Comment archive – Page 178
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CommentTurbo charging AHSNs to spread health innovations
Liz Mear on how AHSNs will leverage new funding to locally assess the benefits of new technologies and support NHS uptake of those that deliver real benefits to patients
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CommentThe NHS financial regime: cleverly flexible or horribly messy?
The NHS payments and incentives system is constantly evolving. Richard Murray looks at a system that is attempting to manage deficits and, at the same time, introduce new models of care and ways to pay for them.
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CommentAnalysis: Patching the NHS's IT holes after ransomware attack
Ben Heather examines the impact of the WannaCry cyberattack and what is required to plug the security gaps.
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CommentClinician use of WhatsApp is a ticking time bomb
Clinical teams are increasingly using WhatsApp to communicate amongst themselves but the tool is not safe in terms of data security and is ineffective in managing clinical workflow, warn Dr Harry Claireaux and colleagues
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Comment18 week waits, May 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for May 2017
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The alpha and omega of NHS culture
‘Non-blame culture’ and misleading stereotypes must be confined to the dustbin if the health service is to take great strides forward, says Andy Cowper
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: STPs, busy being born or busy dying?
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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CommentRTT waits better in May, but worse year on year
Elective waiting times improved seasonally during May, but the longer term trend remains for ever increasing waits.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Cybersecurity, CCG pay, and a new chief executive
Your essential update on health for the week
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CommentThe need for an NHS infrastructure bond
Funding health infrastructure by way of bonds will significantly support local engagement, lead to new facilities and technologies, and deliver a good return
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CommentMaximising innovation through venture management
Dave Behringer on venture management as a multidisciplinary approach that consists of specific competences for monetising, derisking and accelerating innovation
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHSI and NHSE see things differently
HSJ’s email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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CommentFive ways to reduce the costs of clinical negligence
Dr Matthew Lee tells how to tackle the issue of unaffordable indemnity and restore fairness to the civil negligence system
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CommentCommunity hospitals: a traditional solution to help today’s NHS?
With ease of access and a sense of homeliness, there is potential for community hospitals to be better integrated into the healthcare system. By Emma Pitchforth, Edwin van Teijlingen and Ellen Nolte
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CommentCan STPs deliver?
Rebecca Malby on how STPs are struggling to secure effective ways of solving the very complex problems the NHS faces
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CommentTake the public health approach for housing an ageing population
It is important to ensure that much greater numbers take informed decisions about how they will live in their own home in later years of their lives, writes Francis Philippa.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The abolition and reinvention of planning
Cowper’s Cut is a new weekly column from HSJ’s comment editor Andy Cowper. It will be published every Monday and seeks to serve as an informative and entertaining stimulant for HSJ’s subscribers at the start of the working week.
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CommentWhen it comes to financing our own future, we need to focus on the revenue
The Local Government Finance Bill may have failed to feature in the slimmed down Queen’s speech but it could still have lasting implications for the NHS, avers Michael Wood
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CommentIncreasing the number of mental health staff must be a priority
Kate Lovett on the need for efficient and trained psychiatrists to support the mental health needs of the population
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Pressure over DTOCs, trusts fail cladding tests, and pay rise talk
Your essential update on health for the week