Comment archive – Page 321
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Comment'A new procurement model could fall foul of inertia'
Despite talk of opening up NHS procurement, the same old system looks unlikely to be phased out just yet, writes Noel Plumridge.
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CommentReview of London trusts reveals fears for safety
By now everyone in London’s heard of the SaFE review. NHS London commissioned consultants McKinsey to put together the Safe and Financially Effective paper and it has sat on desks for a few weeks at Southside. It’s explosive.
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CommentMedia Watch: fighting over the financials
Sunday’s Observer once again turned its eye to McKinsey and Company, claiming its consultants had been drawn into a “conflict of interest row”.
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CommentCally Bann: putting the record straight
It is only fair that a victim of misinterpretation and misrepresentation gets to clarify their comments.
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Comment'Healing our finances needs a long term, not short term, strategy'
The financial problems of the NHS are extremely serious – but more like anaemia than haemorrhage. It is the financial equivalent of a long term medical condition, says Nick Bosanquet.
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CommentMassive Midlands cluster faces a big foundation status challenge
The giant Midlands and East strategic health authority cluster held its first full board meeting as a monolith last week.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: PbR is becoming increasingly irrelevant
The strategic direction of tariff funding used to be steady expansion of scope and steady growth in sophistication. In time, it was understood, payment by results would cover virtually the entire English NHS.
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CommentIs the GP contract a barrier to integrated care?
There is a serious need to look at how GPs operate if integrated care is to successfully make the difference the government, and the sector, is pinning its hopes on, says King’s Fund director of policy Anna Dixon.
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CommentHSJ interview: Clayton M Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Prescription
The author of the Circle Prize for Inspiring Innovation-winning book, The Innovator’s Prescription, talks to HSJ about disrupting healthcare.
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CommentMedia Watch: NHS commissioning board makes a quiet start
The establishment of the NHS Commissioning Board could prove to be one of the more momentous events in the service’s history, but the occasion went all but unmarked by the national papers.
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CommentMichael White: don't bank on blaming Brussels for the NHS's ills
I was nursing a cold and watching the Commons EU debate on the telly at home when I was startled to hear David Nuttall, the Tory MP leading the anti-European charge, blame those wily foreigners for the imminent closure of the maternity ward and special care baby unit in his ...
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Comment'Our new solutions will come from new entrants'
Circle managing partner Ali Parsa on what Clayton M Christensen’s thinking on innovation means for the NHS.
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CommentThe judges' verdict: why the NHS should listen to Christensen
Stephen Dorrell MP, Mike Farrar and Mark Britnell share their thoughts on The Innovator’s Prescription.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: pain for providers - and the poor
It’s the time of year when minds turn to the contents of the next operating framework – currently scheduled for publication on 24 November.
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CommentSouth East trusts confident on improving mixed sex performance
The Department of Health this month jubilantly announced “record” success in its efforts to reduce mixed sex accommodation.
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CommentHeatherwood and Wexham feeling the strain in the South
Storm clouds continue to gather around Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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LeaderChange is inevitable, but more confusion and conflict is not
The last thing most HSJ readers want to hear about is the prospect of further change. Unfortunately the nature of these reforms almost guarantees it.
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LeaderWhere are all the female clinical leaders?
Of all the unwelcome consequences of the NHS reforms, perhaps the most unexpected is HSJ’s revelation that the leadership of clinical commissioning will be overwhelmingly male.
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CommentBook Review: The Innovator's Prescription
Maxine Miles, NHS graduate management trainee, reviews Clayton M Christensen’s Circle Prize winning book.
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CommentLeading the charge for change? An HSJ Summit review
Each year, HSJ hosts an annual policy summit for the most influential people in health. This year, we asked NHS primary care trust staff side lead Alyson Brenchley to attend and record her impressions.