Comment archive – Page 186
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Next steps for STPs, part 2 – Greater Manchester and beyond
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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CommentRight people in the right place and time is core to efficiency
The only way to protect consultants and preserve their services is to ensure absolute transparency in consulting staffing arrangements
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CommentThe future is now for vanguards
As we mark the two-year anniversary of the launch of the vanguards, Samantha Jones takes a look at how their work is helping to address gaps in healthcare
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CommentMaking innovation meaningful for true advances in healthcare
Faster procedures with cross-specialty capabilities are vital to greater efficiency in the NHS, writes Dirk Vananderoye
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CommentThe future of the NHS demands hard questions
The health service of the 21st century needs to be more responsive to patients’ needs – mere financial efficiency is not enough
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Making the NHS's case to the Treasury
HSJ’s email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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CommentRemoval of the nursing student bursary is a reckless experiment
UNISON’s head of health Christina McAnea responds to a recent HSJ comment piece in which June Girvin argued for removal of the bursary
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CommentDe-bugging the system: the government’s new push to tackle E. coli infections
The strategy to combat the rise of E. coli is admirable but is it achievable without joined-up action across the health and care system?
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CommentWe’re witnessing the greatest opportunity for reform in a generation
The answers to easing the extreme pressures on the NHS already exist – now we need to use them, says Natalie Douglas
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CommentEngagement works best when it’s actually engaging
Getting people involved in shaping and improving health and care services can only really work if you speak their language and capture their imagination
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Missing data causes harm to patients in south London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentElective waits improve in January
The English waiting list and waiting times fell in January in better-than-expected figures. However the NHS remains in serious breach of the 18 week standard, and on recent trends things are still expected to get worse.
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CommentHousing is ready to step up – will health meet us halfway?
Supported accommodation can play a key role in preventing issues such as unnecessary hospital admission, but it can’t achieve great results on its own
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: The budget, staff survey results, and Sir Leonard latest
Your essential update on the week in health
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CommentYour Humble Servant: NHS Retro
‘Simon Stevens wants to take us back to 1991 before the purchaser provider split. Jim Mackey wants to go back two years to when he was a trust CEO.’
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CommentMr Hammond's big picture is admirable – now let's see the fine print
The Budget finally gave social care some fiscal attention but it won’t be a game changer by itself – here’s what is needed now
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Comment'Devo health' is pushing national legislation to its limits
Greater Manchester shows that if local areas can build strong relationships between partners around an ambitious local reform plan, they can make very real progress
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LeaderThe budget brings war and peace to the NHS
Philip Hammond’s first and last spring budget will spark a fierce struggle over how the extra social care funding due next financial year is spent, but it also appears to signal a truce between NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens and the government over NHS funding.
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CommentSo how did the NHS cope with the never-ending winter?
Siva Anandaciva argues that we are now in danger of losing the substantial progress made in A&E performance more quickly and deeply than feared
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CommentAn evidence-based plan for palliative care can ease the NHS crisis
Investment in palliative care with its specialists and home support services could make a major difference to an overstretched NHS, say Irene J Higginson and colleagues