Comment archive – Page 210
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: Capital investment, unwarranted variation, and prioritising mental health
Your essential update on health for the week
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CommentThe NHS needs truth and reconciliation
So much more money is needed to deliver services that we might have to consider the radical idea of some cross-party unity, writes Andrew Murrison
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CommentFindings from CQC’s first consultation on its next phase of regulation
We examine some of the CQC’s proposed regulatory changes that would affect NHS trusts.
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CommentWhy Getting it Right First Time is easier said than done
GIRFT has the potential to improve clinical performance but it must overcome a couple of stumbling blocks first, writes Nick Timmins
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: 'Difficult choices' run out of steam
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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CommentHow stroke services could benefit from evidence-based STPs
Service changes need to be informed by best evidence – and stroke care is a great place to start, says Tara Lamont with Dr Muhibbur Chowdhury and Dr Stephen Webb.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The how, why and when of raising NHS pay
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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CommentAssessing the digital maturity of the English NHS
GE Healthcare Finnamore take a look at the NHS’s scrutiny of its organisations’ ability to cope with a digital future
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CommentNew business immigration rules: effects on the healthcare industry
The new business immigration rules have made it more expensive and difficult for healthcare employers to hire non-EEA migrant workers, say Sybille Steiner and Laura Ludlam
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Expert BriefingMental health is a Cinderella no more
This is HSJ’s new fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: New chief inspector, the Queen's speech, and workforce ambitions
Your essential update on health for the week
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CommentHow can we match demand and capacity if we don’t analyse it?
Despite real improvements in performance against waiting list and waiting time standards in recent years, it is clear that the NHS faces a challenge in coping with the growing pressure of an increased demand for its services. We also know that during this period of financial constraint, the system is ...
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CommentBalancing costs and equity: the new government’s social care task
The government needs to make sure that social care services are adequately funded, cap any individual’s total exposure to social care costs and maximise the savings which people can retain
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CommentThe money follows the patient... and other lessons from Alzira
Nishma Manek and Alex Till on three secrets to the success of a publicly funded health system delivered in Spain by a private provider
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Comment18 week waits, April 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for April 2017
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The workforce crisis is the NHS’s Brexit
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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LeaderSTPs may soon face a wave of judicial reviews
We live in an era of political populism, whether it be “Brexit means Brexit” or “a new kind of politics”.
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CommentReflections on the dog that doesn't bark
Saffron Cordery on themes to have emerged from NHS Providers’ conversations with trust leaders and others about the future of commissioning
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CommentLeaders speak their minds on commissioning
A new report by NHS Providers quizzes a range of leaders on issues including the role of sustainability and transformation plans and accountable care systems.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: Confed roundup; Mackey's challenge; Phoenix rises to the rescue
Your essential update on health for the week