Visit http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com for more rss feeds. http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/CoreCode/rss/rssdisplay.aspx en-gb Copyright http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com, 2020 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:50:08 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ 15 Haseeb Ahmad, president of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), sits down with National Health Executive as part of our Last Word Q&A series. Would you talk us through your career in healthcare? My parents both worked in the NHS on the frontline. My mum was a GP, and my dad was a nephrologist in inner city... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423,417,428 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:30:00 GMT The gender pay gap in the NHS remains a hotly debated topic, especially as the final report from the Gender Pay Gap in Medicine Review approaches. Andrea Hester, deputy director of employment relations and reward at NHS Employers, reports. NHS Employers has collated and analysed the data from the latest round of reporting in the health... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 08:00:00 GMT Rachel Power, chief executive of the Patients Association, warns that we must be realistic about the very real effects of continued underfunding across the health service. It’s now beyond doubt or dispute, other than in government, that the NHS is inadequately funded. Even the secretary of state has argued that it will need more... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423,415 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Wed, 14 Feb 2018 08:30:00 GMT Terry John, co-chair of the BMA & BDA Refugee Doctors and Dentists Liaison Group and chair of the union’s international committee, talks about a brilliant initiative that is proving mutually beneficial for overseas doctors and NHS patients alike. People say that once you’re a doctor, you’re always a doctor.... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Wed, 27 Sep 2017 06:30:00 GMT Deirdre Wallace, clinical skills manager at UCL Medical School, discusses the importance of learning about leadership and self while at medical school. Approximately five years ago, I was charged with leading a team to introduce leadership and management in healthcare to the undergraduate curriculum at UCL Medical School. I am sure some... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Fri, 11 Aug 2017 06:30:00 GMT Nigel Edwards, CEO at the Nuffield Trust, argues that it would be a lost opportunity if the next government does not seek to put both health and social care funding on a more sustainable footing. Just over two years ago the 2015 general election loomed, and all parties scrambled to pledge upfront funding increases for the NHS.... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Tue, 06 Jun 2017 10:45:00 GMT Vivek Kotecha, research officer at the Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI), explains why the charging of foreign patients distracts from our home-grown NHS issues.  The Department of Health’s (DH’s) PR team must be run ragged by now with the constant stream of negative news about the NHS. In early February... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:45:00 GMT While many countries across Europe struggle to deal with a rising demand for mental health services, Finland is successfully improving service provision via a new online portal. Professor Grigori Joffe, medical director at Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) and a member of Mental Health Hub’s founding team, explains how the... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423,414 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Fri, 16 Dec 2016 01:00:00 GMT Michael Hallsworth and Hannah Burd of the Behavioural Insights Team explain how two new guides aim to deliver more effective person-centred care. The key to delivering person-centred care is to start simple.  Toby* was struggling to manage his latest episode of bipolar disorder and wanted to take greater control of his condition... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 409,423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 07:00:00 GMT Andrew McCracken from National Voices, the leading coalition of 160 health and care charities, looks at the potential impact and ramifications of the UK’s Brexit decision on the sector. It’s unprecedented, it’s blurry, and it’s fast-moving. Many are struggling to comprehend the implications of... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:45:00 GMT Jane Payling, head of health and integration at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), discusses the lack of public awareness on how the EU affects health and social care ahead of this month’s Referendum. As the EU Referendum fast approaches, campaigners from Vote Leave have been touring the country in a... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:00:00 GMT Paul Briddock, director of policy at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), on why financial and clinical staff need to work together much more collectively in the future to plan services. As we near the end of the 2015-16 financial year, it’s clear that NHS finance is in an unnerving situation with a deficit far... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Fri, 08 Apr 2016 10:30:00 GMT Professor David Haslam, chair of the National Obesity Forum, says lifestyle changes are vital as the cost to our society of obesity continues to rise. When someone as eminent as Dame Sally Davies equates obesity to terrorism as a threat to the UK, it’s time to sit up and listen.  Strong words? Absolutely. But Simon Stevens... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423,411 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:45:00 GMT  Chris Whitehouse, who chairs the Urology Trade Association, discusses the day-to-day impacts on patients of decisions over efficiency, consumables and devices. The NHS is creaking at the seams. Swamped by demands, the NHS has to perform near miracles on a daily basis – treating patients with resources barely sufficient for the... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:45:00 GMT Dr Darren Leech, a director at NHS Elect, a members’ network providing high-quality support to in-house management teams, takes a step back to examine the ‘competition question’. Circle Holdings recently decided to withdraw early from a contract to provide hospital services at the Hinchingbrooke site in Cambridgeshire.... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Wed, 01 Apr 2015 08:00:00 GMT Philip Barber FRCP, a consultant respiratory physician at University Hospital of South Manchester NHS FT and The Christie, discusses what he sees as the de-medicalisation of clinical psychiatry. The news that Nick Clegg is to head up a taskforce looking to reform mental health services is welcome, but the attention being paid to the... