Comment archive – Page 251
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CommentClaims costs: Not the doctor's fault
The inconvenient truth is that clinical negligence claims costs have soared – but is it justified to blame the doctors, Christine Tomkins questions
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CommentWomen: Victims or champions of change?
Karen Castille discusses the dangers of creating a victim culture and why women should instead take on the role of change champion
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CommentGetting the measure of this year's NHS planning guidance
The planning guidance comes amid a backdrop of balancing finances and patient safety
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CommentWe must keep our eyes on the outcomes prize
The bravest leaders are ensuring outcomes are prized above activity – but this is not a mission for the faint hearted
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LeaderWell done, Sir Andrew – but your job is not done just yet
Sir Andrew Morris cannot rest on his laurels after his celebrated turnaround of Wexham Park
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CommentIt's not just winter pressure
The pressure is on all year round for the health and social care system – all it needs is to become financially sustainable. Ray Puddifoot writes
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CommentLearning how to implement research results can improve healthcare
Implementation of new treatments and technologies is more important than simply discovering them – a course teaches just that. By Rachel Davis
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CommentWe must keep our heads to reach new heights
Providers must not feel commissioning for outcomes deals require them to scale an impossible height in a single jump
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CommentNo more white knights please
NHS England needs a chief clinical information officer for the successful application of digital technology and implementation of the forward view. By Ewan Davis
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CommentIt is essential to halve delays in discharge
Crispin Simon on what can be learnt from the private sector to reduce the chronic problem of delay in the discharge of patients.
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LeaderLet’s aim for 50:50 by 2020
Is an equal gender split on NHS boards within the next four years a reasonable target?
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CommentThe new age of consent – what is important to your patient?
The approach of doctor knows best does not work any more – there is a legal reason for taking appropriate consent for treatment from patients. Ruth Hewitt writes
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CommentShare data without falling foul of information governance
Data sharing is essential to improve patient care but appropriate governance arrangements need to be in place. By Marc Farr
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LeaderSeeing the real Carter legacy through the smoke
Post-Carter report, healthcare leaders have their work cut out tackling unwarranted variation
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CommentMaintain the digital dignity balance for older people
Assuming that the older generation cannot use technology for their wellness is detrimental to empowering them with the digital. By Julia Manning
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Expert BriefingHSJ catchup: 27 January 2016
Make sure you are up to date with the events of the last seven days with our summary of the stories that matter most
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CommentBuilding resilience: can we afford not to?
We need to ensure that the NHS spends every penny as well as it could
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CommentSeeking the heat: junior doctors must take affirmative leadership action
We must produce a more equitable and universal approach to developing leadership talent, writes Dr Alex Till
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CommentMoves to rescue the DH's bottom line look increasingly desperate
As the NHS approaches the end of one of the toughest years in its history, the Deparment of Health is going to desperate measures not to bust its budget, writes Crispin Dowler
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CommentThe route to paperless must be steered by boards
In the latest HSJ Progress to Paperless survey, 19 out of 24 senior leaders said they believe Jeremy Hunt’s target for a paperless NHS by 2018 is a great ambition but the target is unrealistic.