Blogs

Last week saw publication of the NHS Planning Guidance 2017–2019. The document is deeply technical in parts, and I’ve read the full 69 pages so that I can provide you with a brief summary of headline elements relating to person centred care and creating the ‘new relationship with people and communities’ set out in the Five Year Forward View

The New Care Models Zone is one of four feature zones at this year’s Health and Care Innovation Expo. The zone explores the progress made by the 50 vanguards developing and testing new models of care that can be replicated across different health economies. Jeremy Taylor, Chief Executive of National Voices, is also chairing an expert panel discussion on the ‘Future NHS Stage’ at Expo – ‘From new models of care to new cultures of care.’ In this blog he takes a look at how this might work in practice.  

The government’s NHS plans were big news again this week. The story? There are not enough health staff members to deliver on the manifesto commitment of a seven day NHS and the government is recklessly ignoring the risks. The BMA claimed vindication of the positions they had taken during the junior doctors’ dispute. Labour’s health spokesperson accused the government of undermining the NHS. What was the source of this story? A leaked risk analysis, among related documents. Yes, it’s the silly season.

A quest to find, identify and manage differently the ‘top 2%’ of patients is increasingly occupying NHS managers. Don Redding, National Voices Director of Policty explores the consequences.