCE The last 18 months has seen an unprecedented focus on the NHS workforce following the Francis report into the failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and this is unlikely to lessen in the coming year despite mounting financial pressures on acute ...
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – technology: Amateur night is over but top tech talent is still wanting
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-TECHNOLOGYHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-TECHNOLOGY NHS England’s national director for patients and information Tim Kelsey (42) sent out an unequivocal message to health service leaders last month to mark the launch of an NHS national technology strategy.“Interoperability and safe digital record keeping is no longer a ...
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CommentEngland's £250m waiting list initiative slips again
October was another flop for the government’s waiting list policy
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CommentTime to tackle spiralling Scottish outpatient waits
Attention needed to restore short waiting times in Scotland
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CommentBuilding future NHS organisations starts with citizens
Empower patients to take more control over their own care
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CommentFour reasons to be optimistic about the future of healthcare
Why the future is looking brighter
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