Comment archive – Page 165
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CommentCowper’s Cut: End of a century
Andy Cowper on the lack of mandate, workforce plan, capital/maintenance plan and social care plan in healthcare
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Footing the pay bill, border tensions and a message for Matt
Your essential update on health for the week.
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CommentNHS boards are too often 'another country'
Naomi Chambers discusses the obervations and findings of a study which examined 43 NHS board meetings in England and Wales
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Expert BriefingNDA debate cannot be reduced to soundbites
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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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Rejection for incumbent chairman
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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CommentHow to build an effective chief executive
Stephen Hart on how the NHS Leadership Academy’s aspiring chief executive programme is helping develop the health service’s leaders
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CommentPublic health services are still part of the NHS
Matthew Winn asks why clinical public health services are being treated as poor cousins to the NHS.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Mandate: born unto trouble as the sparks fly upwards
The DHSC’s failure to publish the mandate for NHS England for 2019-20 on time is an act of avoidable disrespect, says Andy Cowper
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Expert BriefingSparks fly over long waits in A&E
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: What will NHS legislation unleash?
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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Expert BriefingThe Download: One app to rule them all
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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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: In all but name
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentCowper’s Cut: But Social Care
Social care lies low on the political funding priority and public sympathy radar, with social care funding having acquired the totemic status of a black hole, says Andy Cowper
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Expert BriefingUncertain future for £1bn saving scheme
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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CommentWaiting list grows 7.3 per cent
The English waiting list is still growing, and the admission rate still faltering, despite the promises and plans, notes Rob Findlay
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch Up: Free money, empty seats and false starts
Your essential update on health for the week.
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CommentTelling the truth about NHS finances
In response to Andy Cowper’s recent column, Dr Eleanor Roy says that CIPFA has no direct role in finance and accounting standard setting in the health service
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Speak now, or forever hold your peace
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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CommentThe promise of a GP partnership review has not been kept
Nigel Watson’s GP partnership review: final report is flawed and does not add much value to the discussion about the likely future of the GP partnership model, says Jessica Arnold
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CommentWe are taking the wrong approach on managing hospital beds
A better understanding of risk will underpin the case for reducing today’s high bed occupancies.