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What impact are senior leadership vacancies having on the already financially troubled NHS?

To deliver high-quality, compassionate care one, often overlooked, part of the equation is how to identify, recruit and retain the current and future senior leaders needed to take on this leadership challenge.

By Ayesha Janjua - 12 December 2014

Has Dalton found a way forward for struggling organisations?

Encouraging leaders to take on new responsibilities will be challenging at a time when financial pain is driving many organisations to focus inwards rather than outwards, says Chris Naylor.

By Chris Naylor - 10 December 2014

Supporting community providers to manage and improve quality

Community services are a vital part of delivering co-ordinated care, and could be the answer to many of the health service’s woes in the future, says Bev Fitzsimons.

By Bev Fitzsimons - 4 December 2014

The public’s views of public health interventions

If population health is to be protected, funding for the NHS needs to be safeguarded, but other budgets, for housing, education and leisure facilities, are important too. When it comes to investing in public health measures, which interventions do the public favour?

By Phoebe Dunn - 3 December 2014

This patient’s experience

I had watched One Born Every Minute and kept my eyes open; I’d attended NCT classes and yoga workshops; I’d done my reading. None of this really prepared me for the extreme pain and joy involved in giving birth to my first child, but it helped a bit. What I was absolutely unprepared for was the experience of being a hospital inpatient.

By Jo Maybin - 19 November 2014

How will we staff new models of care in the NHS?

While many policy-makers focus on organisational structures, it is clear that successful implementation of the NHS five year forward view will hinge on getting the staffing right.

By Ruth Robertson - 13 November 2014

The role of the NHS in tackling poverty and the wider determinants of health

Despite all the pressures, the NHS remains, and will continue to remain, a massive economic and social entity. Are we making the most of this enormous power?

By David Buck - 12 November 2014

Hospital workload in one chart: good news, bad news

With hospital workloads increasing on all fronts, John Appleby takes a look at the key trends and data to explain what's going on.

By John Appleby - 30 October 2014

Waiting for mental health care: what does the public think?

How long is it reasonable to wait for treatment of depression after being referred by a GP? The results from the 2013 British Social Attitudes Survey are revealing and suggest that public expectations exceed current policy ambitions.

By Chris Naylor - 24 October 2014

Reshaping general practice from within

What are some of the primary care innovations happening both abroad and in the UK? Nicola Walsh reflects on discussions at our recent conference on the role of general practice.

By Nicola Walsh - 16 October 2014

Cultural change is as important as funding in transforming mental health

There is a growing disquiet around mental health. Across the board people are calling for change, but what exactly is it that needs to be done and how can we bring about the ‘parity of esteem’ that we all seek?

By Helen Gilburt - 25 September 2014

The Cancer Drugs Fund: inequitable and inefficient?

On the face of it, the CDF would seem perhaps to be a good thing, helping improve the quality of life for people at the end of their lives. But is it either a fair or efficient way for the NHS to spend its limited budget?

By John Appleby - 23 September 2014

Now is the time to create a combined health and social care system

The growing problems in the NHS and social care cannot be solved by the Better Care Fund or any of the other short-term solutions on offer. Nothing less than a fundamental reform of the funding of health and social care services and citizens’ entitlements to publicly funded support is required to address these problems.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 4 September 2014

Admission to a nursing home can never become a ‘never’ event

I agreed with much of what Simon Stevens said at the Age UK For Later Life conference until he stated that he would be ‘disappointed’ if care homes still existed within the next 50 years. I didn’t get the chance to challenge him but I want to do it now.

By David Oliver - 28 August 2014

Nice one NICE: developing the policy narrative on preventing disability, frailty and dementia in later life

Integration cannot just be about treating frail older people, we need to think beyond health and social care, and NICE is leading the way with their new guidelines – out for consultation – on preventing disability, frailty and dementia in later life.

By David Oliver, David Buck - 18 August 2014

Can CCGs become accountable care organisations?

‘We need clinical commissioning groups to become accountable care organisations’ – that’s what Jeremy Hunt said recently in parliament. But what does this really mean and will it work in practice? Rachael Addicott gives her analysis.

By Rachael Smithson - 14 August 2014

A staff-led NHS? Improving patient care by engaging staff and devolving decision-making

In his new blog, Chris Ham discusses the recommendations of his review of staff engagement in the NHS. The review found compelling evidence that NHS organisations with high levels of staff engagement – where staff are strongly committed to their work and involved in decision-making – deliver better quality care.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 15 July 2014

Medical engagement: change or die

There has been a call for the most expensive assets in health care – the doctors – to step up and engage in management and leadership. We use the right words when writing about medical engagement but how do we move from rhetoric to reality and more importantly why should doctors embrace this responsibility?

By Vijaya Nath - 10 July 2014

New organisational models for the NHS won't be built in a day

New organisational models for the NHS could bring benefits but it's the quality of leadership alongside a culture of excellence in performance and accountability for results that will be key, says Candace Imison.

By Candace Imison - 1 July 2014

NHS leaders must change to make a reality of reform ‘from within’

Unless NHS leaders are prepared to change, reform from within will remain a distant dream, says Chris Ham.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 18 June 2014

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