Comment archive – Page 86
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CommentWhat Javid’s speech was really about
Built as a big reform speech, Sajid Javid’s recent speech widely left health policy commentators, who follow such reform talk closely, frustrated, bemused, underwhelmed or all three, writes Richard Sloggett
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CommentHow ICSs can help reverse the drop in stroke care quality
Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks and ICSs must work closely with PCNs to remove obstacles to case finding, diagnosis and management of hypertension and atrial fibrillation, writes Juliet Bouverie
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Beg to differ
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Decoding Javid’s new NHS tech target
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by senior correspondent Nick Carding.
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CommentNew access standards need the funding to make them meaningful
Harnessing the full potential of mental health access standards to improve patient outcomes? Not without government backing, writes Adrian James, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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CommentLet ICSs decide how to deliver 'neighbourhood care'
Post Baroness Camilla Cavendish’s endorsement of the Buurtzorg model, Brendan Martin explains how this Dutch model will face the challenge of adapting to Britain’s institutional environment and should be replicated after learning how to achieve it
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CommentWhat the NHS needs to hear from Javid tomorrow
Chris Hopson on the challenges created by the pandemic and the need of the hour for the NHS
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CommentThe NHS must acknowledge discrimination to effectively tackle the problem
Sadly, we live in a world where racism, misogyny, ableism and other forms of discrimination and prejudice exist. As an organisation that is rooted in and serves our community, we are not exempt from such discriminatory beliefs and behaviours, writes Solent Trust’s Anna Rowen
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CommentJavid's impossible dream
Sajid Javid recently shared his vision of digital transformation with NHS heads of IT. Julian Patterson reproduces the health secretary’s speech word for word (more or less)
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CommentShould the General Medical Services contract be scrapped?
In his 2019 independent review of the partnership model, Nigel Watson concluded that the ‘partnership model is not dead’. Almost three years, and a pandemic later, is it time for a rethink, ask Robert Ede, Dr David Landau and Sean Phillips
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Language barriers
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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CommentInexperienced managers need as much support as junior doctors
Policy makers should review the way management training and support is planned and delivered for both new and experienced NHS managers, write Bryan Jones and Joe Home
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CommentHEE chief: We’ve been using the wrong tools for workforce planning
Dr Navina Evans, chief executive of Health Education England, explains how the NHS is meeting the challenge of workforce planning.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Great expectations for virtual wards
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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CommentCommunities – not hospitals – are key to a thriving NHS
We need to make community-powered prevention a valued part of the system, writes Prof Donna Hall
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Ambulance crisis being shrugged off
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingThe Primer: A spotlight on women’s health
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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CommentAchieving net carbon zero is a moral imperative for our trust
Transformation of any kind requires the right infrastructure to enable it to happen, and this is where the interface between sustainability and digital transformation is so important, writes Joe Harrison
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CommentRespiratory care has got worse since it was made a priority in the long-term plan
The NHS has named respiratory as a priority area, but for the millions of people living with lung disease in the UK life is only getting harder. Sarah Woolnough says the NHS must use its long-term plan refresh to finally start giving people with lung conditions the recognition, care and ...
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CommentSir Trevor Longstay: Seven essential qualities of leadership
One of the greatest and most humble leaders in the NHS shares his leadership secrets with Julian Patterson