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CommentHSJ100 analysis - finance: Civil servants and Labour rise on tide of the two big dates
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-FINANCEHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-FINANCE There are two dates in 2015 that loom very large in the minds of all those on the HSJ100 with responsibility for the financial health of the NHS.The first is 31 March, which will bring to a close the toughest financial ...
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – technology: Amateur night is over but top tech talent is still wanting
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-TECHNOLOGYHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-TECHNOLOGY NHS England’s national director for patients and information Tim Kelsey (42) sent out an unequivocal message to health service leaders last month to mark the launch of an NHS national technology strategy.“Interoperability and safe digital record keeping is no longer a ...
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – safety and quality: Post-Francis NHS must stay safe without spending more
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-SAFETYHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-SAFETY After the sea change in focus on quality and safety that followed the 2013 Francis report, 2015 will be about ensuring the issue remains at the top of the list in the face of an ever more challenging financial position.The pre-eminence ...
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – workforce: Recruitment set to become key political battleground
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-WORKFORCEHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-WORKFORCE The last 18 months has seen an unprecedented focus on the NHS workforce following the Francis report into the failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and this is unlikely to lessen in the coming year despite mounting financial pressures on acute ...
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – integration: The ‘joined up’ thinkers at the heart of party policy
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-INTEGRATIONHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-INTEGRATION In various forms, integration is the dominant principle underpinning the policy offers from all three major parties, and in particular explains the positioning of Norman Lamb and Andy Burnham in the top 100.Mr Lamb (16) can lay claim to being the ...
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CommentPharmacists as care givers can make the forward view come true
A chance for new models of care
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CommentEngland's £250m waiting list initiative slips again
October was another flop for the government’s waiting list policy
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CommentReshape guidelines on body contouring surgery to best treat obese patients
After weight loss surgery
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CommentFTI Consulting analysis: Survey points to obstacles in way of forward view vision
Poll shows obstacles reformers are likely to face
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CommentThe better care fund needs to be stripped of bureaucracy
Better care fund needs a bureaucratic enema
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CommentTogether providers can make Dalton's recommendations a reality
Dalton review has come at a critical time for the NHS
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CommentReconfiguration of clinical services is important but insufficient
Hospitals play a minor part in determining outcomes
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CommentTime to tackle spiralling Scottish outpatient waits
Attention needed to restore short waiting times in Scotland
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CommentTackling the weighty problem of obese patients without the scalpel
Surgery often leads to further weight gain
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CommentTragic tale of 'Baby P' shows we shouldn't play the blame game
Distinguish accountability from blame