Service design
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Insight BriefingsEarly cancer detection and the pandemic
The NHS has committed to getting the number of cancers diagnosed in stages I and II up from 54 per cent to 75 per cent by 2028, but GP referrals tumbled and screening programmes came to a virtual halt as the service was hit by covid-19. HSJ bureau chief Ben ...
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Insight BriefingsWhy outpatients are a mountain of risk and a land of opportunity during the pandemic
The UK’s most well-regarded waiting list expert Rob Findlay joins HSJ’s performance lead James Illman to tackle one of the NHS’ most pressing challenges: the colossal outpatient backlog. The NHS has talked about transforming these non-urgent services. But failure to deliver the substantial changes needed has seen what experts warn ...
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HSJ InteractiveWill covid-19 close the integrated care gap or widen it?
It is time to rapidly shift our focus onto the primary, community and social care frontline to make our vision for integrated care a reality, writes Conor Burke
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HSJ InteractiveThe new dawn of hospital groups: unlocking value
As hospitals look beyond their own institutions and partner with other organisations and alliances, Ben Horner, Stephen Sutherland and Jonathan Scott explore the benefits and how leaders can develop the right combination strategies
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HSJ InteractiveBuilding resilience through a whole system approach
Nicola Mortali explores the concept of resilient organisations and how they work to reduce instability and variability across their wider health ecosystems
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HSJ InteractiveActing on the insights of population health
To reap the potential benefits of patient data, ICS leadership should take measures to identify programmes of work and make population health mainstream, suggests Brian Waters
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HSJ InteractivePartnership defined by purpose and shared values will make a difference
Rob Webster on how West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership has set out common points of agreement on its purpose, principles and approach and is working towards providing optimum healthcare to its people
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NewsNHSE’s improvement teams axed
NHS England’s elective, emergency care and mental health improvement support teams are being axed – and their staff and functions merged into the Getting it Right First Time programme, HSJ has learned.
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CommentThe neighbourhood health service risks becoming a conceptual muddle
The government’s ambition to establish a neighbourhood health service will fail to move from rhetoric to reality without a clearer clarity of purpose and measures for success, writes Matthew Taylor
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CommentGovernment reforms are leaving managers without a lifeline
The NHS risks breakdown, not from clinical shortages alone but from the silent collapse of corporate systems that sustain frontline delivery, writes Colin Graham
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CommentThe 366 words that could reshape the NHS
The 10-Year Health Plan introduces integrated health organisations as a potential way to reshape provider roles, giving them greater autonomy and responsibility over whole-population health budgets, writes David Williams
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CommentImprovements in cancer care are benefitting some more than others
England’s cancer plan must amplify patient voices, address inequalities and improve support, ensuring person-centred care across pathways from diagnosis to survivorship, says Olli Potter
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CommentCompetition between GPs and pharmacies is hampering service integration
Community pharmacies are vital to NHS reforms, but funding, workforce, collaboration and digital barriers threaten their expanded role, write RAND Europe’s Robert J. Romanelli, Saoirse Moriarty and Maggie Bradford
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HSJ PartnersUnlocking the power of end-to-end digital solutions in healthcare: Global insights for the NHS
As the NHS faces ever-increasing demand, persistent staffing shortages, and an expanding backlog of care, all eyes are on digital solutions.
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CommentThe heavy lifting on NHS financial reform is still to come
The 10-Year Health Plan sets out a compelling vision, but its success will depend on overhauling financial systems to truly transform care, writes Anita Charlesworth
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CommentThe public is demanding more prevention
Prevention is still sidelined in UK health policy, despite clear benefits and public support. The 10-Year Health Plan must make it central – with new models, shared investment, and a unit to lead lasting change.
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HSJ PartnersBeyond the buzzwords: Realising tangible ROI from digital, data and AI upskilling in the NHS
In his review of the state of the NHS, Lord Darzi commented that the health service is in the “foothills of digital transformation” – with an opportunity ahead to unlock productivity and deliver better care with technology.
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HSJ PartnersTackling the systemic and economic burden of multiple myeloma in England
Multiple myeloma accounts for 15 per cent of all blood cancers and in recent years, its prevalence has risen sharply and is set to continue to increase by 67 per cent over the next 20 years.1,2
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NewsTech leaders warn against transferring ICB functions
NHS tech leaders have warned that proposals to shift digital functions from integrated care boards to providers pose significant operational risks.
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CommentNHS funding may be ‘maxed out’ but change is still possible
With NHS funding stretched to its limit, real transformation demands more than just balancing the books — it calls for honest, evidence-based decisions about what to start, stop and sustain, writes Andi Orlowski