Comment archive – Page 229
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Expert BriefingDeep South: A South West super-CCG?
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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CommentAnalysis: The magical thinking of Hunt's medical training move
Jeremy Hunt’s commitment of around £100m to increase annual medical training numbers by 25 per cent is a keenly political move. He is fresh from the battlefield with the British Medical Association, and needs to make an impact in a post-Brexit referendum world.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Mad fer mergers
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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CommentAre we ready for a new relationship with patients?
A paradigm shift towards empowerment is needed in the way we involve patients in their own care by seeing things from their perspective
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Expert BriefingWhat’s new in care models: The NHS’s first accountable care organisation?
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View
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CommentHow to work out your waiting time trajectories accurately
Long-wait trajectories are easy to ask for, and surprisingly hard to calculate. But with a skilful model and a bit of luck, you could achieve precision planning for your trajectories. In this longer read we go deep into the detail
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CommentHow to get serious about prevention in the NHS
The Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Optimal Value Pathway, a major new resource for CCGs, will support clinicians and commissioners to recognise and harvest low hanging fruit for prevention, while helping to address both the wellbeing and the quality gaps in the NHS.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Catch Up: Treasury tightens grip, and junior doctors lose legal challenge
Your essential update on the week in health
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Going, going but not yet gone
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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CommentThe planning guidance: Christmas come early or winter of discontent?
While early publication of the planning guidance is helpful, there is much to be done about fulfilling competing demands with stretched resources
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: A unit closed after a visit from the CQC
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: More STPs, fewer CCGs
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHS finance Battleships
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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CommentThe latest planning guidance gets perilously close to being useful
Despite first impressions, this year’s planning guidance is a welcome step away from the traditional financially led approach
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: MCPs don't just need assurance - they need a failure regime
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View. By integration reporter David Williams.
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Comment'Eat less, move more' has failed – now it's time to talk
NICE now recognises that talking therapies can succeed where traditional anti-obesity strategies have failed
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Baby STPs
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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HSJ Catch Up: Unprecedented planning guidance and CCG mergers
Your essential update on the week in health
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Expert BriefingDeep South: Tributes to a GP leader
Weekly updates and essential insight into the NHS in the South West, by Will Hazell
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CommentPeople are at the heart of transformation
Integrated data from the population’s use of services and workforce can help systems monitor response to the needs of the people and enhance improvement