All Comment articles – Page 290
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Is government taking liberties with the foundation principle?
The argument between the foundation trust lobby and the Department of Health over foundations’ freedoms goes to the heart of the debate about the role of politics in health policy.
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Michael White on the consultant of the future
I make it a policy to chuckle when I hear of some mild British institution being likened to Nazi Germany or Stalin's Russia by someone who hasn't understood much history. Even law lords do it.
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Emma Dent on the common cold
I have a new hobby: blowing my nose. Not the most riveting of pastimes but my hope is that framing said activity in this way will make it seem less like a chore and more of a fun way to pass the time.
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Jon Restell on looking after managers
Managers in healthcare need to do more than ever to look after their staff. I don't have a problem with this; it's the right thing to be doing.
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Foreign bodies
When discussing sensitive issues such as migrant healthcare professionals, our choice of language is paramount. So I must point out that an item in HSJ speaking of 'overseas' doctors (in brief, page 6, 14 February) is misleading.
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The people's constitution
BUPA is supportive of the concept of an NHS constitution, but as an initiative designed to empower consumers. However, much of the discussion seems to be centring on processes and structure, writes Andrew Vallance-Owen
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Of equal weight…
Your coverage of two related issues in HSJ in separate articles is timely (news analysis and opinion, 14 February). What Sophia Christie's column fails to mention is the pressure faced by NHS colleagues to fund Lucentis in advance of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence issuing its final ...
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Whither NHS reform?
Richard Vize makes a sweeping dig at the British Medical Association and GPs, your traditional villains, and will probably get a quick laugh from the cheap seats. But has HSJ missed a point here?
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Why this delay?
In my opinion, Sophia Christie has missed the point about Lucentis. There is no doubt that many ophthalmologists in the UK would agree that the price of Lucentis is too high, writes Jonathan Gibson
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All Our Yesterdays
February 27, 1948, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital Review "With the coming into active operation this year of the national hospital service a new era in hospital administration will open. It cannot be denied that in many ways new opportunities for development and experiment will be presented and ...
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This week's weird world health
Did readers know that NHS managers have a code of conduct? It seems to have been kept fairly quiet until recently. But we wondered if, should the DH be considering revising the code they could take inspiration from rules recently imposed on Serbian hospitals by the country's health ministry. ...
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Ronny Flynn on righting racial inequalities
Frontline staff and managers' skills in engaging with and using evidence are essential to promoting race equality in health services. Britain prides itself on its open access to healthcare and the quality of its prevention and treatment of illness.
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Using evidence to achieve equality in healthcare
Frontline staff and managers must be skilled in engaging with and using evidence if they are to promote race equality in health services, writes Ronny Flynn
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Using evidence to achieve equality in healthcare
Frontline staff and managers must be skilled in engaging with and using evidence if they are to promote race equality in health services, writes Ronny Flynn
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Neil Goodwin on building working relationships
What do teenage children, marriage and friendships have in common when thinking about work? They all offer excellent opportunities for developing relationship skills in the workplace.
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Neil Goodwin on building working relationships
What do teenage children, marriage and friendships have in common when thinking about work? They all offer excellent opportunities for developing relationship skills in the workplace.
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Clean record
Media Watch reported that according to the Mail on Sunday, NHS North East spent £150,000 on cardboard nurses.
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Failure to assess
Congratulations for highlighting out-of-area assessments for mental healthcare. This problem is not confined to people needing to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act, writes Linda Davidson
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Proud of our A&E
I was pleased Emma Dent had a positive experience in accident and emergency, but she did not name the trust. So, on Emma's behalf, I just wanted to thank the hard-working staff who treated her colleague at UCLH.
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BMA will fight
It is not the BMA which is 'grossly misrepresenting' the argument over GP opening hours. It is the government's campaign of misinformation, inaccurate media reporting and misleading articles such as Richard Vize's blinkered editorial, writes Robert Morley