Comment archive – Page 150
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Performance trumps transformation
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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CommentWhy integration must not be dismissed as a fad
There is no alternative but to work together, to integrate and to innovate in the NHS, writes Niall Dickson
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CommentQuestions to ask if conducting an inquiry about workplace racism
With allegations into racial discrimination at the workplace rarely upheld by employers or courts, Roger Kline, Naledi Kline and Joy Warmington give a set of questions for investigators to ensure more robust investigations
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CommentNHS should celebrate diversity from frontline to the top
More diverse organisations benefit the planning and provision of services, resulting in higher quality care for the population served, writes Sean Duggan
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Expert Briefing
The Download: What happened to digital maturity?
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and what impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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CommentGame changing heart scan signals potential of AI revolution ahead
Simon Gillespie outlines the requirements for research into AI and big data to translate into better outcomes for patients and the need for patients to understand the benefits of sharing their personal data for research
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CommentCowper’s Cut: On dismantling fences
The current state of the NHS is analogous to a rotting, heavily broken fence, for which some heavy duty wirecutters are needed, says Andy Cowper
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: CYP in waiting lines, consultants pay disappointment and raining resignations of trusts nurses
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Expert BriefingPerformance watch: An unenviable choice on elective waits
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing. Our fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: How quickly is general practice reforming?
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners. This week by HSJ primary care and community services correspondent Rebecca Thomas.
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CommentMore intelligent approach needed to redesign outpatient services
With outpatient activity often ignored in policy creation, Nigel Edwards delineates the learnings from an event held to hear from people who have fundamentally changed outpatient services
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CommentCowper’s Cut: On nearly dismantling fences
Andy Cowper gives the lowdown on the interesting, the inane and the insane in the NHS in the past week
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: What should we expect from the long term plan?
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome - email me in confidence.
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Comment“Non-clinical compassion”; the forgotten value
Ali Raza, Vlad Kovach and Amanda Maunders make a case for kindling “non-clinical compassion” into healthcare policy thinking, citing examples of how Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is trying to integrate a compassionate outlook in non-clinical work
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CommentCooperation to provide a CT scan death investigation service
Dr James Adeley and Professor Mark Pugh recount how a local authority, NHS acute trust and private provider came together to provide a free at point of delivery digital autopsy post-mortem scanning service in Lancashire
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Trials of FPP test, alienation of foreign workforce and the procurement bill that's due
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Expert Briefing
The Download: Matt Hancock and the disruptors
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and what impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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CommentGP hours and the much needed tech-care revolution
With research showing that the average GP works less than three and a half days a week, Sinead Mac Manus discusses how technology, especially AI, can play an important enabling role in freeing up GPs’ time
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Where is Greater Manchester's transformation?
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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CommentCowper’s Cut: The great Dame Julie Moore retires
Andy Cowper reflects on the leadership and management skills of Dame Julie Moore, who has just retired as chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham FT