External contributors – Page 120
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CommentHealthcare innovation demands understanding, not imitation
We must embrace innovation, not run from it, if the £22bn funding black hole is to be tackled head on
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CommentAnalysis: NHS Improvement can make RTT picture clearer, not prettier
News of NHS Improvement’s waiting times validation project comes at an interesting point for those affected by referral to treatment data.
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CommentThe NHS is an organisation with amnesia
Despite major reports calling for an overhaul of safety, barriers to effective NHS investigations still exist
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CommentYour future workforce is your local workforce
The focus of skills provision is changing – NHS organisations should act now to see how this affects the supply of staff
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CommentSomething wicked this way comes: the main barrier to transformation
Radical policy shifts are needed to deal with some hefty obstacles standing in the way of major change
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CommentPrevention is the only cure for the NHS
The population’s inactivity problem is being addressed by some decisive action from NHS England and CCGs
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CommentSTPs will establish system leadership and place based commissioning
STP changes not just mere reshuffle
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CommentAn altogether different Simon Stevens
Simon Stevens has transformed from an enabler to a commander
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CommentWhat makes a top CIO?
Do we have what it takes to hold on to the NHS’s valuable chief information officers?
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CommentWhy every NHS director should be very interested in reference costs
Reference costs can be a catalyst to greater NHS efficiency but we must invest in them now, writes James Wilson
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CommentPlugging the holes in the crumbling plasterwork of GP practices
How does the GP Forward View measure up when we consider its potential to deliver better healthcare, asks Don Redding
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CommentSo, how easy will it be to deliver the General Practice Forward View?
Richard Lewis reviews the measures set out in the General Practice Forward View
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CommentCCG barometer comment: Ever closer union?
The latest CCG barometer shows commissioning leaders are focused on how to make STPs work, writes John Rooke
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CommentIntegrated care requires CCGs to focus on ‘market building’
Why commissioners must adopt the role of “market-builder” alongside “buyer”
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CommentComplainants’ voices are as muted as ever
Little has changed for people with grievances against the NHS
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CommentLet's do what we can to help the NHS innovators grow
The NHS Innovation Accelerator is already taking steps to help the spread of exciting new technologies
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CommentThe need for a 45th STP – a national one
Separating the noise of contract negotiations from the signal around STPs
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CommentSugar is a more bitter pill to swallow than the Brexit debate
Every step forward taken by food manufacturers in the so-called war on obesity is countered by half a step backwards
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CommentThe call must go out to improve hospital switchboard services
Our research into hospital switchboard performance suggests more staff might be needed if the NHS is to be transformed into a seven day service, write Thomas Hampton and colleagues