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CommentHow much could private units contribute to NHS financial recovery?
While there are undoubtedly opportunities for private patient units, careful market due diligence needs to be undertaken and the optimal strategy needs to be considered to make them more lucrative. By Hugh Risebrow
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CommentImplement continence care guidance to improve patient experience
Improving healthcare practitioners’ understanding of continence issues could maximise the quality of continence care across the NHS
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CommentHalt the use of consultancies to improve efficiency
Management consultants are more likely to generate inefficiency, hence spending less on management consultants could improve outcomes in the healthcare system
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CommentFunding of restorative dentistry is a cause for concern
A survey into how restorative dentistry is paid for has found wide disparity in the funding of the service in the UK, which leads to variations in the service provided, note Ulpee Darbar and Ishpinder Kaur Toor
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CommentData: The golden thread that will change healthcare
Advances in technology have transformed the way healthcare information is gathered and stored and harnessing this data might in turn transform the future of healthcare, notes Sudin Kansakar
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Politics, game theory and Belgian lessons
Andy Cowper gives the lowdown on the ups and downs of British politics, which influences the funding available to the NHS
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CommentIndependent providers won't run ACOs due to politics of 'privatisation'
Due to various risks, independent sector operators are not expected to take on a large scale accountable care organisation contract, notes David Hare
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CommentAvert the tragedy of the commons in the NHS
We need to evolve from self interest towards sustainable use of NHS resources to stop the decline of the NHS
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CommentSpring statement: Tough choices ahead for the government
Anita Charlesworth discusses the implications of the recently released spring statement for the NHS and social care
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CommentFinding the right balance between social care and healthcare
Strategic change is required to reduce the sharpness of the differential between social care, as a largely paid-for service, and health as an essentially free service
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CommentPatient involvement: a silver bullet for innovation spread?
Patient involvement is repeatedly identified as a common condition for supporting the spread of innovation in the NHS, writes Trevor Fernandes
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CommentTreating private patients in NHS hospitals – benefit or cost?
An independent investigation is needed into whether trusts are getting significant net additions to their income from treating private patients, and whether the drive to set aside yet further beds for private patients should be allowed to continue. By Colin Leys
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CommentLearning agility is a top predictor of leadership potential
Leadership development needs to shift the focus onto developing learners who can create solutions. By Kate Wilson
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CommentRTT admission rates collapse
Admissions per working day fell dramatically, to the lowest January level ever recorded, as the NHS followed central guidance to shut down routine care and release beds for emergency admissions. One year waiters – a key goal for next year’s plans – went up again and exceeded 2,000 for the ...
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The NHS needs a chief anthropologist more than any chief inspector
Andy Cowper on the massive and largely undiscussed set of cultural problems that the NHS has
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CommentA piecemeal approach to transform cancer care won't work
Having reached the half way mark, Moira Fraser reviews the NHS’s implementation of the five year cancer strategy launched in July 2015 and the obstacles impeding progress
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Towards good news
Andy Cowper shares some bits of actual good news peppered with a dash of a downer at the end.
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CommentPlanning for next winter must start now
Derek Alderson on how we need to look at increasing capacity, reconfiguring surgical services and greater separation of elective and emergency sites sooner than later to avoid winter pressures
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CommentThe back story of the former bagel mogul behind ‘Care BnB’
The CareRooms concept occurred to me after spending the last 25 years in healthcare and being a long term carer for my father, who died in 2016. But I started off selling bagels. By CareRooms chief executive Paul Gaudin
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CommentIncreasing productivity and maximising capacity is essential
Four Eyes Insight helps NHS trusts improve operational productivity. In the first of two articles, the company’s founders explain their experience of the productivity opportunity and the clinical perspective they bring to it.