Comment archive – Page 130
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CommentThe NHS needs to talk about productivity
The NHS needs to engage with local industrial strategies to boost booth health and economic sustainability says Michael Wood
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Unpicking the headlines
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentThe NHS' long-term plan deserves support
Independent MP Sarah Wollaston is optimistic that proposals for helping to deliver the long-term plan will survive the often stormy waters of parliamentary passage
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CommentThe social fabric has been torn and it's damaging health
Charlotte Augst, of National Voices, and Ian Hudspeth, of the Local Government Association, on the importance of communities and social support to wellbeing - and the need to prioritise it accordingly.
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CommentHistory’s lesson on the toxic power of fear
The Chernobyl TV series is a powerful reminder of what happens when competition, persecution and dread rule.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch-up: £25m deal off, safety charter on
Your essential update on health for the week.
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CommentAnother step towards integrated care – but pitfalls remain
Niall Dickson, NHS Confederation chief executive, weighs up the prospects of progress for integrated care systems.
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CommentThe best laid plans: Making a reality of the NHS long-term plan
Hugh Alderwick, of the Health Foundation, discusses lessons from the past for a fresh round of system-wide planning in the NHS
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Lessons from the trial of new A&E targets
Performance Watch is HSJ’s fortnightly expert briefing on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Is safe staffing about skill mix or numbers?
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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CommentCancer waiting times: We need to break the cycle
Dr Fran Woodard on how waiting standards continue to decline as cancer services buckle under pressure
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CommentWhen is a saving not a saving?
NHS bodies and management consultancies often resort to false accounting and use misleading language to describe finances in order to keep the show running, notes Nadeem Moghal
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Does the private sector get an easier ride?
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: D-day for GPs, and a conundrum in Croydon
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Trust digital maturity revealed at last
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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CommentWe need more social enterprises to deliver the long-term plan
New research has highlighted how social enterprises are in many ways outperforming traditional providers, arguably offering a blueprint of a better way of doing things, notes Alison Reid
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Throwing your weight around
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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LeaderChildren with cancer need an end to the 10-year Marsden standoff
“The language of priorities is the religion of socialism” – and the NHS, Nye Bevan might have added.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The region’s most important job
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentThe Welsh NHS has embarked on a fundamental change to culture and services
Nesta Lloyd-Jones writes about the long-term vision for Wales, enabling an integrated health and social care system