Comment archive – Page 214
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The first big move of 2017-18
HSJ’s email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
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CommentOrganising care at the NHS front line
Quality improvement is best led not by regulators but by those who care for patients, say Chris Ham and Don Berwick
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CommentThe need for IT that is fully connected, real time and available everywhere
Our culture and communication with patients need to make huge leaps if they are to deliver services that are the equivalent of those made in banking and travel
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Naylor's gold part 2
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentWhy letting the waiting list grow is a false economy
Letting the waiting list grow is like borrowing from a loan shark: a bit of short term relief, followed by years of risk and expense
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CommentLessons from Manchester: can Labour ever turn the NHS into a winning issue?
A new poll ahead of the Greater Manchester mayoral elections offers some wider hope and pointers to Labour, writes Mike Birtwistle
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: Where to find Naylor's estates gold; A&E cash windfall; Closing community hospitals
Your essential update on the week in health
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CommentSeeing and hearing: reflections on how the NHS has changed
Helen Buckingham looks back on the highs, lows and lessons from 25 years working in the health service
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Expert BriefingThe four sites whose sale could earn the NHS £4bn
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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LeaderMPs criticise Stevens over better care fund 'accountability'
MPs find the Better Care Fund had not saved money, reduced emergency admissions to hospitals, or reduced delayed transfers of care
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CommentPeople, not process: knowing how to collaborate
Richard Taunt offers three ideas on achieving smarter collaboration across providers
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CommentHow Cumbria strove for new heights in healthcare
The combination of a success regime and the dawn of sustainability and transformation plans has started to address the shortcomings in Cumbria’s services, writes Alison Moore
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CommentBuilding a team of teams in the NHS
Like the US army in Iraq, the NHS can restructure its teams to improve its functioning
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: The general election, STPs under pressure, and IR35 latest
Your essential update on the week in health
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CommentMore work needs to be done for race equality in the NHS
Where does the NHS stand in the treatment of its black and minority ethnic staff and patients
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CommentTrust-level support must be in place for overseas doctors
Amelia Kehoe on what other trusts can learn from North Tees and Hartlepool about giving back-up to medical graduates from abroad
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Winning the GP wild west
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The £6bn contract
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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LeaderFour reasons why a 2017 general election could be good news for the NHS
Viewed over a three to five-year timeframe, the decision by Theresa May to call a snap election on 8 June could prove to be a net positive for the NHS.
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CommentElective waits hold steady in February
Referral-to-treatment waiting times were largely unchanged in February – the last full month when most trusts felt subject to financial penalties for this NHS Constitution standard. By Rob Findlay