All Waiting lists articles – Page 24
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CommentExploring the benefits of dermatology screening clinics
Screening consultations can prove to be a breakthrough for patients on the waiting list, by Alun Evans.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Hope Is A Dangerous Thing
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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HSJ PartnersWorking in partnership with AHSNs to reset and recover after the pandemic
AHSNs can add value, supporting health and care systems to identify and adopt innovations, brokering relationships with industry and acting as catalysts for change. By Richard Stubbs
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Fourth wave blues
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsStevens: My successor must ‘speak out for what is right’
Sir Simon Stevens has advised his successor they should not ‘be afraid to stand up and speak out for what is right’.
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NewsNew health bill may create ‘bureaucratic nightmare’, ICS leader warns
The senior NHS leader who is representing integrated care systems has warned government and NHS reform proposals risk creating a ‘bureaucratic nightmare’.
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CommentSpend big and go slow on re-organisation: the secret to fixing waiting times
As health and social care grapples with post-pandemic challenges, a look back at the effect of the original Wanless report released 20 years ago reveals some things are still the same and some radically different, writes Nicholas Timmins
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Chiefs’ fears over staycation wave
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Workforce matters
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in April 2021, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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CommentThe NHS' five million plus elective waiting list analysed
The post covid recovery continues, and waiting time pressures are building.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The real waiting list problem (clue: it isn’t longest waiters)
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman
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NewsTrust to move people with learning disabilities up waiting lists
A hospital trust has decided to prioritise people with learning disabilities for elective treatment, after analysis showed they were disproportionately affected by lengthy waits for care, along with some people who have a minority ethnic background.
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Expert BriefingRegion plans to ‘eradicate 18-month waits’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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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.
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HSJ PartnersRelieving health inequity in elective care access after the pandemic
By working together and utilising the ‘four Is’, health and care systems can build a fairer system with less unwarranted variation. Andrew Moran explains how this population health management approach could work.
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Expert BriefingHospital group chief installed at neighbouring trust
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in March 2021, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Inquiring minds and the World King’s gambit
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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CommentSo it begins: the real elective backlog starts to emerge
Referrals are up year-on-year, for the first time since covid restrictions began. But activity is not.