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Mashup Score: 646To fix healthcare, doctors need to take a really good look in the mirror | Canberra Daily - 2 month(s) ago
Two weeks ago, the BMJ published research that reinforced the overwhelming evidence that the United Kingdom’s National Health Service should continue to be publicly funded and publicly provided.
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Mashup Score: 21Selling NHS patient data - 2 month(s) ago
The next government must resist a retail model of data management The NHS is in crisis.1 Resolving it is a major focus of the forthcoming general election, and several high profile publications have recently set out recommendations for the next government. The recommendation from former party leaders Tony Blair and William Hague that NHS data should be harnessed for commercial purposes has garnered considerable attention. They propose establishing an NHS data trust as a public-private company to facilitate use of NHS data for both public health research and commercially successful artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.2 This has been widely, and correctly, interpreted as a recommendation to sell NHS data to fuel a cost cutting and efficiency boosting AI revolution.34 The recommendation itself avoids using the word “sell.” Yet the discussion in the full report, published by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, makes the “selling” interpretation unavoidable. The BBC is used as a
Source: www.bmj.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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Mashup Score: 21Selling NHS patient data - 2 month(s) ago
The next government must resist a retail model of data management The NHS is in crisis.1 Resolving it is a major focus of the forthcoming general election, and several high profile publications have recently set out recommendations for the next government. The recommendation from former party leaders Tony Blair and William Hague that NHS data should be harnessed for commercial purposes has garnered considerable attention. They propose establishing an NHS data trust as a public-private company to facilitate use of NHS data for both public health research and commercially successful artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.2 This has been widely, and correctly, interpreted as a recommendation to sell NHS data to fuel a cost cutting and efficiency boosting AI revolution.34 The recommendation itself avoids using the word “sell.” Yet the discussion in the full report, published by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, makes the “selling” interpretation unavoidable. The BBC is used as a
Source: www.bmj.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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Mashup Score: 21Selling NHS patient data - 2 month(s) ago
The next government must resist a retail model of data management The NHS is in crisis.1 Resolving it is a major focus of the forthcoming general election, and several high profile publications have recently set out recommendations for the next government. The recommendation from former party leaders Tony Blair and William Hague that NHS data should be harnessed for commercial purposes has garnered considerable attention. They propose establishing an NHS data trust as a public-private company to facilitate use of NHS data for both public health research and commercially successful artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.2 This has been widely, and correctly, interpreted as a recommendation to sell NHS data to fuel a cost cutting and efficiency boosting AI revolution.34 The recommendation itself avoids using the word “sell.” Yet the discussion in the full report, published by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, makes the “selling” interpretation unavoidable. The BBC is used as a
Source: www.bmj.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
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Mashup Score: 111Selling NHS patient data - 2 month(s) ago
The next government must resist a retail model of data management The NHS is in crisis.1 Resolving it is a major focus of the forthcoming general election, and several high profile publications have recently set out recommendations for the next government. The recommendation from former party leaders Tony Blair and William Hague that NHS data should be harnessed for commercial purposes has garnered considerable attention. They propose establishing an NHS data trust as a public-private company to facilitate use of NHS data for both public health research and commercially successful artificial intelligence (AI) innovation.2 This has been widely, and correctly, interpreted as a recommendation to sell NHS data to fuel a cost cutting and efficiency boosting AI revolution.34 The recommendation itself avoids using the word “sell.” Yet the discussion in the full report, published by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, makes the “selling” interpretation unavoidable. The BBC is used as a
Source: www.bmj.comCategories: General Medicine News, Future of MedicineTweet
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Mashup Score: 13Declaring a health and care emergency - 3 month(s) ago
Do you think the NHS as we know it has a long term future? Will it remain possible, in decades to come, to continue using collective contributions to fund high quality care for all, regardless of ability to pay? Many politicians and commentators in the UK would argue not (https://iea.org.uk/motion-should-the-nhs-be-privatisedhttps://www.cityam.com/fears-of-privatising-nhs-stop-from-saving-health-servicehttps://news.sky.com/story/sajid-javid-ex-health-secretary-issues-warning-over-nhs-as-he-admits-odds-stacked-against-tories-at-next-election-12768611https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/02/insurance-based-system-way-save-nhs).1234 After all, the challenges facing the health service grow every week, as The BMJ continues to show. The NHS faces an ongoing workforce crisis, and consultants in England have rejected the government’s pay offer, with a mandate to continue their industrial action until June (doi:10.1136/bmj.q222).5 The BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee for England is to reballot
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Mashup Score: 6Does the NHS have a productivity problem? - 3 month(s) ago
With the NHS getting more staff and money for little measurable improvement in patient care, there are concerns that the health service has a productivity problem. Does it, asks Richard Vize —and, if so, why? Health service productivity matters for the whole economy. Healthcare spending, both governmental and non-governmental, consumed 11.3% of gross domestic product in 2022, compared with 6.8% in 1997.1 NHS effectiveness has a big impact on the overall productivity of public services, perceptions of value for money for taxpayers, and the ability of the NHS to help people to be fit for work. In evidence to the health select committee in November, NHS England chief executive Amanda Prichard dismissed current productivity measures as “a fairly blunt tool” and said there was a “misunderstanding” about NHS productivity, because the figures do not fully reflect activity such as critical care, diagnostics, community services, and virtual wards, or quality improvements such as the recent £165
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Mashup Score: 13David Oliver: Social media’s false polarisation is no good for balanced NHS discussion - 3 month(s) ago
With the ongoing doctors’ strikes in England, nursing unions re-escalating their own campaign on pay, worsening morale and retention in health and social care, and growing disquiet among doctors about other clinical disciplines encroaching on their roles or training, healthcare groups on social media have become fractious. But are public platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, or Reddit the best places for constructive, nuanced debate? Later this month the General Medical Council (GMC) will update its guidance for doctors who use social media. These platforms have given practitioners immediate access to personal views and direct contact with even the most senior leaders and commentators. Earlier in my career you could phone a radio station, sign a petition, go on a protest march, write to your MP or trade …
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Mashup Score: 6Does the NHS have a productivity problem? - 3 month(s) ago
With the NHS getting more staff and money for little measurable improvement in patient care, there are concerns that the health service has a productivity problem. Does it, asks Richard Vize —and, if so, why? Health service productivity matters for the whole economy. Healthcare spending, both governmental and non-governmental, consumed 11.3% of gross domestic product in 2022, compared with 6.8% in 1997.1 NHS effectiveness has a big impact on the overall productivity of public services, perceptions of value for money for taxpayers, and the ability of the NHS to help people to be fit for work. In evidence to the health select committee in November, NHS England chief executive Amanda Prichard dismissed current productivity measures as “a fairly blunt tool” and said there was a “misunderstanding” about NHS productivity, because the figures do not fully reflect activity such as critical care, diagnostics, community services, and virtual wards, or quality improvements such as the recent £165
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Mashup Score: 2NHS health checks linked to reduced risk of heart, brain, kidney, and liver diseases - 3 month(s) ago
A study analyzing UK Biobank data found that individuals who underwent the NHS health evaluation had a lower long-term risk of various diseases and mortality compared to those who did not participate in the assessment.
Source: www.news-medical.netCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet
BREAKING: Mainstream Australian newspaper publishes article suggesting the medical profession needs to take responsibility for declining population health & stress on healthcare. Solution? Ethical behaviour & REAL evidence based medical practice #NHS https://t.co/gJfOoQpWL6 https://t.co/t7mcMliLom