Comment archive – Page 380
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Mental health promotion: healthiness is all in the mind
Andrew McCullough argues public health messages need a makeover so people base their lifestyles on an understanding of wellbeing that ties mental and physical health together
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Sophia Christie on healthcare's false economy
Just in case we thought Keynesian economics might protect us from the credit crunch, Nick Timmins of the Financial Times used his keynote presentation at an anniversary event for world class commissioning to demonstrate that we will be highly unlikely to enjoy growth reaching 3 per cent by 2011.
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Michael White on NHS co-operation and competition
Following last week’s HSJ article on the NHS’s Co-operation and Competition Panel I have lifted a few stones.
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Do your rounds to be a better NHS leader
Dr D J Brown, a clinical fellow in emergency medicine, offers tips on how to be a better health service manager
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Jenny Rogers on being lonely at the top of the NHS
With the new US president having begun his administration, carrying so many of our hopes for change and improvement, it is easy to forget how lonely the role can be.
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Daphne Austin on priority politics
With its use of selective stories, partial facts and opinion from a restricted range of experts presenting only a narrow range of insights, the current dialogue on priority setting resembles propaganda more than it does debate.
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Clinical Leaders Network: from strength to strength
Clinical Leaders Network director Raj Kumar talks about the initiative's progress so far and the hurdles that lie ahead
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Stop at red: study shows PCTs have a long road ahead of them
Around 18 months after the Department of Health began outlining its vision for world class commissioning, we have the first tangible measure of how well primary care trusts have prepared.
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Spectre of more competition haunts NHS
A new beast is unleashed onto the healthcare world tomorrow which could change the landscape on everything from pensions to private practice.
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Patient and public involvement: keys to success
Patient and public involvement managers must distinguish between two sets of people - ordinary members of the community and more expert contributors. Few can be both
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Media Watch: South East Coast in the headlines
NHS South East Coast must be holding its head in its hands about its press coverage this week and last.
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Michael White on the effects of the recession
How should we react to headlines warning NHS finance directors and their colleagues elsewhere in the public sector that a swathe of private finance initiatives - including new hospitals - is under serious threat because of the recession?
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Stephen Eames on managing the NHS
I spent a significant chunk of my Christmas break dealing with the 'here and now' while also reflecting on the harsh year we all face.
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Naomi Chambers on NHS boards and talent management
Following a report from Cambridge University's Judge Business School, NHS chief executives are being urged to spend more time - up to one day a week - on developing future leaders.
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David Levy on the Clinical Leaders Network
I recently had the pleasure of attending a meeting of strategic health authority leads of the Clinical Leaders Network. There were about 30 of us in the room, in three groups.
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Lisa Rodrigues on NHS kindness
At the end of 2008, King's Fund chief executive Niall Dickson was reported as saying that NHS staff have lost their compassion and that his organisation wants to help bring it back. I could not agree less.
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Yi Mien Koh on the world class commissioning story
In December, the board at Hillingdon primary care trust completed its world class commissioning assurance panel day.
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Ali Mohammed on NHS workplace frustrations
Why do people click 'reply to all' in an email when replying to the originator alone would suffice? This normally generates a further set of emails from those copied in, asking not to be copied in.
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Council must echo rousing call to next generation of leaders
'If ever there was a moment for leadership in the public sector, this is it.' This statement, which sounds like a politician's soundbite, was in fact from Mark Goldman, chief executive of Heart of England foundation trust.
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Maternity matters: stop passing the buck
The commitments made in Maternity Matters are due to be met by the end of the year.