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CommentCowper’s Cut: The ‘pin the blame on the donkey’ game gets under way
With a recent double sourced leak having begun the blame game for the NHS funding in the Budget, Andy Cowper analyses the game of political football being played out
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CommentThe budget was more positive than expected
Overall for the NHS, this Budget was much better than feared but not nearly as good as it needed to be. By Anita Charlesworth, John Appleby and Siva Anandaciva
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CommentThe financial picture for trusts in Q2
Tim Connolly shares his insights into the latest quarterly financial and performance figures for the provider sector from NHS Improvement
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CommentAnalysis: The areas seeing sustained falls in emergency admissions
Containing and reducing emergency hospital admissions is often seen as the holy grail of sustainable and better integrated healthcare. For most it has been elusive, but HSJ has identified and spoken to several areas which appear to have seen sustained reductions in recent years.
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CommentThree tests this budget needs to pass to reverse the impact of the NHS funding gap
Chris Askew asks whether the budget will reverse the decline of access to timely and good quality healthcare
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CommentCowper’s Cut: A Budget for putting politics above prosperity
We’re approaching a moment when a government that has been warned that the NHS funding situation will threaten quality, access and safety is going to choose to ignore that warning, says Andy Cowper in the runup to the Budget
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Physician associates can help meet the NHS workforce gap
Providers must find ways to integrate physician associates into the NHS workforce and optimise their skill sets, says Sam Roberts
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CommentIt’s time for a new mindset to unlock the power of the NHS’s support staff
A change of mindset is needed if the NHS is to truly unlock the power of support staff to deliver better value, better environments and better care, writes Ian Crichton
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CommentWhy DToCs need to be removed from the NHS lexicon
We need to stop talking about DToCs, and focus instead on how we help every patient get to the right setting of care for their needs. By Jo Andrews
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CommentSupport local leaders or risk having no leaders in future
The NHS’s current management approach favours the stick rather than the carrot, leading to huge pressures on local leaders and could undermine the success of STPs, warns Helen Buckingham
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CommentLifting the cap: Paying for the pay rise
The often repeated strategy of getting NHS staff to deliver more for less has run out of road, says Harry Quliter-Pinner
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CommentSharp fall in elective admission rate
September’s admission rate was sharply down on recent years. However, waiting list management recovered, enabling a slight improvement in waiting times to 20.3 weeks. That’s still well above 18 weeks though, and the trend remains up.
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CommentDo not overlook the real achievements of PFI
Paul Ridout on the role of PFI in the improvement of NHS facilities
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CommentQuality improvement is not for the faint hearted
Embedding quality improvement into the fabric of the NHS organisations requires a fundamental shift in leadership, say Joni Jabbal and Siva Anandaciva
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CommentRevealed: The cost of restoring 18 week waits
With some guesses about the costs per case, I calculate recovering 18 weeks sustainably might cost £2.1bn next year and £350m the year after, if other pressures and enough mainstream capacity are funded. Or £4.2bn next year and £1bn the year after, if austerity continues.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Send lawyers, guns and money to the antagonish
Who benefits from the recently leaked information about Simon Stevens being made personally responsible for NHS’s winter performance, ponders Andy Cowper
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CommentProtect trainee doctors to protect patient safety
Annual trainee quality panels can help address bullying and other cultural and safety issues within local hospitals and training posts, say Zoe Oliphant and Iona Thorne
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CommentStevens' mission on NHS funding will go on beyond the budget
Simon Stevens’ funding call ahead of the budget has grabbed headlines, but why was it necessary and how will it go down in Whitehall?
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CommentAccountable care and cancer: We must not lose sight of the fundamentals of integrated care
Accountable care is about more than just contractual arrangements, it is also about achieving coordinated care and delivering the outcomes that matter to patients. By Moira Fraser
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Comment'Carebnb' could be the type of radical idea the NHS needs
Alex Fox on the viability of care rooms and the need to look at other patient-centric models that already exist in the NHS