All Comment articles – Page 66
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Increasing inclusivity can be hard and uncomfortable, but it is vital
Nick Carver and Joan Saddler give an overview of two recently held podcasts that featured an expert panel discussing inclusiveness in the health service
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What do 'outstanding' trusts tell us about how to improve care?
Achieving a step-change in the quality of care across the NHS is ultimately going to require an organisation-wide approach to improvement, writes Bryan Jones
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Hancock's obsession with 'shiny' tech is 'blinding' us to the NHS' real needs
Nadeem Moghal on the lack of some basic technologies needed in every hospital in the NHS that accelerate the flow and quality of information, enabling timely responsive care
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Why 'low level' mental health problems require a sophisticated service response
Dr Nick Waggett responds to the Children’s Commissioner’s latest report on access to CAMHS
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Cowper’s Cut: End of a century
Andy Cowper on the lack of mandate, workforce plan, capital/maintenance plan and social care plan in healthcare
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NHS boards are too often 'another country'
Naomi Chambers discusses the obervations and findings of a study which examined 43 NHS board meetings in England and Wales
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How to build an effective chief executive
Stephen Hart on how the NHS Leadership Academy’s aspiring chief executive programme is helping develop the health service’s leaders
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Public health services are still part of the NHS
Matthew Winn asks why clinical public health services are being treated as poor cousins to the NHS.
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Cowper’s Cut: Mandate: born unto trouble as the sparks fly upwards
The DHSC’s failure to publish the mandate for NHS England for 2019-20 on time is an act of avoidable disrespect, says Andy Cowper
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The Bedpan: 'You must attend the opening of every new MRI'
This week: Part two of our interview with Ben Page, chief executive of pollsters Ipsos MORI
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Cowper’s Cut: But Social Care
Social care lies low on the political funding priority and public sympathy radar, with social care funding having acquired the totemic status of a black hole, says Andy Cowper
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The Bedpan: 'Suddenly that vast gorilla is very interested in you'
This week: Ben Page, chief executive of pollsters Ipsos MORI
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Waiting list grows 7.3 per cent
The English waiting list is still growing, and the admission rate still faltering, despite the promises and plans, notes Rob Findlay
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Telling the truth about NHS finances
In response to Andy Cowper’s recent column, Dr Eleanor Roy says that CIPFA has no direct role in finance and accounting standard setting in the health service
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The promise of a GP partnership review has not been kept
Nigel Watson’s GP partnership review: final report is flawed and does not add much value to the discussion about the likely future of the GP partnership model, says Jessica Arnold
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Job planning is vital – without it, there is no team
If job planning is done well, the prize is a real team that works measurably smarter, making cost effective use of resources from programmed activities, to CT scans, beds and more. By Nadeem Moghal
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We are taking the wrong approach on managing hospital beds
A better understanding of risk will underpin the case for reducing today’s high bed occupancies.
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Support in residential care homes can significantly reduce hospital visits
Enhanced support for care home residents can result in different outcomes depending on the type of care home, with greater reductions in A&E attendances and emergency admissions for those living in residential facilities as compared to nursing homes. By Therese Lloyd
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Cowper’s Cut: The price of financial lying
The NHS will have to pay the price for cultivating a culture of financial lying and cheating and incentivising the wrong things, warns Andy Cowper
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The Bedpan: 'GPs are scared... I don't blame them'
This Week: Susie Green, chief executive of trans-child charity Mermaids