Comment archive – Page 352
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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.
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CommentDelivering integrated care will bring us all closer together
Integrated care is the ingredient that can bind health and social care players to achieve real integration, writes Charles Alessi.
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CommentPhil Hammond: the reforms remain more question than answer
Fresh from his appearance on BBC1 two weeks ago, Dr Phil Hammond argues that the benefit of NHS reform is still no clearer to being understood, and that a change in direction is needed. It might just win over Andrew Lansley’s critics, too.
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CommentMedia Watch: there's no news like old news
Some of the nationals could be forgiven this week for getting their definition of the word “news” a little tangled.
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CommentMichael White: ice cool Professor Grant may have what it takes to succeed
It was a Labour peer who despairingly drew my attention to the vote against Professor Malcolm Grant’s appointment as chair of the NHS Commissioning Board by Labour MPs who sit on the Commons health select committee down the corridor at Westminster.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: new faces for financial frugality
There are essentially three approaches to the branch of corporate governance that is concerned with ensuring compliance.
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CommentNorth East PCTs mull region-wide commissioning support
Primary care trusts in the NHS Tees cluster are planning to form a commissioning support organisation with others in the North East, which could extend across the whole of the region and even move into Yorkshire.
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CommentNo respite for East Midlands trusts despite CQC shortage
The Care Quality Commission has made no secret of its shortage of inspectors and funds. NHS leaders facing equally pressing financial concerns may see a respite from the regulator’s prying eyes as a blessing, but those in the East Midlands have had little chance to rejoice.
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LeaderThe many questions we still need to answer on integration
Integration: what does it mean to you? For some it is an antidote to the evils of competition, for others a way to create a sustainable future for shaky organisations.
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Comment'The success of integrated care depends upon our commitment to innovation'
The importance of integration to health and social care is undoubted, but there is still some confusion over how it will work. It is up to leaders at both a national and local level to develop new approaches that will ensure integrated care is a success, says Dr Rebecca Rosen.
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CommentStephen Eames: there's no time like the present for planning
The late, great industrialist Sir John Harvey-Jones said: “Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.”
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Comment'An important moment in public health history'
Ruth Hussey, the woman at the heart of smoothing the public health shake-up, says there will be great gains after the strains. She talks to HSJ deputy news editor Steve Ford.