Comment archive – Page 358
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LeaderIt’s crunch time, but job cuts are not the only way to save the NHS money
While politicians have been quibbling over the size and the semantics of the public sector spending cuts to come, the NHS is quietly starting to get on with them.
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LeaderNHS quality accounts must live up to the name
A year and a half after former health minister Lord Darzi’s next stage review called for all NHS providers to publish quality accounts, there is still no real consensus on what they should look like.
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CommentMichael White: are the Tories ready?
The Labour government shows plenty of signs of being on its last legs.
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CommentMedia Watch: smoke free future
The promise of government proposals to create a “smoke free future” for the UK provoked a press battle over the nanny state.
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CommentPete Mason on avoiding staff conflict
Staff conflict will be an unavoidable by-product of what promises to be a testing 2010
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CommentPaul Corrigan on Tory policies vs Tory politics
Given what the opinion polls are saying, developing a close understanding of Conservative Party policy for the NHS looks like a worthwhile investment.
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LeaderUrgent care: confusing jargon – we’ve got your number
The NHS is constructing its own tower of Babel.
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LeaderRegulation must boost NHS managers’ reputation, not voters’ blood lust
Plans to regulate NHS managers are gathering pace. This creates both risks and opportunities.
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CommentPeter Reeves: a new deal for NHS non-executives
Fresh thinking is needed to help NHS non-executive directors hold their boards to account - and find self-fulfilment
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CommentCally Bann: public health nightmare
Not long to go until February, thank God. The tension created by the last flicks of those New Year resolution scorpion tails is intolerable.
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CommentMMR: it doesn't stand for mild mannered reporting
At the end of this week, the General Medical Council’s case against Andrew Wakefield, the doctor whose Lancet article sparked unfounded fears over a link between the combined measles, mumps and rubella jab and autism, will make its preliminary verdicts on the “facts” of the case.
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CommentMichael White: the four nations of the NHS
The devolved regions have consistently had more money per head from central government but have drawn back from the more radical target driven and choice oriented agenda promoted in England.
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CommentSteve Preston on using social networking to boost your career
By getting yourself known on the web, you can develop key contacts and advance your career.
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LeaderThis is PCTs’ admission of failure – but everyone shares the blame
Analysis of primary care trusts’ emergency and elective admissions data, shared exclusively with HSJ by health intelligence provider CHKS, reveals that in the majority of areas, both trends are going in the wrong direction: upwards.
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CommentCan healthcare spending thaw icy economies?
Health spending represents great value both as a short term economic stimulus and for its long term economic benefits.
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CommentNeil Churchill: advice for managers on giving criticism
As a manager, you are meant to give three pieces of praise for every piece of criticism. That’s the minimum ratio experts believe is effective in encouraging good performance.
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CommentManagers' pay rises and cold weather costs
Managers in Scotland will have taken cover this week, especially from junior nurses, after their salary increases were revealed by the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
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CommentMichael White on Tory health policy
The core of the Tory green paper seems to be protecting a locally driven public health budget.
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LeaderFour nations: was England’s approach to the NHS on target after all?
Research published this week by the Nuffield trust has reignited the debate over the value of health service targets.
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CommentJenny Rogers on the pitfalls of assessing risk in the NHS
What we want in the NHS is intelligent risk assessment and people brave enough to allow compassion and common sense to prevail.