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Sun, 01 Feb 2015 09:15:00 GMT Steve Fairman, managing director at NHS Improving Quality, sets out his view on Simon Stevens’ important Five-Year Forward View document. Five-Year Forward View, the new vision for the NHS in England, is a breath of fresh air compared to many of the strategy documents we have seen over the years. It is clear, to the point and sets... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:15:00 GMT Paula Slater chairs the Alliance for Patient Safety, which represents the voluntary registers for clinical physiologists, cardiothoracic surgical assistants, ophthalmology and vision technologists, clinical technologists, clinical perfusionists and medical illustrators. She argues that the regulatory structure must change. What are your... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 412,423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:45:00 GMT The NHS is facing a tumultuous time as rising demand and a squeeze on public funding require hospitals and other providers to do more with less. At the same time, post-Francis and Keogh, there is a huge focus on the quality of care. As NHS bodies strive to organise services more effectively, they will inevitably seek to consolidate in some areas... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:45:00 GMT Kathy MacEwen, head of programmes for the Cabe Team at the Design Council, discusses the new Active by Design initiative, which promotes good design to encourage greater levels of daily physical activity in buildings and public spaces. As our physical activity decreases, and sedentary lifestyles and poor diets increase, our levels of... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:15:00 GMT Kamlesh Chauhan, president of the College of Optometrists, explains the need to set up a universal urgent community eyecare service across England and Northern Ireland. It’s Saturday afternoon, you scratched your eye while gardening earlier and it’s getting increasingly painful. Just like any other kind of trauma, a minor eye... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 409,423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:00:00 GMT Richard Jones, health director at transformation consultancy Moorhouse, follows up his article in the November/December 2013 edition on ‘Keeping NHS services healthy during enormous change’ with data from a new survey looking at the future of the NHS. There has been much recent media interest in the increasing levels of spend on... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Tue, 04 Feb 2014 12:00:00 GMT Richard Jones, health director at transformation consultancy Moorhouse, discusses the balance between day-to-day delivery in the NHS and wider strategic change. While the transition to a new system formally concluded on 1 April 2013, the NHS remains in the midst of the biggest reorganisation in its history with the political and public... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423,418 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:00:00 GMT Fiona Booth, chief executive of the Association of Independent Healthcare Organisations (AIHO), argues that transparency is the key to patient choice. It has been a challenging year so far in healthcare. The Francis, Keogh and Berwick reviews have scrutinised NHS providers and the findings have been taken on board throughout the healthcare... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT Of late, frequent and loud voices have questioned the efficacy of the FFT, but nearly all have continued to focus on the score that will result from the test. However, as the more discerning have noted from the start, we need to look beyond this to make the test work for us. To do so, we must collect free text alongside the tick box rating... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:15:00 GMT Ed Gardiner, behavioural design lead at Warwick Business School, discusses the power of behavioural design in the fight to tackle obesity. In February 2013, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) published ‘Measuring up: The medical profession’s prescription for the nation’s obesity crisis’ highlighting... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT NHE talks to Richard Hampton, head of local support and development services at NHS Protect, about the most recent figures on assaults on NHS staff, which show a clear increase in reported incidents. Figures submitted by 425 health bodies employing over a million staff and contractors show a 3.3% rise in total reported assaults on NHS... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Jane Lewis discusses the concept behind Positive Deviance and adaptive leadership and its relevance for the health sector. The healthcare sector in the UK is facing a programme of radical change to futureproof its existence and mitigate the expected increase in demand on its services from an evolving demographic and its health... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT In the last edition of NHE, we quoted Patients Association trustee Ann Lloyd CBE, former NHS Wales chief executive, who said she “almost despairs” when patients keep quiet about poor care ‘in case something happens’. We asked the organisation’s chief executive, Katherine Murphy, to expand on that. The quality... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Adrian Wakeling, senior guidance manager at Acas, the dispute resolution service, discusses the handling of difficult conversations between NHS managers and employees. As a manager or supervisor you will probably have to handle a range of tricky conversations that you’d rather just avoid. Starting the conversation can be hard... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423,406 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Fiona Rodden, Business Manager for Leadership Development at NHS South of England (Central) and founder of Linking Leaders, the new network across boundaries in health and social care, explains why she set it up. What do you want to be doing in five years’ time, and what are you doing right now to get there?” I was asked... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT An NHS manager who spent two years volunteering abroad using his skills as a health management advisor, Oly Shipp, is encouraging others to consider doing something similar. International development charity VSO has launched a recruitment challenge looking for 260 health workers to volunteer in some of the world’s poorest countries... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 423,416 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dr Mike Milanovic, the head of University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, which teaches and certifies English language proficiency, talks to NHE about the role of NHS trusts in ensuring foreign staff have adequate language skills. The standard of English possessed by foreign staff working in the NHS is a subject of frequent concern for... http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/ 412,423 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com:80/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT