External contributors – Page 89
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CommentShredded nerves and disrupted services - crucial lessons from the Docklands bomb
After the 1996 Docklands bomb, HSJ wrote: “The acute trust stood down 24 hours after the explosion, but work for Tower Hamlets Healthcare was just beginning.” The trust’s CEO writes about what they learned from that time.
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CommentNHS 70-100: A new hope
Beyond this election, public choices may need to be made as part of a “30-year forward view”, says Mark Orchard
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CommentCommissioners can think about more than money
NHS commissioners have a useful tool to draw on when tendering – now they just need to use it, says Don Redding
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The Pivot, And How To Make It
Cowper’s Cut is a new weekly column from HSJ’s comment editor Andy Cowper. It will be published every Monday and seeks to serve as an informative and entertaining stimulant for HSJ’s subscribers at the start of the working week.
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CommentYou're welcome: how John's Campaign is changing attitudes towards family carers
Senior NHS managers can play a crucial role in helping to ensure that obstacles do not prevent the loved ones of people with dementia being with them in hospital, as Julia Jones explains
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CommentAn idea that could smash the clinical silos
By placing junior doctors in the most innovating organisations we could create a more open-minded culture, writes Nishma Manek
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CommentEnacting change at pace and scale in the NHS
What started as a procurement project using GS1 barcodes at Derby Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust will eventually give us data for the whole patient pathway
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CommentRecognise the value of people powered health initiatives
It’s high time we reduce the demand on mainstream health services by involving the local people
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CommentDalton: Creating a sustainable NHS remains the goal
Sir David Dalton offers an update on what the NHS has achieved in the wake of his inquiry
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CommentWhat would a new Conservative government mean for NHS buildings?
Robert Ede argues that an ambitious programme of capital investment in the manifesto must go hand in hand with new legislation.
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CommentNew care models need the right organisational delivery model
New organisational forms, planned and developed locally, will help to make integrated care the norm
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CommentTurning negatives into positives: the importance of learning from mistakes
The Medical Defence Union’s Michael Devlin examines whether a new patient safety body will lead to better investigations into medical mistakes.
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CommentSepsis focuses innovation at this year's Warwick Business Case Challenge 2017
The Executive MBA Team from Warwick Business School emerge the winners with their analysis of the life-threatening condition in Australia and New Zealand
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CommentThe NHS's world first in attempting to reduce acute kidney injury
What commissioners need to know about the Think Kidneys programme and its lessons on the prevalence and impact of acute kidney injury
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Comment18 week waits, March 2017: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for March 2017
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CommentA brief guide to complying with purdah
Errol Archer takes a look at what the requirements of the pre-election period mean for governmental officials and the bodies they belong to
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CommentWaiting list stays below 4 million for the general election
The English waiting list managed to stay inside 4 million, in the last figures to be published before the general election. It won’t last
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CommentFive lessons in transforming mental health
Lambeth CCG’s learnings to help others drive a transformational change in mental health
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CommentCan the retail industry teach the NHS how to create happy workers?
Being all inclusive and empowering the staff is key to the wellbeing of the NHS workforce
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CommentHow common is late validation of elective waiting lists?
It is suspected that some hospitals might have deliberately delayed waiting list validation to achieve the 18 week target.