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CommentGiving the people what they don't want
Peter West recounts his impressions of attending his local clinical commissioning group’s governing body meeting as a member of the public
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CommentHow staff and patients use workarounds to keep the NHS on track
Dr Beth Fylan on how “props and bridges” used by staff and patients promote the NHS’s safe functioning – despite the pressure borne from busy ward environments, multiple discharges and complicated medicines
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CommentThe NHS must prepare for the global workforce war
As a worldwide healthcare workforce crisis gathers pace, the NHS can play a major role in boosting productivity in the UK in view of Brexit, says Mark Britnell
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Towards balance, financial and otherwise
Trying to get the balance right between pessimism about the real problems and due optimism about the achievements of parts of the health service matters, says Andy Cowper
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CommentNHS and local government should work closely for cancer prevention
Matthew Day, Andy Fox, Cate Edwynn and David Baldwin suggest cancer services can be a unifying opportunity that can end the debate over who will fund and commission preventive health services
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CommentCowper's Cut: Why Ian Dalton and Matthew Swindells really got the bullet
Andy Cowper discusses the recent appointment of Simon Stevens as the chief of both NHS Improvement and England
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CommentScale up the best to achieve Long-Term plan goals
To realise the plan’s vision of integrated care, the best innovations within local systems need to be scaled up, says Paul Burstow
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CommentStaff survey offers reasons to be hopeful, but problems remain
Danny Mortimer notes that the recent NHS Staff Survey results suggest there are reasons to be optimistic, but there are still areas for improvement
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CommentWorkforce race equality: It’s time to make a difference in Greater Manchester
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group will offer supportive leadership to colleagues in public sector organisations across Greater Manchester to ensure equality and inclusion in the workplace, says Sir David Dalton
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Hurdling the open door
Andy Cowper anticipates some fine entertainment ahead as Matt Hancock tries to hurdle an open revolving door
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CommentThe Bedpan: ‘Kick off as much as you like, your A&E’s going’
This Week: Sir Mike Penning, Conservative MP for Hemel Hempstead
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CommentIn-house whistleblowing investigations rush to comfortable outcomes
The NHS must have a different attitude to whistleblowers: bosses must listen and respond, not just think about how to keep them quiet. By Richard Peachey
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CommentGIRFT allows poorly performing doctors 'to hide behind the team'
Compliance to Getting It Right First Time, is the NHS’ latest best chance of removing avoidable variation. However, it can also disguise the impact made by individual clincians. By Nadeem Moghal
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CommentEnding bursaries is not the main reason behind the fall in nursing students
England has not sufficiently invested in nursing education, observe James Buchan and Ian Seccombe
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CommentCowper’s Cut:Tesco, Disneyfication and avoiding the real problems
Instead of stating the real problems facing the NHS, two leading figures are Disneyfying the problems and missing the point, rues Andy Cowper
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CommentThe Bedpan: It's difficult for people to imagine different could be good
This week: Stella Creasy MP
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CommentWinter hits elective waiting times
RTT waiting times shot up in December as winter started to bite. In better news, one year waits continued to fall. By Rob Findlay
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CommentNew QOF will improve quality of diabetes care
The new QOF will mitigate previous concerns about it encouraging mismanagement of complex patients and its retention will aid practices’ business continuity. By Robin Hewings