External contributors – Page 19
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CommentBuilding an effective palliative care workforce
Toby Porter emphasises the need to develop a strong end-of-life care workforce that is prepared to meet growing future need
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CommentThe relationship between carers and the NHS must be recalibrated
Supporting carers is not just about patients, it’s about recognising the caring roles of your own staff outside of work and in work, writes Helen Walker
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CommentThe NHS is safe(ish) with Hunt
“I think the public are desperate for politicians to speak truthfully – but it isn’t always easy.”
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CommentThe elective care waiting list tops seven million
We can estimate that more than 20,000 of the seven million people on the elective care list have unsuspected cancer, and face a typical 10-month wait for that diagnosis.
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CommentWhat the new NHS ‘operating framework’ must say
NHS England’s highly anticipated new operating framework — aka operating model — will empower integrated care systems with autonomy. Matthew Taylor lists down five crucial factors that would impact this transition
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CommentSharing best practice needs to be enforced
Barbara Harpham emphasises the importance of proper pathways for organisations to share best practices in order to improve care within the NHS.
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Comment'Learning systems' can help get the NHS off its knees
Giving providers digital tools and technologies to resolve challenges within the health system is a possible approach for embedding learning and improvement into the process of delivering healthcare. By Nell Thornton-Lee, Tom Hardie and Tim Horton
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CommentNHS at risk of losing a generation of data analysts
If the NHS wants to lead the world in health data and analytics to improve care and make better population decisions, analysts must receive opportunities to access continuing professional development. By Andi Orlowski
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CommentWhat the NHS's partnership with Virginia Mason revealed
Prioritising workplace culture when planning and delivering improvement at an organisation and system wide level is the need of the hour. By Bryan Jones and Nicola Burgess
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CommentThe cost of living crisis is a health emergency too
Author David Finch highlights the relationship between the increasing costs of living and deteriorating public health in the UK – and the action that the government could take.
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CommentBetter access to rehabilitation can mitigate health inequality
Addressing inadequate rehabilitation services and disparities in healthy life expectancy is long overdue, and ensuring access may just prevent further entrenching inequities. By Natasha Owusu and Rachel Newton
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CommentThe seemingly fair principle that is driving NHS inequality
Co-authors Sally Gainsbury and Polly Mitchell highlight the need to tackle the “first come, first served” reality in the health service.
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CommentDo ICSs face an impossible task?
ICSs can help foster collaboration between partners to offer new solutions to entrenched problems while on the flipside they also face risks in how they respond to national asks. By Anna Charles
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CommentOptometry has a critical part to play in tackling the NHS backlog
Community optometrists can provide an immediate solution to the backlog in hospital eye departments, but only if there is a sustained NHS commitment towards true integration into the primary healthcare family, writes Adam Sampson
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CommentEnglish waiting list nears 7 million
The wait for diagnosis and decision is rising much faster than the wait for treatment.
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CommentHas the growth in medical consultants outstripped need?
The specialty reports reference international benchmarking data to argue the need for more of everyone, illustrates Dr Nadeem Moghal
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CommentThe uncomfortable truth about the CQC
An employment tribunal has just found the Care Quality Commission guilty of unfairly dismissing a whistleblower. Roger Kline examines the case and is implications.
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CommentJohnson’s government: One step forward for mental health, too many steps back
An informed and ambitious plan could positively change the way Britain’s mental health system works from top to bottom. Paul Farmer explores how.