Comment archive – Page 218
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CommentThe NHS must not let current pressures jeopardise the cancer strategy
Cancer services are not immune to NHS pressures, but alliances have the potential to overcome barriers of funding and workforce constraints
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: End of purchaser/provider split and where the financial risk is
Your essential update on the week in health
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Is the NHS losing sight of the patient?
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 BriefingThe Commissioner: Expectations for the Forward View refresh
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Devo, patient harm and keeping hold of your property
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentWill shifting the balance of care balance the books?
Results from the Nuffield Trust’s review of the community based models of care relied on by STPs are a warning against setting expectations too high
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CommentWho am I: resolving the hybrid clinical manager's identity issues
The new breed of clinical managers need the right support if they are not to feel alienated and reluctant in their role
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: How not to transform the NHS
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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CommentOnly the Budget can prevent an impossible task
The latest figures on NHS providers’ deficit are not surprising but they are very worrying – Anita Charlesworth analyses why
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CommentHospital turnarounds offer a glimmer of light amid NHS gloom
In the face of major challenges, success stories offer valuable insight into achievable goals, and deliver important benefits to patients and staff alike
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CommentHow a vanguard is transforming acute care for mental health
Samantha Jones explains how the new care model vanguards are making great strides in changing crisis care
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CommentThe safety branch should also investigate staff harm
Narinder Kapur suggests that the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch also examine 10 cases a year of death or serious harm to staff arising from workplace issues
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CommentTime for the near-invisible Hunt to shape up or ship out
The public are suspicious of sustainability and transformation plans but some positive news shines through anyway
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CommentSimon's disease and what to do about it
A three part analysis can help the commissioning body calculate the change in emergency admissions, focusing on reducing total healthcare activity
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catchup: Official deficits published, NHS director suspended, and budget plans revealed
Your essential update on the week in health
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CommentWhy the forward view's target is in danger of being missed
The NHS must radically rethink its approach to productivity during the Five Year Forward View refresh in March, or key assumptions underpinning the high level plan will unravel
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CommentWe'll take a fresh look at clinical leadership in the NHS
Andrew Murrison on why his all-party parliamentary group on clinical leadership and management will overcome the partial observance of Roy Griffiths’ recommendations
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Another fight in north east London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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CommentWhy the 'good year' has not been good enough on efficiency
The required progress is not being made in NHS finances, storing up trouble for the future, writes Rob Whiteman
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CommentTake the less trodden path of volunteering overseas
Laura Spratling shares her experience of volunteering in a hospital of Sierra Leone