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Digital-first primary care: helpful disruptor or unnecessary disruption?

Beccy Baird considers the pros and cons of digital-first primary care and argues that digitally enabled approaches to improving access must be woven into a holistic model of general practice.
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By Beccy Baird - 15 October 2019
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Crunch time for local system plans: five things to look out for

Anna Charles considers what we might learn from the local system plans currently being developed by sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems.
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By Anna Charles - 26 September 2019
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Five tips for successfully leading a primary care network

Clinical leaders of primary care networks face both challenges and opportunities to bring people together to drive real change. Beccy Baird and Tricia Boyle suggest five ways to help successfully lead a primary care network.
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By Beccy Baird, Tricia Boyle - 12 September 2019
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What does NHSX have to learn from other countries’ experiences of digitisation in health systems?

As NHSX is set to begin work on digital transformation in the NHS, Matthew Honeyman reports on discussions from the European Health Policy Group’s most recent meeting and considers what the NHS can learn from other systems.
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By Matthew Honeyman - 22 May 2019
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Is it possible to use the digitisation of the NHS to reach the furthest first?

The health and care system has historically been reliant on paper for sharing information about patients. Digitisation is inevitably changing that, but what impact does that have on those who are marginalised?
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By Annie Whelan - 13 February 2019
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The NHS long-term plan: five things you need to know

The NHS long-term plan has been launched and long it indeed is, in every sense of the word, clocking in at a weighty 120 pages. Here’s my take on the top five things you need to know.
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By Richard Murray - 8 January 2019
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Sexual health services and the importance of prevention

There have been deep spending cuts to sexual health prevention services that work to promote safe sexual behaviour. Ruth Robertson looks at the data.
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By Ruth Robertson - 30 December 2018
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Tackling HIV stigma in the health service

Dr Tom Beaney, a GP trainee working in The King's Fund policy team, reflects on new data from the Positive Voices survey and considers the stigma that people with HIV face within the health service today.
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By Dr Tom Beaney - 1 December 2018
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Round two for STP plans: a fresh start or a dangerous distraction?

A new round of planning for sustainability and transformation partnerships must allow for greater collaboration between key stakeholders to bring about real improvements in population health.
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By Anna Charles - 15 November 2018
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What should the NHS long-term plan say about STPs and ICSs?

Is the integration of health and social care moving too fast for the current legal framework? Chris Ham identifies five steps to support the continuing transformation by aligning regulation, policy and practice.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 25 October 2018
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The puzzle of STPs in London

Why are London’s sustainability and transformation partnerships trailing behind those in other places? Chris Ham highlights some answers and recommendations in our new report.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 16 October 2018
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Using technology to build a partnership of trust with patients

Chris Ham explores how technology can enable positive clinician-patient relationships and support patients to take an active role in their health and wellbeing.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 7 September 2018
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The NHS app: will it work?

Matt Honeyman considers the opportunities and challenges ahead for the NHS’s national app due by the end of 2018.
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By Matthew Honeyman - 26 July 2018
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How do you engage clinicians in your digital change programme?

How important is user engagement when it comes to managing digital change projects? Dr Robert Fearn, a clinician from Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, explores the connection ahead of our new report.
By Dr Robert Fearn, consultant physician and gastroenterologist - 6 June 2018
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Five ways patient data is saving the NHS

Harry Evans explores five case studies of patient data being used in the NHS.
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By Harry Evans - 30 May 2018
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Clinical salesmanship and better information: making the most of digital technology in the NHS

David Maguire shares some early findings from our upcoming report on managing digital change in health and social care.
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By David Maguire - 13 March 2018
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New care models point to a better future for patients and staff

Is rising demand for hospital services inevitable? Chris Ham celebrates the work of new care models that are successfully bending the demand curve.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 17 November 2017
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A reduction in new HIV diagnoses is no reason to reduce effort

Alex Baylis calls for effective national and local leadership in HIV services, as new figures show a fall in new diagnoses in gay and bisexual men.
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By Alex Baylis - 14 November 2017
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A minority government: a chance for NHS leaders to seize the day?

Matthew Kershaw looks at the risks and opportunities for the NHS presented by the government’s focus on Brexit.
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By Matthew Kershaw - 13 November 2017
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The future of NHS commissioning: no map or clear destination

Ruth Robertson asks how CCGs will be affected as accountable care organisations/systems and sustainability and transformation plans/partnerships are layered on top of an already complex NHS landscape?
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By Ruth Robertson - 18 September 2017
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