Comment archive – Page 27
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Hospitals should be run like factories
Steve Black analyses the assertion that the NHS should not operate like a factory
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CommentBeing a patient taught me things I hadn’t learned as a trust CEO
NHS CEO’s patient journey helps him realise the strengths of the NHS and areas requiring improvement, particularly in EDI and the use of emerging technologies
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The LCOs are coming
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: An 'incredibly difficult winter'
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentWhy we're building the world's biggest cancer database
Magnus Harrison highlights how Leeds Teaching Hospitals is leveraging data-driven healthcare to predict future health challenges, prevent disease progression, reduce health inequalities, and improve patient outcomes
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CommentCentre warns NHS of deadly new threat to service
The government and NHS England have told integrated care systems to get a grip on the challenges presented by cold weather and to stop looking to the centre for answers, reports Julian Patterson
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Management matters more than money
The idea that only the amount of money spent matters for healthcare performance or improvement is wrong. Hospitals with better management practices do a better job on both clinical and financial outcomes
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CommentYear-on-year waiting list reduction accelerates
But it needs to shrink by nearly a million a year to restore 18-week waits.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Further evidence maternity safety is going in the wrong direction
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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CommentThe voluntary sector saves the NHS money - don't shut it out
Dame Laura Lee urges the government to integrate voluntary organisations into the NHS 10-year plan, highlighting their proven ability to deliver holistic care, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: Rethinking the workforce plan
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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CommentThe changes needed to make the NHS fit to tackle health inequality
Tackling health inequality requires bold action, including prioritising prevention, building local partnerships, and empowering staff to address inequalities directly says the King’s Fund.
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Wilful blindness will not fix the NHS
The medical establishment and its leadership are sometimes very resistant to change, even when presented with clear, solid evidence, leading to serious harm, writes Steve Black
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CommentThe NHS has had enough of hollow promises to tackle racism
Senior NHS leaders must take bold, decisive action to tackle racial inequality, going beyond performative gestures to address systemic barriers and create a truly equitable healthcare environment for all, writes Yvonne Coghill
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The influence of ‘place’ is being chipped away
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Inequity in the capital
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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CommentThe NHS must measure what matters to solve its productivity puzzle
Graham Cookson calls for the NHS to measure what matters as politicians eye reforms to address the ailing health system’s declining productivity
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: NHSE is ‘trying to hide the reality’ of health service finances
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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CommentWe don't know enough about what makes NHS managers effective
A research study seeks to understand what kind of management capacity the NHS actually needs and what makes for effective management capability, write Leo McCann, Ian Kirkpatrick and Kirsten Armit
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Daily InsightThe mythbuster: Streeting’s first job – build management capability
Long-term plans cannot address the service’s immediate problems. Short-term management-driven interventions are key to stopping the NHS from crumbling before reform can have an impact, writes Steve Black