Comment archive – Page 203
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CommentThe NHS must move from ‘no blame’ to a ‘just culture’
A ‘no blame’ culture in the NHS runs the risk of exonerating genuine wrong-doers - it’s time to move rapidly to a ‘just culture’
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CommentAre the ‘18 weeks’ trajectories deliverable?
The “financial reset” document explains how 18 week waiting times will be restored. But will it work
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LeaderTackling the NHS deficit through targeting trusts' clinical pay bills is a busted flush
Since it became clear the provider sector deficit would represent a significant danger to the NHS’s ability to stop or even slow declining performance, as well as to deliver service change, a murmur began in senior circles that fixing the problem would mean addressing the previously taboo subject of the ...
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Judicial review and the Kernow climbdown
Your essential update on the week in health
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CommentPrEP row shows we can't let the NHS be picky about prevention
Jim McManus argues the NHS is ‘moralising’ about HIV when it should be working with local authorities on system-wide prevention
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: A change in tone on safe staffing?
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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CommentInnovative managers can get the NHS back on a sustainable footing
The NHS has the chance to both put its finances on a sustainable footing and continue to offer innovative treatments – and it’s all in the power of managers, argues Conservative MP Jo Churchill
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Expert BriefingDeep South: The cost of Kernow
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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CommentChief executives’ gameplan over the next year
The future will bring more clarity to the impications of NHS finance in the current political scenario
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CommentWe need to live the values that Kate Granger inspired
Kate Granger’s legacy is a global brand - the task for the NHS now is to unite and change our culture for the better
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CommentTrying to handle responsibilities without resources
Local authorities will struggle to implement their health and wellbeing strategies if they must be delivered on an ever shorter shoestring
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Financial special measures
Ben Clover casts his eye over what is going on in England’s biggest health economy
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CommentDon’t rush to reconfigure: there is another way
Sustainability and transformation plans must not be kicked into the long grass - they could be a better solution to NHS problems than reconfigurations
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CommentFive ways to improve support for junior doctors
Junior doctors are an important but sometimes neglected pillar of the NHS – here are five steps that can improve their training and morale
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Overspend forecast for NHS England, and MCP contract options revealed
Your essential update on the week in health
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: After the reset; and heads and beds
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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CommentIt's time to pick up the pace in the wearable devices debate
As wearable technology become cheaper and more widely used, it’s time to begin vital conversations about confidentiality and how best to use the data
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CommentHunt's task is to focus on population health now
The headlines usually focus on deficiencies of NHS funding but Jeremy Hunt’s focus must equally be on the way we live
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The unpalatable options for breaking even this year
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black