Respect. Engage. Change.
Partha KarType 'define an NHS consultant' into Google and you'll get more than 5 million results – none of which actually crystallises what the role involves. It's a term that’s ever more shrouded in...
View ArticleBreaking down the boundaries in health and social care
Viv BennettFor increasing numbers of people, health and wellbeing is no longer a sub-conscious state requiring episodic contact with health services to fix something that is broken. Instead, it is a...
View ArticleHow can we deliver the fundamental change needed to meet the challenges of...
Mark NewboldA big question, but just what are those challenges? The fundamental one is surely the need to move from an acute model of care to one based on the management of people with long-term...
View ArticleDelivering the workforce of the future
Vijaya NathThe leaders of today's NHS are facing the question of how best to develop a workforce that can take patient care into the future. This is perhaps one of the most challenging aspects of our...
View ArticleIt's crept up on us
Roy Lilley You may not have noticed. Think about it.You need some cash; you pop to a machine in the high street, poke your card into the slot and instantly they know who you are and how much money...
View ArticleGiving power to the patient
Roger TaylorThe coalition government came to power with the promise to shift the NHS from an organisation dominated by accountability to Whitehall to one where accountability to patients mattered more....
View ArticleBeing an Active Patient
Dr Havi CarelHaving a chronic lung condition is the most exhausting and unrelenting experience I have ever had. I was diagnosed with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) in my mid-thirties. Realising that I...
View ArticleTaking control – our role in shaping the future of care
Anna DixonWe began our Time to Think Differently debate with a focus on the patient, and now we are bringing it to a close with a focus on the role we will play in our own health and care in the...
View ArticleCould NHS buildings become tools not temples?
Barrie DowdeswellThe NHS has traditionally placed little value on buildings and the contribution they could make to improving functional efficiency. The King's Fund's Perspectives paper, published...
View ArticleThe NHS workforce: how do we balance cost-effectiveness with safety?
James BuchanEavesdrop on any recent meeting of NHS human resource directors – or indeed finance directors – and you will hear talk about staffing levels and funding.The NHS is labour intensive, and...
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