All NHS long-term plan articles – Page 4
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CommentPutting neighbourhoods at the heart of integrated care
Leaning into neighbourhood working offers a threefold benefit: reducing demand on the health and care system, developing community resilience and enabling retention through delivering new models of care. By Toby Lewis
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CommentPolitical complacency is a major risk for NHS ‘recovery and reform’
The new political leaders in healthcare need to articulate a clear and ambitious vision, or will undermine efforts to “build back better”. Here’s how, by Chris Thomas
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NewsPatients face ‘inevitable rationing’ as one in four psychiatry posts not substantive
Psychiatry is facing a ‘double whammy’ of chronic consultant shortages where patient care is being rationed and under-pressure doctors are working with ‘hands tied behind their backs’, a leading clinician has warned.
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NewsRevealed: Widespread gaps in ‘gold-standard’ service a year on from NHSE launch
More than half of England has limited or no access to a ‘gold standard’ eating disorder programme proven to halve the need for intensive treatment, a year after NHS England funded 18 pilot projects in the wake of five women’s anorexia deaths, HSJ analysis reveals.
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CommentHow digital technology is benefiting community health services
Community providers’ flexible, community-based model of service provision is well-suited to testing small-scale innovations in digital. By Andrew Ridley
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NewsNational plan to modernise NHS’s HR function revealed
NHS England has unveiled a plan to modernise the health service’s human resources and organisational development functions over the next decade.
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HSJ PartnersRedefining shared care records post-covid
The pandemic has helped accelerate shared records from information repositories to vital operational systems across whole care ecosystems. Maintaining shared records will aid in truly transforming the integrated care setting. By James Ormonde
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NewsLong-term plan target 'set to be missed by several years’
The NHS is set to miss the long-term plan’s target for improving stroke care by several years, a leading doctor has said.
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NewsNHSE is ‘pussyfooting around’ race strategy amid ‘wokery media storm’, says lead
NHS England is ‘pussyfooting’ around the release of a new workforce race equality strategy amid a “media storm around ‘wokery’,” the lead of the programme has said.
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CommentDoing things differently to help GPs transform care and reduce demand
Matt Kearney on supporting primary care to do things differently and at scale as we emerge from the pandemic
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CommentICSs pose a potential risk to improving stroke care
Even though Integrated Stroke Delivery Networks, vital to the further transformation required in stroke prevention and treatment, may span multiple ICSs, there is currently no mechanism to ensure that their plans and priorities are joined up. By Juliet Bouverie
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HSJ InteractiveImproving services through greater digital engagement with patients
Digital patient engagement has accelerated during the pandemic but sometimes in a piecemeal fashion. Now some organisations are introducing a more consolidated approach, hoping to further increase service efficiency and patient satisfaction as a result, reports Claire Read
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CommentSpending review 2021: The case for capital funding
The upcoming comprehensive spending review should address the need for a multi-year system of capital funding for the NHS, which is essential to keep staff and patients safe and provide the best quality of care, writes Saffron Cordery
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NewsNHS England seeks ‘strong’ COO who can ‘suspend ego’
NHS England is advertising for a “strong” permanent chief operating officer who “suspends ego”, following Amanda Pritchard’s promotion to CEO earlier this year.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why £15.6bn extra spells cuts for the NHS
The government has announced £16bn more for the NHS — but NHS England is having to curb its ‘long-term plan’ ambitions and considering which of its budgets to shave. This week’s HSJ Health Check podcast explores why.
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News‘Everything up for grabs’ as NHS reviews ‘long-term plan’ goals
NHS England is reviewing the commitments to improve services made in its long-term plan, with senior officials believing many of them cannot be met under last week’s funding settlement and after the damage of the pandemic, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: Respiratory Care Initiative of the Year
WINNER: Nottinghamshire Healthcare FT: Children’s Community Respiratory Physiotherapy Team (including Rapid Response) The Children’s Community Respiratory Physiotherapy Service are a team of four specialist physiotherapists. The service was established to improve outcomes, quality of life and experience for children with complex disorders, in line with the NHS long term plan. ...
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CommentUnder-pressure ambulance services are accelerating transformation
Chris Hopson and Daren Mochrie on the ambulance sector’s role in NHS recovery following covid.
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HSJ InteractiveThe rewards and challenges of sharing personalised care plans
How can technology enable the implementation of personalised care plans across healthcare systems and what are the benefits to patients? Alison Moore reports on a webinar which tackled these key questions
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CommentPCNs need right support to manage local population health
A new report looks back at the successes in the last two years and challenges ahead for primary care networks, writes Kat Dalby-Welsh.