All Research articles – Page 3
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Comment
Dissent is too often mistaken for disloyalty in the NHS
System leadership teams will need to build a culture where dissent is not only welcomed but is regarded as an obligation and where everything is up for constructive challenge, writes John Coutts
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HSJ Partners
As hospital waiting lists surge, now is the time to utilise digital treatments
Asif Dewan on the way technology has helped treat conditions such as osteoarthritis more effectively than routine care
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HSJ Local
Trust chair accused of ‘misleading’ staff over critical report
The chair of a prominent cancer trust has sent a ‘misleading’ message to staff about the extent to which a critical draft report was significantly softened before being finalised.
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HSJ Local
Critical report on leading trust watered down ‘on an industrial scale’
Findings included in a draft report which were strongly critical of a prominent cancer trust were extensively deleted or softened before publication, HSJ has discovered.
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Comment
New regulation will balance safety and innovation
If the UK is to maintain its position as a champion of life sciences, its new regulatory regime must find the middle ground between safety and innovation, notes Lord Ara Darzi
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News
CCG vows action over ‘unequal opportunity’ and ‘inappropriate behaviours’
A clinical commissioning group has vowed to take action after a report found a ‘robust perception’ of unequal opportunity among staff from minority ethnic backgrounds, and ‘inappropriate language and behaviours’ from some managers.
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Comment
We need a more productive and sustainable relationship between the NHS and the life sciences industry
The relationship between the life sciences industry and its health system partners is sub optimal because the ambitions, constraints and risk appetites of the organisations involved in it are not sufficiently aligned. Change is needed to ensure that innovative new technologies get to patients quickly, argue Andrew Dillon and colleagues
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HSJ Local
Multiple failings in trust’s handling of £20m Roche deal, leak reveals
Multiple failings have been identified in how a leading cancer trust entered into a £20m research partnership with a large pharmaceutical company, and how bosses then reacted to concerns raised by staff.
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News
Major concerns over quality of care for those dying at home
A lack of face-to-face appointments during the coronavirus pandemic has significantly worsened the palliative care being provided to people at the end of their life, according to a survey of specialists.
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HSJ Interactive
How can the NHS use data to better meet patient needs as it responds and recovers from the covid crisis?
An HSJ webinar, in association with PA Consulting, explored the progress the NHS has made in its use of data and how better data could help it restore and reset services
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Comment
Research that makes a difference
Liz Mear and Breid O’Brien share insights from their research on embedding a research staff or team in varied practices and projects.
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News
Confusion and tensions over PCNs despite their ‘early operational success’
Major system challenges have been uncovered during primary care networks’ first year of operation, according to a study for the National Institute for Health Research.
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News
Exclusive: Pandemic exposing managerial ‘skills deficit’
The pandemic is threatening to expose a skills deficit among NHS managers, research exclusively shared with HSJ warns.
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News
Exclusive: Taxpayers cash could be used to fill hole created by fall in NHS private work
Taxpayers may have to make up for millions of pounds lost in NHS private patient income during the covid pandemic, HSJ can reveal.
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News
Trust in NHS ‘poor and diminishing’ among communities hit hardest by covid
There is growing distrust for the NHS and government in communities that are of fundamental importance to the national effort to counter covid, according to research by NHSX.
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Comment
Revealed: How NHS boards operated during the first covid peak
Prevailing board leadership behaviours are amplified during the protracted NHS emergency, write Ann Highton, Gillian Conway and Naomi Chambers
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News
New spending review demand for £260m on cancer
Health Education England could need additional investment of up to £260m to boost NHS staff numbers enough to meet growing need for cancer services, government has been told.
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News
Hold national bodies to same leadership standards as trusts, says CQC report
The leaders of NHS England and the Care Quality Commission should have their own performance subjected to the same assessment process they require for local providers, a report has said.
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Comment
Grave risk of inequalities becoming deeply ingrained due to covid
Julia Scott on the importance of a workforce that can deal with multiple rehabilitation needs – from emotional support to tackling respiratory and cognitive issues – in the coronavirus recovery phase
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News
Breast cancer missed in hundreds of women due to covid cancellations
Hundreds of women with breast cancer in London were not picked up by routine screening as services closed during the lockdown, officials have estimated.