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CommentThe new NHS plan should disrupt the status quo
Getting what we pay for, means finding a way to deliver with less than enough, states Mike Birtwistle
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Hancockism, plans and money
Andy Cowper discusses the arrival of a new health and social care secretary, the money, and the 10 Year Forward View.
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CommentOne year waiters double in six months
One year waiters should be going down, instead they are soaring, warns Rob Findlay
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CommentHancock: I'll defend 'undervalued' NHS staff
New health secretary Matt Hancock, who took over the role from Jeremy Hunt this week, sets out his stall to the NHS in an exclusive editorial for HSJ.
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CommentWhat the NHS can learn from the Battle of Britain
The NHS can learn from Britain’s iconic national battle but only if we understand what really happened and ignore naive popular myths, writes Stephen Black
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CommentHealth and housing cross sector commission can be a total game changer
Health and housing coupled together can reduce poverty, improve health and reduce demand on the NHS, states Lord Kerslake
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CommentSecuring diverse talent to create a more inclusive NHS culture
Leaders need to become allies, harbouring high aspirations for inclusion of the marginalised as liberation of such lost voices is significant, writes Tracie Jolliff
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CommentThe essentiality of safe space
Safe space within the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch is the antidote for toxins created by poor leadership, weak governance, misguided regulation and adversarial processes like complaints and litigation. By Scott Morrish
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CommentTrusts must co-own the 10 year plan for the NHS
The new plan must be credible with the frontline, requiring honesty and realism about the trade offs that must be made, given the resource available, writes David Williams
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Mediocrity and excellence
Andy Cowper acknowledges that NHS management is hard, that the political environment is insufficiently multipolar.
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CommentWhy investing in a resilient generation is the NHS's business
Investment in improving access to children and adolescent mental health services and tackling its causes through a prevention first approach is the need of the hour, says Paul Burstow
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CommentResponding to the danger signs of CAMHS in trouble
Mental healthcare and treatment, for children and young people in particular, has historically been the ‘poor relation’ of the NHS, writes Dr Nick Wagget
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CommentThe NHS at 70: same, same but different?
Looking at a broad range of data, new health trends have emerged over the past seven decades leading to changing patient demands and fluctuating satisfaction levels with the NHS, notes Gillian Prior
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CommentIn the debate over AI access to patients, the consumer’s voice is critical
Access and appropriate use of healthcare could be improved and people could have more control of their health with the use of artificial intelligence, writes Halima Khan
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Mandatory guidance
Empowering patients and offering greater choice are good things – they are just not free good things, writes Andy Cowper
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CommentThinking big: lessons for the NHS on large scale change
The time is ripe for NHS to spread and scale innovation, creating a lasting movement for change. By Anna Charles and Joe McCannon
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CommentA new deal with the public
It’s time to revisit what people can expect from the NHS and what their obligations are in return, writes Chris Ham
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CommentA ‘plastic problem’ in healthcare
The biggest issue faced by the NHS workforce seems to be of perceived value – how valued people feel by their wider organisations. By Mark Szymankiewicz
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CommentNHS funding settlement: ‘a change of gear’ for the NHS?
The announcement about the NHS funding settlement can be interpreted in two ways, says Ben Gershlick
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CommentFive legal changes the health service needs
Tom Kibasi and Toby Lambert argue the health service should seize on the government’s offer of legislative reform, and set out five changes it needs to take integration forward.