All Comment articles – Page 36
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Why preparing for the worst kept our patients and staff safe during the pandemic
Michele Moran shares her experience of dealing with staff health and wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic, and how her own experiences shaped the introduction of new safety initiatives that completely transformed care during these challenging times
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Service specialisation and digital technologies can offer real patient improvements
Carl Shoben and John Underwood write about a new poll on the NHS which points out the public’s top two priorities are tackling the waiting lists that have built up during covid and greater investment in the health service
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UK’s emergency response to the covid-19 pandemic
The experience of rapidly accelerating research on how to treat and prevent covid-19, in the RAPID C-19 initiative, explained by Nwamaka Umeweni, Hywel Williams, Anthony Kessel and Anna Brett
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The media must support, not criticise, GPs
Professor Martin Marshall, chair of the Royal College of GPs, argues that coverage of concerns about remote GP appointments is undermining confidence, while many patients are being assessed effectively and safely.
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Waiting list soars past 5.6 million patients
The waiting list continues to grow rapidly as demand mostly recovers but activity cannot. By Rob Findlay
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Unpaid carers’ rights are overlooked in hospital discharge
The discharge to assess model, rapidly extended during covid and still in place, has in many cases failed family members looking after loved ones at home, omitting carers from the discharge process, says Helen Walker of Carers UK.
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Letter from Scotland: Making Scotland’s NHS 10pc better
In his regular dispatch from north of the border, Henry Anderson discusses the aim to remobilise the health service as quickly as possible over the next five years
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The Blithering Chronicles: Towards accuracy – the new clarity
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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Crowdsourcing ideas for hospital design can bring real benefits to our NHS
Dame Elaine Inglesby-Burke, a judge for the Wolfson Economics Prize 2021, suggests how fresh ideas can radically improve hospital planning and design
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As a CEO from an ethnic minority, staff expect me to make a difference to inequality
Patricia Miller, Dorset County Hospital CEO, shares her approach to building a culture of inclusion
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Blithering Chronicles exclusive: Amanda Pritchard on her first week
A month ago, Amanda Pritchard succeeded Simon Stevens as chief executive of NHS England. Julian Patterson takes a satirical peek at her first week in post.
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When it comes to staff safety during the pandemic, the buck stops with chief executives
One of the main preventive roles of occupational health experts in the pandemic is, or should have been, to advise and support managers/employers in risk management and control both as regards compliance with legal duties on health and safety
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The Primer: NHS managers were ‘the enemy within’
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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The Blithering Chronicles: Passionate about values
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy
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Climate emergency: 10 things every NHS trust can do now
Tim Jaggard, acting chief executive at UCLH, highlights 10 practical things every NHS trust must change immediately amidst a global climate and health emergency.
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A permanent department for pandemics
Andrew Sturdy writes on the possibility of having a permanent government department for pandemics which can deploy latest technology and skills for testing and vaccinations
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NHSI could not have had a better chair than Dido Harding
Narinder Kapur, Chris Harkensee and Terry Skitmore praise Dido Harding’s work on introducing fairer procedures for NHS staff which, they say, have contributed to workforce wellbeing, and patient safety.
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Nobody should be denied a second chance of life because of their ethnicity
Henny Braund addresses the inequalities patients face during stem cell transplants, urging the NHS make sure care is culturally appropriate
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The Blithering Chronicles: Portrait of a leader – Sir Trevor Longstay
Julian Patterson reports on NHS Blithering, the country’s most challenged health economy