Comment archive – Page 217
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CommentBiomedical engineering does not deserve a place in the shadows
Biomedical engineers bring great value to the NHS and it’s time we understood and appreciated their contribution, writes Helen Meese
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CommentThe real provider sector deficit is nearer £4bn than £3bn
We face a choice for 2018-19 and 2019-20 of investing more in the NHS in those years or reducing the service we provide to meet the budget available, Chris Hopson writes
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CommentHow vanguards are connecting people to non-medical sources of support
The new care model vanguards are already making great strides in supporting people by connecting them to non-medical help, Samantha Jones writes
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CommentHow NICE has been a 'terrible beauty'
The National Institute for Health and Care Exellence has been doing the balancing act despite sticking to its cost effective agenda, Nick Timmins writes
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CommentWhy we should value finance professionals
Non-clinical workers may not directly save lives, but they provide essential support to clinicians who do
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CommentPlanning a hospital for constant capacity - a worked example
Common sense is as important as planning when it comes to defeating expensive peaks and troughs of capacity
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: 14 March 2016
Make sure you are up to date with the events of the last seven days with our insight into the stories that matter most
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CommentThe fault is not in tendering but in how the NHS goes about it
The collapse of UnitingCare is symptomatic of the NHS’s inexperience in tendering and a legacy of local contracting arguments
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CommentGeneral practice may have only five years to live
Government must give GPs the financial support and freedom to identify the local solutions they require
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CommentWaiting list has grown by more than 12pc year on year
Officially, England only just missed the 18 week target. Unofficially things were much worse because of non-reporting trusts. What is most worrying is that the waiting list has grown by over 12 per cent year on year, Rob Findlay explains.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: The nastiest hazards facing finance directors
HSJ’s new weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: 2012 all over again?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentThe NHS is finally taking patient safety seriously
Policy developments indicate the health service is belatedly moving in the right direction on keeping the public safe
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CommentWhy we must improve reporting rates of medical errors now
Innovative ways of reporting and analysing medical errors will go a long way to improving patient safety, writes Lord Ara Darzi
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CommentContract ceasefire would allow us to evaluate safety and funding
Phil Hammond suggests a way forward in the junior doctors’ dispute
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CommentThe NHS's overseas recruits need our help to succeed
The influx of EU doctors and nurses to plug NHS staffing gaps is doomed to failure without the right support
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CommentHow can we redevelop the NHS estate to achieve the best treatment?
A range of actors is needed to put surplus land to better use and help tackle NHS shortages of space and money
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Time for a 'safe space'
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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Expert BriefingWhat’s New in Care Models: Don’t say the O-word
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by our senior correspondent on integration David Williams.
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CommentUnderstanding triple prevention and how to deliver it
NHS England senior fellow Dr Mahiben Maruthappu explores the five key strategies to delivering triple prevention