Comment archive – Page 17
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Dealing with troublesome 'facts': lessons from the covid inquiry
As one of the NHS’s pre-eminent communications professionals, Martin Plackard is often asked by colleagues how to deal with challenging and difficult situations. Here he considers what we can learn from the government’s handling of the covid inquiry
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: The workforce plan is still unfunded and uncosted
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, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: NHS must tackle scandal of follow-up black hole
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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Diagnostic hubs are expensive and unnecessary
Forget capital-draining diagnostic hubs for eye care, sorting out proper IT connectivity between primary and secondary care is where real gains for patients (and the taxpayer) can be made, writes Adam Sampson
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: Trust’s concern over ‘short-term’ funding agreements
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Daily Insight
The mythbuster: Analysts not AI are the answer to the NHS’s data woes
Steve Black explains that The Economist’s call to reorganise NHS data for AI is misguided and the real need is investing in skilled analysts
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The hidden threat posed by fake medics
Real doctors are up in arms as physician associates threaten to replace them on social media, reports Julian Patterson
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Stop scaling and start investing in local ideas
Social investment can make the biggest difference in helping to fund innovative, customised solutions for healthcare, writes Katy Saunders
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: CQC report highlights safety concerns and inequalities
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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The NHS needs to share power with the communities it serves
Brian Fisher elaborates how embracing community strengthening is the key to a sustainable and inclusive NHS, shifting from merely listening to empowering communities, improving health outcomes, reducing inequalities, and creating a brighter future for all
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Are you a victim of data bias?
Investing in professional analytics teams is vital to eliminate data bias in healthcare and address health inequalities, ensuring better decision-making and patient care, write co-authors Ruth Holland and Emma Wright
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NHS tech needs to be about solving problems, not shiny solutions
We live in a fast-paced, digital age, and it is important that the NHS keeps up. Greater and improved use of technology can benefit the service by enabling the delivery of better quality and faster care to patients, as well as relieving pressures on leaders and their staff. Whilst there ...
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: The capital’s most challenged service
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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How to radically reduce your MSK waiting list in two days
Innovative ‘Community Appointment Days’ are transforming MSK services in Sussex, offering hope for reducing waiting lists, improving patient care, and supporting NHS staff, writes Sara Hazzard
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Unequal access to a dementia diagnosis must end
Fiona Carragher, Director of Research and Influencing at Alzheimer’s Society, discusses the importance of equal access to timely and accurate dementia diagnoses, and shares inspiring examples of effective system-wide collaborations that could level up dementia diagnoses for rural or deprived areas, as well as ethnic minority communities
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Labour should prioritise value not price in NHS reforms
Lord Philip Hunt shares his insight on revolutionising NHS procurement by focussing on value-based healthcare, patient outcomes and cost efficiency
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The NHS is forgetting stroke survivors
To meet rising demand, enhance recovery, reduce costs, and ensure every survivor thrives, the UK needs equitable, personalized, and accessible life after stroke services
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An idiot with a laptop's solution to follow up appointments
Patient initiated follow up and remote clinical reviews show promise in alleviating capacity issues and ensuring timely care, with positive patient feedback and early intervention benefits
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Expert Briefing
The Download: New figures reveal NHS’s virtual ward progress
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 correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.