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CommentWork together to find solutions to the problem of hospital discharge
British Red Cross believes that care commissioners and providers can utilise non-clinical assistance, including that provided by voluntary and community sector organisations, to relieve pressure on the NHS and improve outcomes. By Mike Adamson
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CommentAccelerating trust in Primary Care Networks?
Clarity of purpose, knowledge sharing and providing psychological safety can improve trust and relationships for collaboration in primary care. By Clare Allcock
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CommentWe need to be creative with consolidation and integration
Saffron Cordery on the three key aspects in reforming local health economies: how we reorganise and consolidate; which economies of scale are right; and what we are trying to achieve through integration
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CommentValues-based leaders come out on top
Many in HSJ’s top 50 chief executives list were operating in the most complex of environments and achieving remarkable results, writes Dr Alex Till
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CommentThe future of leadership
Successful leaders will be those who not only manage the disruptive conditions of today’s world but thrive on them and enable others to do so, writes Kate Wilson
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CommentExclusive: How all provider trusts rate their leaders and culture
Listening into Action’s analysis of the most recent National Staff Survey and a commentary by its founding director
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Workforcing the issue
Andy Cowper on workforce as the biggest issue facing the NHS currently
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CommentDillon: We should have thought harder on safe staffing
This week: Sir Andrew Dillon, chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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CommentThe NHS must focus on becoming a better employer
Anita Charlesworth, Candace Imison and Richard Murray look in detail at solutions across the different policy levers for workforce, including training, pay, staff retention and skill mix
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CommentDevolution of workforce shows an NHS that’s learning, not one that’s run out of ideas
Devolution is inherently a place-based issue and isn’t just about workforce, writes Michael Wood
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CommentThe false promise of the self-improving health system
There is an urgent need to reform the system for paying and contracting for services in the NHS but new complex financial incentive schemes are not the answer, writes Ben Collins
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CommentPrivate Patient Units – the £1bn opportunity?
Putting resources into PPUs will always be controversial and many will be asking whether it is worth bothering, writes Hugh Risebrow
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CommentThe NHS must learn from other countries
International comparisons show that enabling patients to take part in their care can help turn ambitions for patient-centred, joined-up care into a reality. By Layla McCay
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CommentThe five conditions needed for digital transformation
Chris Hopson on giving digital transformation the appropriate priority, ensuring the right amount of capital and investing properly in the required leadership and management skills
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CommentMedical appraisal and revalidation – a pretence that is reassurance, not assurance
The GMC’s current appraisal system fails to provide assurance that a doctor remains capable of maintaining safe and effective practice because it is not backed by objective data, says Nadeem Moghal
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CommentWhy can’t we say sorry?
Iain Moppett discusses the importance of apologising for medical mistakes made in the health service
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CommentCowper’s Cut: On Matt Hancock, bullshitting and lying
Matt Hancock symbolises the slippery slope from bullshit to lies, down which it has become acceptable for our politicians to slide, observes Andy Cowper
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CommentBreak the vicious cycle of poor mental health crisis care
Paul Farmer urges action on the recommendations of the year-long review of the Mental Health Act and the provisions of the long-term plan to improve the mental health of the nation
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CommentJanuary’s efforts slow the deterioration in elective waits
In spite of record pressures on A&E waiting times, the English NHS managed to have a fairly normal January for elective care.
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CommentVolunteers must have a clearly defined role
Staff and patients must be clear on the benefits that volunteers can bring to the future of our health system, writes Sam Ward