Comment archive – Page 185
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: Next steps for the 5YFV, GP services rated, and takeover cancelled
Your essential update on health for the week
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CommentThe Naylor review can kick-start estates transformation
Sir Robert Naylor’s vision is bold and far reaching – now he just needs politicians to back it up, writes Robert Ede
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CommentThe Care Act's prevention duty is far from being fulfilled
Almost two years to the day since the Care Act came into force, its vision of a truly preventative care system still seems a long way off. So why is it so hard to realise this shared vision?
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CommentJe ne regrette rien – well, not a great deal anyway...
After a 40-year association with HSJ, some final thoughts on health, history and my place in the ‘grey tsunami’
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CommentCould the closer trade ties with China help a cash-strapped NHS?
Opportunities abound as Chinese health planners seek the skills of NHS experts who can help it to set up a system of GPs, writes Deborah Kobewka
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CommentNo sane manager wants to use this calamitous document
The MHPS is a bloated mixture of inconsistent policy verbiage and labyrinthine procedure – here’s what we can do to replace it, says Alastair Currie
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The drag beneath the surface
HSJ’s email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: The NHS's Daily Mail moment
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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CommentMinor home repairs bring major benefits to health
Healthcare must recognise how domestic improvements can play their part in reducing acute admissions, says Jan Gilbertson
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Another special measures regime and NHS quango overhauled
Your essential update on health for the week
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CommentBonfire of financial penalties reaches cancer and RTT standards
Financial penalties are being lifted from high-profile standards including cancer and elective waiting times, so far without attracting much attention. How is this happening? And will it work, asks Rob Findlay
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: How the East Was One
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentThe new financial year demonstrates just how tough things are going to get
Policy adviser Edward Cornick looks at the financial challenge for providers in 2017/18 following a survey of trust finance directors
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The unproven case for extended GP access
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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CommentThe American Healthcare Act decoded
Alice Murray and Saira Ghafur on the changes that the American Healthcare Act seeks to bring in US healthcare
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: The NHS faces a workforce Brexodus
Contact me in confidence here. Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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CommentIs the NHS suffocating in its own froth?
For greater operational efficiency we must learn to focus less on pointless distractions and more on bite-sized, everyday win-wins, writes Paula Goode
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: No devo news is big devo news
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentThe stars are now aligning for a new Health and Care Act
Rather than using legislation to create new structures from the top down, this time it would be changing rules around established organisations
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: Virgin Care legal action, CCG mergers and offsetting the deficit
Your essential update on the week in health