All Public health articles – Page 3
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CommentGovernment’s reluctance to invest in the NHS workforce is a false economy
Nick Moberly on the need for a stronger neurology workforce to tackle delays and reduce emergency admissions.
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CommentTackling the postcode lottery of intermediate care
To address the ongoing issue of delayed patient discharges in hospitals and ensure prompt patient discharges, collaboration between trusts and system partners is crucial, as well as governmental support and financial commitment, explains Hannah Hayes
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NewsICBs say ‘chaotic’ services for refugees are fault of Home Office
A northern integrated care board has criticised the Home Office for sending asylum seekers at “very short notice” to their area and failing to provide adequate funding for their health and care.
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HSJ PartnersBreaking crisis cycles in health and social care
Private sector partnerships with NHS can bring a new perspective, enable greater integration, and improve health outcomes for citizens to break the cycle of crises in health and social care, writes Stephen Boyle and Nick Parker
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NewsServices risk being scaled back over unfunded NHS pay rises
Unfunded NHS pay rises will likely lead to essential frontline public health and community services being scaled back, senior sector figures have warned.
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CommentHow ICSs can arrest the decline in the nation's health
Axel Heitmueller, Martin Carkett, Paul Blakeley explain integrated care systems’ part in arresting the decline in the nation’s health.
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CommentThe ICS role in ending the lung health lottery
New research from Asthma + Lung UK lays bare the stark inequalities facing people with lung conditions. Sarah MacFadyen, head of policy and external affairs at the leading lung health charity, explores whether new ICSs could help level up the nation’s lung health
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CommentThe gaping hole in respiratory care
Spirometry is an essential test used to diagnose lung conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It was paused during the pandemic due to infection fears, but needs to be urgently resumed, says Carol Stonham MBE, co-chair of the Taskforce for Lung Health’s diagnosis working group
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NewsHancock WhatsApp coverage ‘distressing’, says ICS chief
Media coverage of Matt Hancock’s leaked WhatsApp messages and the government’s response to the pandemic ‘can be distressing’ for NHS staff and others, a respected system leader has said.
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CommentNHS needs to work with data and analysis from beyond healthcare
A cancer study that relates consumer and retail data to healthcare highlights the potential of the NHS joining forces with commercial entities to activate the behavioural data they collect and own to build better population health strategies, explains Andi Orlowski
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NewsNHSE set for £400m dentistry underspend despite ‘access crisis’
The national dentistry budget is set to be underspent by a record £400m this year, due to a shortage of dentists willing to take on NHS work, HSJ has learned.
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CommentICSs could drive up employment if government provides better data
The UK has a problem with economic inactivity. Research indicates that long-term sickness is to blame and, given the right data, integrated care systems could help, says Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard.
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CommentThe covid inquiry could miss out on vital learning
Finola Kelly explains how the UK Covid-19 Inquiry could do more to learn lessons for now and for future civil emergencies.
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HSJ PartnersUsing linked data because ‘first-come, first-served’ is not equal
Optum facilitates systems and hospitals in incorporating a population health management approach, ensuring that the system is driven by population need rather than first-come, first-served.
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NewsNHSE ‘mistaken’ in prioritising ‘headline funding’, says ex-Treasury mandarin
A trust chair and former senior Treasury official says NHS England has repeatedly made the ‘mistake’ of pushing for maximum headline increases in their main revenue budget – which has meant less funding being allocated for transformative investments.
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CommentA bleak picture for babies and young children
Institute of Health Visiting executive director Alison Morton warns national policy has developed a “baby blind spot” amid the NHS crisis, with many young children missing out on government’s promise of the “best start in life”, and calls for a shift towards prevention and early intervention
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CommentWhy cardiovascular disease must be a priority for NHS leaders
With CVD accounting for one-fifth of the life expectancy gap between most and least deprived communities. Veena Raleigh highlights the importance of why the NHS should prioritise cardiovascular disease.
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NewsSharp rise in babies missing out on timely health checks
The proportion of newborn babies receiving a timely health visitor check-in has fallen sharply, with one in five missing out in the most recent statistics available.
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CommentPrice hikes could devastate the nation’s lungs this winter
Sarah Woolnough, CEO at Asthma + Lung UK, urges the government to step up for people with lung conditions as millions of people risk being plunged into fuel poverty.
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HSJ PartnersHow improved management of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in infants can reduce burden on the NHS
This piece was fully funded, initiated and written by Sanofi. Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a leading cause of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia.[1] RSV impacts nearly all infants, with 90 per cent contracting the virus before the age of two.[2] While most infections are ...