Comment archive – Page 89
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Will sharing mean scaring?
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Vaccine candidate No. 1 is in; Cummings is out of No. 10 and Dido Harding’s retail fallacy
Andy Cowper writes on the discussions held for better NHS funding, talks of a new contract with Palantir to use Foundry for the TAT’s data and the retail fallacy.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Mapping the second wave’s advance
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Test and Trace’s turnover, vaccine’s cold reality and MPs’ harsh criticism
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Old habits die hard
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentBlame or denial will not stop patients catching covid in hospitals
David Oliver shares his insights on hospital-acquired covid-19, how it is reported, why it might happen and realistic approaches to reducing rather than abolishing it.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: A question of evidence
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentElective recovery fails to halt soaring waiting times
September was the NHS’ best chance to arrest the rapid deterioration in elective waiting times. But the challenge was too great, writes Rob Findlay.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: First relief, now reality
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Ready, steady, test your staff
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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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Two reasons for hope
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentPrimary care networks: getting into their stride?
Professor Judith Smith, Sarah Parkinson and Dr Manbinder Sidhu discuss in their evaluation, concerns pertaining to PCNs, its increasing progress and, its collective working with various practices.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Hardest-hit region may have passed peak of second wave
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Stevens trumps the NHS bashers
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the recent political mayhem, falling performance of the TAT programme and ill-informed attacks on the NHS.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Making space for the spread
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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Expert BriefingHSJ Weekly Catch-up: Lessons unlearned, millions unclaimed and thousands alarmed
Your essential update on health for the week.
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Expert BriefingDaily Insight: Designated delay
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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CommentLockdown must be used to give councils the lead in contact tracing
The pandemic has shown that a constitutional reset is needed to avoid central government overreaching itself in the future, writes Chris Ham.
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CommentThe targets the NHS will have to hit this winter
Many trusts and some entire systems have met the phase three activity targets set by NHS England in July, but there is recognition at the centre that holding the service to them slavishly over the winter would be pointless and counter-productive.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Legislation in the time of covid
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior integration correspondent Sharon Brennan.