The mythbuster – Page 4
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: the bed occupancy metric is useless, but automation can fix the problem
NHS’s reluctance to automate data collection hinders operational efficiency. Real-time insights are crucial for tackling waiting times effectively
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The six ways the NHS screws up making things better
Steve Black sets out the six steps to developing and implementing good policy – and then examines how the NHS too often fails at each of those steps.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Fixing the NHS in 30 years won’t help it survive till then
Despite some commendable insights on the NHS’s challenges, a new commission report fails to explain why historic ideas and recommendations repeatedly fail to take hold.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The NHS deserves better than this rhetorical bumfluff
Steve Black sheds light on how the portrayal of misaligned priorities and superficial solutions for the NHS crisis is leading to neglect of urgent problems
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: An ill-disciplined NHS is to blame for the lack of capital spending
NHS England faces a productivity crisis due to chronic underinvestment in capital spending. Steve Black uncovers internal soft budget constraints as the root cause
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Heed Machiavelli’s warning about the difficulties of change
Even when it has the right ideas, the NHS tends to undervalue the importance of arguing for the necessary changes they require, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: NHS leaders must be honest about the service’s poor performance
Steve Black accuses the NHS’s leadership of spinning bad news
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The NHS has a management, not a funding, problem
Steve Black emphasises that the NHS’s future hinges on addressing organisational and cultural barriers to productivity, not just budget constraints
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Let’s start the new year with a positive message about what the NHS can improve
Innovative surgical practices can significantly enhance NHS efficiency and productivity, but entrenched resistance and systemic challenges hinder widespread adoption. Overcoming obstacles is crucial for lasting improvement, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: The NHS should stop asking for bailouts
What the NHS needs is not more winter bailouts but a more consistent and sustained plan to tackle its underlying problems, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Hospital drugs spend is rising steeply and we need to know why
Despite the NHS’s substantial £20bn annual expenditure on drugs and devices, transparency issues persist in understanding hospital medicine budgets, hindering effective analysis and improvement efforts in the face of evolving pharmaceutical pricing agreements, writes Steve Black
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CommentThe mythbuster: The real problems with the FDP are not its cost or threat to data security
The real issue with the Federated Data Platform is not its price tag or data security, but the magical expectation the NHS has for the programme, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: NHSE must own up to the fall in NHS productivity
Burying its head in the sand, the NHS England leadership doesn’t think the NHS has a productivity problem even though evidence suggests to the contrary, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: What Victoria Atkins needs to do
Steve Black summarises what the new health secretary should have on her agenda
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: How not to improve healthcare
NHS England’s prevailing model of detailed guidance and central planning is not the right prescription for healthcare improvement, as it lacks effectiveness, clear focus, and mechanisms for change
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Former BBC man’s fall illustrates why the NHS wastes money
The tale of one person’s treatment highlights how the debate about where best additional NHS resources should be allocated contains a misleading and dangerous assumption, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Analysts not AI are the answer to the NHS’s data woes
Steve Black explains that The Economist’s call to reorganise NHS data for AI is misguided and the real need is investing in skilled analysts
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Management regulation is all fur coat and no knickers
The post-Letby verdict debate on NHS manager regulation underscores the necessity for substantial leadership and management development, revealing the shortcomings of performative regulatory solutions
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: copy Churchill to get the big decisions right
Emulating Churchill, the NHS should create a unit comprising experts who compile reliable evidence on important things and communicate them effectively to help the big decision makers determine how to fix its problems, writes Steve Black
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Is this the answer to getting the NHS to think long-term?
The UK’s struggle with long-term public service investment, particularly in the NHS, prompts consideration of Demos’ proposed ‘PDEL’ category, but deeper systemic change may be necessary, writes Steve Black