All Public health articles – Page 2
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News
NHS overly protective of its workforce, says social services leader
The new president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services has accused the NHS of wanting to “protect its workforce” at the cost of developing a more effective health and care system.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: A high stakes game of chicken
A controversial new care model has come under fire from trust leaders, who have warned that patients and clinicians are coming to harm.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: The victims of the DHSC’s silent restructure
In this week’s podcast, we talk more about the decimation of England’s national public health unit less than three years after it was created.
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Comment
The future of our health service lies in the power of community
Six principles will help the NHS unlock the power of community organisations to tackle profound health inequalities, says Locality chief executive Tony Armstrong.
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Comment
Councils and the NHS can ‘level up locally’ together
Rachael Shimmin, Buckinghamshire Council’s chief executive, sets out how local government and NHS leaders collaborating can “level up” local inequalities in prosperity and health.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: What the DHSC restructure means
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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News
Exclusive: National agency ‘decimated’ in DHSC restructure
Ministers have “effectively dismantled” England’s national public health unit less than three years after creating it, sparking criticism from a former Tory health minister and sector leaders, HSJ has learned.
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Comment
Cuts to HIV services put elimination goal at risk
Cuts to HIV testing ignore worrying increases in positivity and put the UK’s HIV elimination ambitions at risk. We must react and protect these vital services, writes Vanessa Apea
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: New model neighbourhood
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Comment
How Healthwatch helps the NHS engage with communities
As 2024 begins, Louise Ansari, CEO at Healthwatch England, highlights some of the projects that made a difference for patients last year while showing the vital role of local action. We need to hear more of such examples in the new year.
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Comment
Those with multiple conditions are the core customers of the NHS
One in four of us are now living with multiple long-term conditions, and this proportion is growing as the population ages. Charlotte Augst, director for policy, campaigns and improvement at Diabetes UK, says this should be a useful lens for service planning and design.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Awards 2023: Place-Based Partnership & Integrated Care Award
Winner Walsall Together Walsall Together – Collaborating for Happier Communities
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News
Tory leadership candidate appointed health minister
Two new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle.
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News
Stevens hits out at raft of ‘pound foolish’ government decisions
‘Chronic short-termism’ by government is undermining the nation’s ability to respond to another pandemic, a previous NHS England chief executive has said.
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HSJ Interactive
HSJ webinar discussed how ICSs could best build economic and social value among their populations
In association with An on-demand version of this webinar is available. As part of their fundamental goal of improving health among their populations, integrated care systems also have opportunities to explore the benefits of their wider positions as local employers and influencers. By developing this “anchor institution” ...
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Comment
How paid 'lived experience partners' can enhance care
The Health Innovation Network transformed its approach by embedding strategic lived experience partners, enhancing co-production, and fostering meaningful community engagement, thus shaping healthcare projects and dismantling traditional power barriers
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Comment
The way ambulance trusts work has not always delivered, so we’re changing
London Ambulance Service Trust’s CEO Daniel Elkeles discusses the trust’s new five-year strategy and the three missions it aims to achieve
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Income 20 pounds, expenditure 20 pounds ought and six, result s.114
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior content editor Hayley Kirton.
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Comment
‘It was as if we didn’t exist’ – shoe family’s harrowing tale
Underfunding and negligence may have been contributory factors as single mother loses family home, reports Julian Patterson
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News
ICSs warned over free drug deals
Integrated care systems have been warned against signing deals with pharma companies offering medicines free-of-charge in order to access the market before they are properly assessed or commissioned.