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CommentShould pilot sites ‘go dark’ while testing new A&E measures?
The arguments for ‘going dark’ look weak, compared with the damage to official statistics and public confidence in them, writes Rob Findlay
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Comment18 weeks “no longer important”?
English waiting times will continue to grow, indefinitely, until the NHS gets closer to keeping up with demand. By Rob Findlay
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CommentWe need to foster a different approach to leadership
A new report highlights that the NHS needs a new approach to leadership in which a more enabling environment supports and empowers leaders who can move beyond working as leaders of single organisations to take a key role in their health economy, by Niall Dickson
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CommentHealthcare expert witnesses should get professional training
A newly published guidance on how healthcare professionals should be trained to be expert witnesses aims to ensure more consistency and better standards in the evidence provided by medical expert witnesses, says Mark Solon.
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CommentKark: Stop the revolving door for failed NHS managers
A short response from Tom Kark in relation to some of the issues raised recently in the HSJ relating to the FPPT
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CommentHostile hospitals: how urban planning can help
Can hospitals stop being monoliths of mystery and isolation and join wider urban life, asks Layla McCay
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CommentReverse mentoring delivers real value
Reverse mentoring allows NHS leaders to gain exposure to the diverse insights of BME staff with different lived experiences. By Ali Raza and Kiki Onyesoh
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CommentNHS is moving backwards in terms of board diversity
A recently released research report says that boards of NHS organisation have become less diverse over the last 15 years, which needs to be addressed urgently, notes Joan Saddler
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CommentThe need for a new social model of health ensuring all parts of the system work together
As a country we are still overly preoccupied with cure rather than prevention and it is leading to an inefficient allocation of public spending and stagnating health – a point we argue in our latest report, Beyond the NHS: Addressing the root causes of poor health, write Sally-Marie Bamford and ...
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CommentGP at Hand model will not work for everyone
NHS England has made a commitment to make digital primary care available to everyone. But if the future of primary care is digital, then it will need to be a different model to that currently delivered through Babylon GP at Hand. By Geraldine Clarke, Josh Keith and Adam Steventon.
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CommentWhy the NHS needs to understand the changes to higher and further education
It is worth the NHS exploring at least the high-level detail of what could be a hugely significant review into the post-18 education world, writes Michael Wood
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CommentInterim plan could never be a magic fix for the workforce challenge
The recently published interim plan has brought together the frontline, wider sector and government and it is vital that we build on this, exhorts Saffron Cordery
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CommentThe NHS should build overseas 'workforce factories'
To meet the widening healthcare workforce gap, Dr Nadeem Moghal suggests a new bold and ethical model of education that seeks to build local capability in the low and middle income countries from where the UK sources healthcare workers
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CommentThe Bedpan: When the NHS asks, the answer is ‘yes’
This week: Nicky Morgan, Conservative MP and chair of the House of Commons Treasury select committee.
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CommentStevens: NHS must take more responsibility for tackling climate change
This week: NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens
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CommentThe changing NHS must hold on to the best of clinical commissioning
Without clinical commissioning, we risk losing a valuable piece of the puzzle that will help improve care for everyone, and deliver a sustainable and effective NHS, says Graham Jackson
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CommentA 'Royal Community of Advocates' can help the NHS engage with the public
Laura Fulcher calls for a true partnership between the public and the NHS through the creation of a new body.
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CommentWhy technology should influence your estate plans
A recent King’s Fund research report looking at how technology is affecting the NHS estate concluded that it is critical that they are not treated as silos, notes Lillie Wenzel
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CommentThe Bedpan: The NHS must take gambling seriously
This week: Bill Moyes, chair of the Gambling Commission