All Public health articles – Page 7
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CommentNobody should be denied a second chance of life because of their ethnicity
Henny Braund addresses the inequalities patients face during stem cell transplants, urging the NHS make sure care is culturally appropriate
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CommentPritchard cannot sign up to an inadequate financial deal for the NHS
An open letter from CIPFA CEO, Rob Whiteman, following Amanda Pritchard’s recent appointment as the new CEO of NHS England
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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.
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HSJ PartnersData will pave the way to earlier, more targeted interventions across integrated care systems
Data-driven targeted early interventions would go a long way towards helping integrated care systems to address the wider determinants of health and wellbeing, and to improve outcomes, writes Brian Waters
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NewsSeven Test and Trace directors paid more than DHSC permanent secretary
Eight of the 10 best paid civil servants in the Department of Health and Social Care in the first quarter of the year worked for NHS Test and Trace, with seven of them on more than the department’s permanent secretary.
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HSJ PartnersPatient data-driven insights can help reduce health inequalities
A new approach to population health planning and collaboration in health systems is required to tackle health inequalities – and data is the key vehicle for social change, says David Sharp
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CommentThe public expect the NHS to return to normal quickly
Neil Tester shares insights from research on public perceptions of the NHS
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NewsTrusts to remind public they must wear masks after 19 July
Multiple trusts are planning to tell the public they must comply with current covid infection control measures, such as mask wearing, beyond 19 July when they visit NHS premises, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe nation's love for the NHS is a blessing and a curse
We need to move spending and activity within our health system away from crisis provision and into communities, where health can be created, and not just managed, notes Jessica Studdert
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CommentLetter from Scotland: The 'once for Scotland' recovery plan
In his regular dispatch from north of the border, Henry Anderson discusses the Scottish government’s ambitious plans to fast track the health service’s recovery with the help of a new organisation
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NewsDHSC hiring three £110,000 policy directors
The Department of Health and Social Care is looking for three policy directors for its new Office for Health Promotion, to be paid £110,000 or more.
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NewsMultimillion-pound contract extension for Test and Trace staff ahead of next wave
The Department of Health and Social Care has extended two contracts for contact tracers with outsourcing giants Serco and Sitel by six months for an additional cost of £168m.
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CommentThe government's NHS data strategy missed the boat on transparency
The new data strategy is once again a lost opportunity to advance the transparency agenda – providing accessible performance data on hospitals and all other care settings, writes Alex Kafetz
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HSJ InteractiveHow can the NHS ensure a permanent shift in the way it uses data post-covid?
The pandemic has driven a changed understanding of the value of consolidating healthcare information but there are obstacles to overcome if the NHS is to ensure a permament shift in the way the NHS uses data, a recent HSJ webinar heard
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CommentWhat HIV care can teach us about treating long covid
To successfully rehabilitate long covid patients, we should learn from existing best practice in long-term conditions care such as HIV, writes Charlotte Augst
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CommentICSs and the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities
Andrew Fenton reflects on a re-energised NHS focus on health inequalities, and the vital role of ICS and place-level partnerships
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Comment‘University’ hospitals should be expected to raise their game on clinical trials
Matthew Swindells and Dr Harpreet Sood highlight four interventions that together could contribute in creating an innovative and progressive economic landscape for life sciences
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NewsHancock hits back at Cummings allegations
Matt Hancock today rejected the incendiary allegations made about him by the PM’s former advisor Dominic Cummings, including that the health secretary had lied ‘to everybody on multiple occasions’.
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CommentCommissioning of addiction services by councils has failed
Our analysis of data shows that commissioning of addictions services by cash starved local authorities has failed experiment, argue Daniel Poulter, Jonathon Foster and Emily Finch.
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CommentDon’t forget the people behind the waiting list stats
Norman McKinley highlights the impact of long waiting times on patients and the toll it will take on their health, if not dealt with.