Comment archive – Page 14
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Comment
The NHS needs a new and improved PFI programme
Matthew Custance explains how amid the NHS infrastructure crisis, revisiting private finance initiative funding addresses the £30bn New Hospital Programme, but it necessitates a revamped approach considering past pitfalls and reforms
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Expert Briefing
ImPatient: Small steps to big change
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly ‘expert briefing’, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...
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Daily Insight
The 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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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: Being candid about candour
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Comment
Without the FDP we cannot know the value of NHS services
Sir Muir Gray underscores the crucial role Federated Data Platforms plays in assessing spending, outcomes, and ensuring equitable healthcare delivery
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Comment
Blithering backs Streeting
Welcome to the latest edition of the Blithering ICB newsletter, a round-up of all the latest news from the country’s most challenged health economy.
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Expert Briefing
The Integrator: The migration surge helped social care – but not enough
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
Government approach to combating delayed discharge in not fit for purpose
Local health and care systems lack a shared understanding of the causes of hospital discharge delays in their area and of the best ways of tackling them, says a report from The King’s Fund.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Treat it like covid
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Comment
Collaboration must not be pushed to the sidelines
NHS Confederation, the Health Foundation, and Q community unite to propel health and care systems towards impactful improvement, fostering collaboration, innovation, and peer learning across the UK, write co-authors Matthew Taylor and Penny Pereira
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Why trusts should think twice about big EPR deployments
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by senior correspondent Nicholas Carding. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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Comment
How to break the logjam preventing change
Charlotte Augst and Paul Corrigan explore the stark reality of the current healthcare challenges, dissecting policy failures, and proposing an approach to reshape patient-professional interactions for sustainable change in the NHS
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Trusts prepare for fight over maternity
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Comment
The 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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Comment
Improving patient experience needn’t cost the earth
Access to care continues to be the biggest concern reported by the public to Healthwatch. Still, William Pett, head of policy, Public Affairs and Research at Healthwatch England, argues that getting the small things right could make a big difference
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Comment
The surgeon called me 'a snivelling clerk', I stood my ground
Ken Jarrold reflects on a career shaped by the commitment to patient care, recalling pivotal moments enforcing a code of conduct and navigating controversial service reconfigurations
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Comment
How to speak manager
If you want to go far in NHS management, don’t make the mistake of confusing plain English words with plain English, writes Julian Patterson
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Comment
ICSs have the opportunity to end HIV transmissions
Ahead of World AIDS Day, James Cole, National AIDS Trust’s senior policy, research and influencing manager, highlights key opportunities for integrated care systems to tackle inequalities, and HIV Outcomes UK’s new briefing
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: Trusts struggle to continue ‘tail gunning’ waiting lists
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. HSJ’s Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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Comment
NHS leaders do not have the data they need to keep patients safe
James Titcombe, Melanie Leis, and Peter Howitt delineate the major themes of a roundtable to address challenges in improving patient safety, emphasising the need for data sharing nuances, cultural shifts, optimising limited resources, prioritising workforce plans, and staff well-being