All Comment articles – Page 281
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Angela Greatley on mental health at work
It may not always be apparent to all of the 1 million plus staff of the NHS, but being in employment is a major determinant of good health.
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Media Watch: nurses' paperwork
Research suggesting nurses are drowning in paperwork generated a deluge of angry comment. 'The managers who preside over this shambles have blood on their hands,' screamed the News of the World.
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Jon Restell on information overload
Outsiders in their first few months in the NHS as, say, non-executive directors, are often aghast at the vast amount of information reporting that is required.
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Ingrid Torjesen on circumventing primary care
My skiing holiday in France was meant to be a relaxing break from health and health policy. But my hopes were dashed when on the third day I fell and heard a crack in my knee.
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Michael White on health policy attacks
In the run-up to the local elections, not to mention the Royal College of Nursing's conference, the government took a fearsome bombardment on the health front.
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This week's All Our Yesterdays
Public Assistance Journal and Health and Hospital Review, May 7 1948“There are now only two months left before the appointed day [when the National Assistance Bill would become law]. Much has now been done in the way of preparation since the introduction of the National Assistance Bill, but there are ...
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Preparing for a pandemic in the NHS
We live in a climate where the threat of bio-terrorism is significant enough to warrant serious preparation for a biological attack.This, together with the possibility of global outbreaks of infectious disease, such as avian influenza or SARS, increases the need to prepare for a pandemic.
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Stephen Ramsden on prioritising patient safety
Can anything be more important than the safety of our patients? This summer the National Patient Safety Campaign will begin. It aims to make safety the NHS's highest priority.
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Lisa Rodrigues on appointing a new chair
Managers should be aware of the unintended consequences their actions can bring about
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Ali Mohammed on staff empowerment
The other day I was asked the rather ambiguous question, 'How many inches have you got?' I was taken aback until I realised the question was about my TV.
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Media Watch: polyclinic row
The polyclinic row stepped up a gear this week as the Tories launched a 'campaign to save the family doctor', warning more than 1,700 GP surgeries could close.
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Your Humble Servant at the FT
To: Don Wise, chief executiveFrom: Paul Servant, assistant chief executiveRe: FT fantastic
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Michael White on disease politics
I was reading a book about politicians and their illnesses when news broke that John Prescott has suffered from bulimia, what some newspapers were unkind enough to call a girl's illness.
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Jo Davis on leading a foundation trust board
As chair of Birmingham Children's Hospital foundation trust, I had a unique role in our bid for FT status. It was my job to develop the board and guide it through the rigorous application process.
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on acute trust challenges
The financial year just gone has not been the easiest for acute services, with tough targets, population changes and possible structural shifts all putting pressure on trusts.
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This week's All Our Yesterdays
Public Assistance Journal and Health and Hospital Review, 30 April 1948From a study of old age, carried out by the Nuffield Foundation Survey Committee on people in Wolverhampton."In the great majority of instances the old people enjoy their food and eat ordinary food. Among women, however, a larger proportion ...
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Another coat of arms suggestion for Sir Robert Naylor
David Poynton, chair of consultancy Public Sector Consultants (formerly Robert's finance director at Heartlands trust for 10 years - we are still on speaking terms, he says) writes to suggest a coat of arms for Robert Naylor (End Game, passim). He explains it thus: "The heraldic meaning is as follows; ...
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'Lunatic' goings-on in Welsh government
From our kind friends on the news desk comes the following intriguing tale of a Conservative MP who seems to have developed the power of second sight.First minister ofWales, Labour’s Rhodri Morgan launched a stinging attack against a Conservative assembly member for his “farcical” and “lunatic” attempt to discredit the ...
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Awards preview
Managing long term care sponsored by Sanofi AventisThe growing number of community matrons working across and covering just about every GP practice in the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care trust patch – there are now 39 – is just one indicator of the success of the county’s ...
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Deep clean - a patient's view
What did service users make of the government's deep-clean initiative? We asked one woman to tell us what happened when the cleaners arrived on her ward