External contributors – Page 107
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CommentWinter in the NHS is all year round: here's how we can cope
What can A&E departments do to tackle acute admissions in light of rapidly escalating, crisis-level statistics, asks Jenny Simpson
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CommentPreparing for the impact of Brexit on health in the UK
In the aftermath of Brexit, it is essential that the NHS gain public support for the continued recruitment of clinical and scientific staff from the EU
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CommentThe dangers of tying reconfiguration to seven day standards
It is essential that commissioners and STP leads learn the lessons of the London Quality Standards, says Silvia Machaqueiro
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CommentStraight talk is the only way to win the public's trust on STPs
We must sweep away jargon and speak our message loudly and clearly if the public are to embrace sustainability and transformation plans
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CommentReframing frailty care – what can we learn from mental health?
Four challenges must be overcome if society and NHS decision makers are to heed the valuable lessons from another sector
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CommentUnderstanding the right and wrong time for intervention
Use of charts by hospital boards can help decision makers set control limits to performance indicating where intervention may be required
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CommentNow it’s 20 weeks - elective waiting times at pre-target levels
English waiting times rose sharply in December, driven by the growing waiting list and winter pressures. And there was a sharp drop in the proportion of local hospital services achieving the 18 week target. By Rob Findlay
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CommentEstablish the principles of a just culture for staff
A just culture is compassionate and does not blame staff to ensure that they learn when things go wrong
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CommentIntegration of health and social care – working and not working?
Integration is looking less and less like a panacea and more of a long term vision
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CommentWill the NHS never learn?
Patient safety campaigner James Titcombe gives his reaction to MPs’ report on why the health service is still so slow to heed the lessons of the past
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CommentThe one lesson that the US and UK can learn from each other
Ideological differences between America and the UK don’t mean total incompatibility when it comes to making their systems better
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CommentBreak the silence on sexual abuse
The NHS is raising awareness of sexual abuse and violence in the hope of reducing it and also to provide much needed support to the victims
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CommentTen ways to speed up the forward view improvements
It’s taking too long to deliver the necessary improvements – here are some thoughts on what we should prioritise
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CommentThe big change that can reduce medical errors
There is compelling evidence that flattening the NHS hierarchy and introducing staff self management would reduce mistakes in the NHS
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CommentAnalysis: Keogh’s A&E overhaul has not materialised
NHS England set out plans for major reform in its milestone urgent and emergency care review in 2013. But now over three years since its publication, the flurry of A&E reclassifications has simply not materialised.
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CommentNext phase of inspections: a turn in the right direction?
Amina Uddin takes a look at the Care Quality Commission’s proposed new phase of regulation, which closes to consultation on 14 February
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CommentTrade deals with Trump could give the NHS a heart attack
Labour must come to terms with the gains of the Blair years, while the Tories must be wary of the dangers of Uncle Sam
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CommentWhy the government should introduce a healthcare spending target
Given the pressures on health spending, there exists the dilemma of setting social care spending on a more sustainable trajectory for the longer term
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CommentDon't ignore the councillors
When it comes to decisions around health and social care, there needs to be a bottom-up approach involving local leaders and not top-down pre-determined solutions
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CommentNHS England should learn a lesson from Ofsted and get tough over STPs
There’s a real danger that sustainability and transformation plans will fail on mental health services unless action is taken now