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How has the NHS People Plan 2020/21 influenced the future of the NHS as an employer?

As the lifespan of the 2020/21 NHS People Plan nears its end, it’s time to pause and reflect on how the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic may have shifted NHS workforce plans for the future. David Maguire considers how the Plan is shaping the NHS as an employer.

By David Maguire - 14 April 2021 4-minute read

How do GP trainees see their future in general practice?

Aamena Bharmal reports on the findings from the 2020 survey of GP trainees – and is optimistic about the opportunities available in primary care.

By Aamena Bharmal - 29 March 2021

Building primary care teams remotely

Working out how to embed new roles into general practice teams will be crucial to staff recruitment and retention. Beccy Baird considers the opportunities and challenges remote working offers for achieving this.

By Beccy Baird - 15 March 2021 3-minute read

What enabled rapid digital change in primary care during the Covid-19 pandemic?

Primary care adopted digital technology at pace during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Beccy Baird reflects on research looking at why and how this was possible – and how positive changes can be sustained.

By Beccy Baird - 10 February 2021 3-minute read

Recovery and then renewal: the innovation imperative for health and care

How can the health and care system support staff to recover from the Covid-19 crisis? Michael West and Suzie Bailey discuss the building blocks for recovery – and how the system then moves to renewal.

By Suzie Bailey, Michael West - 29 January 2021 7-minute read

Student nursing numbers: good news at last?

Last year saw the reintroduction of the maintenance grant for student nurses and an expansion in the number of places on courses. David Maguire considers the impact this is having on the number of new trainee nurses and the existing workforce

By David Maguire - 22 January 2021 4-minute read

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2020: the health policy year in 12 charts

The wheels of health policy turn quickly. So, as 2021 begins Siva Anandaciva looks back at the key health policy moments of 2020 to consider the challenges and opportunities that the year brought.

By Siva Anandaciva - 1 January 2021 26-minute read

Three challenges facing clinical commissioning groups

Chris Ham asks what can clinical commissioning groups learn from medical practices in California.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 12 December 2011

Are the Whole System Demonstrator trial results a watershed moment for the rise of telehealth?

Nick Goodwin asks if new government strategies and positive results from the Whole Systems Demonstrator trials will encourage new investment into telehealth.

By Nick Goodwin - 7 December 2011

Is good NHS management a waste of money?

Chris Ham's blog about the importance of good management and leadership in the NHS.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 29 November 2011

Data blog: what's happening to NHS redundancies?

James Thompson explores the figures behind this year's NHS redundancies in his data blog.

By James Thompson - 18 November 2011

Innovations in the health care workforce needed to deliver productivity improvements

Anna Dixon explains why it will only be possible to deliver productivity improvements in the NHS by using human as well as financial resources differently.

By Anna Dixon - 7 November 2011

Making a reality of telehealth: lessons from the Whole System Demonstrator programme

As we await the results of the WSDAN project, Nick Goodwin considers what else is needed to support new technologies in telehealth and telecare.

By Nick Goodwin - 3 November 2011

The growing complexity of NHS commissioning: a recipe for confusion and conflict?

As the NHS Commissioning Board commences a period of shadow running, Nick Goodwin asks whether changes to clinical commissioning are simply reinventing the wheel.

By Nick Goodwin - 31 October 2011

Health and social care reforms: what next for the NHS billions?

David Buck argues that the real question about NHS funding lies not in whether it increases, but in how it is allocated.

By David Buck - 18 August 2011

How different will life be under the NHS Commissioning Board?

Chris Naylor asks if the NHS Commissioning Board will succeed in liberating NHS workers or is it simply reinventing existing structures.

By Chris Naylor - 11 July 2011

Hospital doctors: the reformed NHS needs you!

With announced revisions of the NHS reforms, hospital doctors are being given an opportunity to become involved in clinical commissioning.

By Catherine Foot - 23 June 2011

Achieving high-quality care at manageable costs: a lesson for GP consortia

Paul Zollinger-Read considers the many similarities between American medical groups and the proposed GP consortia.

By Paul Zollinger-Read - 15 April 2011

Commissioning for the future: will fact follow fiction?

How similar is the Health Select Committee's report to a simulation exercise run by NHS Lincolnshire to illustrate commissioning NHS health services in 2013/14?

By Natasha Curry - 8 April 2011

Are we prepared for the £1-million GP?

There has been much debate over GPs potentially making a profit out of health care budgets as a result of GP commissioning. Are we ready to allow these profits?

By Nick Goodwin - 28 March 2011

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