The mythbuster – Page 3
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: What should Darzi do?
Steve Black highlights the need for Lord Ara Darzi’s review of NHS performance to focus on diagnosing systemic issues through comprehensive evidence gathering, rather than jumping to premature solutions.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Is bringing back PFI a necessary evil?
Steve Black believes the PFI was a flawed approach to securing capital investment for the NHS, but suggests its revival might - nevertheless - be welcome.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Why the NHS is beset with bad decision making
The NHS must prioritise thorough policy testing, address root causes over symptoms, and consider long-term impacts for sustainable improvement says Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The three things that matter more than increased NHS funding
Steve Black outlines three policy areas that are more important to improving NHS performance than increasing the service’s budget.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Streeting sees the light on emergency care
Labour’s manifesto priorities overlook emergency care. Thank heaven then that Wes Streeting has committed to recovering A&E performance, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The weak link in the NHS chain that politicians wilfully ignore
Steve Black highlights the crucial role of management and support staff in improving healthcare delivery and cybersecurity resilience
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Cut staff to protect long-term investment
The NHS needs to make tough financial decisions now to create funds for crucial long-term improvements, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: If Wes Streeting becomes health secretary, what should he do first?
Steve Black’s advice to the aspiring next health and social care secretary, on how to build a better NHS.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: NHSE sees the light on productivity
NHS England changing its stance on NHS productivity is a major positive, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: One rule for the DHSC, another for the NHS
NHS capital spending, though well-intentioned, suffers from systemic flaws, leading to delays, inefficiencies, and unintended consequences, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The NHS should not scrap the four hour A&E target
Steve Black reviews the old and new arguments against the four hour target and why the NHS should not give up on it
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The hard choices the NHS avoids
Steve Black highlights how the NHS should opt for tough choices over popular solutions for sustainable improvement and productivity enhancement
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Trusts are to blame for the need to cut staff, not NHSE
NHS staffing cuts have sparked alarm, but budget mismanagement may be the real issue, not NHS England’s cost-saving demands
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The poverty of positive thinking
The NHS England’s penchant for positive spin on performance belies a deeper need for honesty and hope, crucial for organisational turnaround, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Why the Arts Council should have funded the planning guidance
The NHS planning guidance lacks focus. Too many goals prevent prioritisation of what is important, and fails to reflect on and learn from past actions, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Long A&E waits kill 35 people daily; why isn’t NHSE more concerned?
NHS England’s response to claims of excess deaths due to long A&E waits leaves a lot to be desired, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Digital workforce plan virtually ignores the greatest challenge
The draft NHS digital workforce plan leaked to HSJ fails to diagnose the causes of the biggest workforce problems or to present an effective action plan, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: magical thinking is driving the NHS’s adoption of AI
NHS’s fervent embrace of AI lacks critical analysis and overlooks many potential problems, risking futile investment in technological solutions over more practical problem-solving, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The good, the bad, and the ugly truth of productivity
This year’s Nuffield Trust summit shed light on the challenges of improving productivity, from empty promises to the complexities of AI, while also exploring the cultural barriers hindering meaningful conversations on the topic, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The worst conspiracy theory in history
Via a deep dive into the 1982 Conservative Cabinet memo, Steve Black sheds light on the NHS’s enduring resistance to privatisation throughout its extensive history