Comment archive – Page 160
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Disputed data and managers' morals
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: February in A&E
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentThe case against consultancies is far from proven
Richard Lewis argues that the research asking trusts to stay the use of management consultants has simplified a complex subject
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The new Nicholson Challenge – moving on from David to Viv
Andy Cowper discusses how the service can meet “The Viv Nicholson Challenge” and how much more money to ask for and in return for what
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CommentDeep concerns about the ACO contract remain unaddressed
Government continues to ignore campaigners’ specific concerns, instead offer reassurances on spurious issues
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: May’s grand plan, regional reorganisation, and mergers weekend
Your essential update on health for the week
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CommentCatering to children with ongoing health needs
Improving communication, collaboration and continuity of care would ensure that children are seen in the right place by the right person at the right time
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Escaping the invisible asylum
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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CommentAgree to disagree for the sake of the NHS
Development of resilient health policy is possible only when different and opposing voices are heard or else we will keep yoyoing between half baked solutions, notes Richard Taunt
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CommentWhy peer to peer learning is key to improving mental health services
Adam Sewell-Jones on how trusts facing challenges with respect to mental health services can learn from others who have faced similar issues
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CommentThe NHS should redefine its role to tackle health inequalities
The NHS will have a better chance at tackling health inequalities if it does so with local government, other partners and communities
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LeaderWhy the NHS England and NHS Improvement integration plans matter
The convoluted nature of the NHS’s national oversight is the product of the bungled Lansley reforms.
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CommentA partnership to meet the challenges of workforce planning
A set of tools facilitating the collection and modelling of workforce data across systems are driving improvements in care quality, writes Colin Lewry
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Best and worst from the staff survey
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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LeaderUpdated: May makes a bid for her place in NHS history
Time will tell if Theresa May’s intervention buys her a place alongside Thatcher and Blair in NHS history, writes Alastair McLellan.
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CommentThe real funding debate: how to spend it
Thomas Cawston on the growing speculation that the Cabinet is beginning to support a significant boost in healthcare funding
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The good, the bad, and the messy
This is HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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CommentBridge the gap between mental and physical healthcare
New guidance from NHS England sets out a pathway for people with long term conditions to receive IAPT linked to both mental and physical health services, notes Dr Annabel Price
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CommentThe Five Year Forward View is no longer fit for purpose
The Five Year Forward View no longer holds water, making it necessary to draft a new vision statement for the NHS to make it “an investable proposition” in the eyes of the Treasury, says Mike Birtwistle
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CommentCowper’s Cut: It’s raining NHS spending rhetoric: Hallelujah!
Jeremy Hunt’s recent appearance on a Sunday politics TV show, asking for more funds for the NHS is a shrewd tactic, notes Andy Cowper