David Oliver: Improving access to intermediate care
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i6763
Abstract: NHS Benchmarking’s national audit of intermediate care is in its fourth year. The 2015 round described over 340 services from 95 providers in England and 53 clinical commissioning groups.1 In the context of current system… read more here.
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David Oliver: The NHS’s understaffing is its Achilles’ heel
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j2192
Abstract: I’ve long stopped believing any soundbites about NHS staffing or funding if they come from the Department of Health or Number 10. I’d like to see a truly independent body for all NHS statistics. The… read more here.
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David Oliver: How can we plan for old age if we won’t discuss it honestly?
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j2759
Abstract: Media depictions of ageing have become polarised. On the one hand we have skydiving grannies, marathon running granddads, and national treasures such as Judi Dench and David Attenborough. And then we have “The Elderly”—hapless victims… read more here.
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David Oliver: What might the Queen’s speech mean for hospital doctors?
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3077
Abstract: The Queen’s speech contained little consolation for the NHS, with no meaningful pledges about funding, sustainability, or workforce gaps.1 Since she became prime minister, Theresa May has repeatedly made clear that the NHS has received… read more here.
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David Oliver: NHS doctors’ licence to challenge
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3276
Abstract: Imagine that you’re a head teacher at a state school. You have a professional obligation to give children the best education you can with the resources you have. They have no second chance. Whatever you… read more here.
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David Oliver: When “resilience” becomes a dirty word
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3604
Abstract: We need to talk about “resilience.” One dictionary definition is “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.”1 Health Education England describes it as “the ability to bounce back—a capacity to absorb negative conditions, integrate… read more here.
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David Oliver: Is the NHS trying to help or bully social care?
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3623
Abstract: Social care in England has been hit hard by deliberate cuts in local authority funding imposed by the coalition government.1 Its funding is not ringfenced from funding for other local authority services, and, unlike NHS… read more here.
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David Oliver: Admission should allow for patient aids
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3953
Abstract: I’ve never believed that all hospital admissions are undesirable or avoidable. Sometimes admission is the best, only, or safest option. But it shouldn’t avoidably make patients worse for reasons unconnected to the illness causing admission.… read more here.
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David Oliver: What GPs told me about how they see the future
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3976
Abstract: In June I wrote a column that was very supportive of primary care but asked, in view of serious current problems and an uncertain future, for a consensus from GPs themselves on the future of… read more here.
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David Oliver: Junior doctors’ working conditions are an urgent priority
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j4407
Abstract: A health service is nothing without its clinical workforce. The biggest existential threat to the NHS is a failure to retain existing clinicians or attract enough new ones. This damages morale, burns out those who… read more here.
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David Oliver: Binary truths don’t help health policy debate
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j4518
Abstract: Stephen Hawking and Jeremy Hunt’s public argument in August over the future of the NHS and use of data led to some hard hitting claims and strong accusations on both sides.12 In the aftermath of… read more here.
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