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21 Sep 2023

Doctors' strikes: the NHS faces its toughest test yet

Miriam Deakin discusses the impact of this week's industrial action on the NHS and the need for an urgent resolution to end strikes.

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06 Mar 2023

Permissive approach key to NHS system collaboration

Miriam Deakin and Rory Deighton, director of the NHS Confederation's acute network, discuss the findings of our joint report 'The evolution of provider collaboration'.

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07 Feb 2023

What do trusts want to see from the Hewitt Review?

Miriam Deakin discusses the Hewitt Review of integrated care systems and what trust leaders would hope to see when the report is published in March.

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28 Nov 2022

The NHS faces a 'winter onslaught' – an additional £3.3bn will only go so far

Miriam Deakin discusses the unprecedented winter pressures on the NHS, and what the government's recent Autumn Statement means for health and social care in the colder months and beyond.

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16 Nov 2022

Trusts in systems: working with partners to deliver success

Miriam Deakin discusses NHS Providers' latest Providers Deliver report and reflects on the great work that trusts are doing to drive forward the core ambitions of system working.

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28 Oct 2022

The effect of the rising cost of living on NHS staff

Miriam Deakin discusses the findings from NHS Providers' recent cost of living survey briefing, and the impact rising costs have on the NHS, staff and patients.

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06 Oct 2022

Effects of the cost of living crisis and what needs to be done to stop them

Miriam Deakin discusses the impact rising living costs are having on the health service, staff and patients and what the government must do to address these challenges.

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15 Jul 2022

Government must fully fund the imminent pay award for NHS staff

Miriam Deakin discusses why the government must set the NHS pay award at the right level so that trusts don’t risk losing even more staff or face industrial unrest.

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20 Apr 2022

Urgent focus needed on backlogs in children and young people's services

Miriam Deakin and Daniel Reynolds, on behalf of the Community Network, discuss the urgent need for a plan to tackle backlogs of care in children and young people's services.

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11 Apr 2022

NHS workforce shortages and staff burnout are taking a toll

Miriam Deakin outlines how NHS workforce shortages and staff burnout are affecting services.

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18 Jan 2022

We must keep recognising the extraordinary efforts of NHS staff

Miriam Deakin discusses the latest monthly performance figures and winter sitreps from NHS England and NHS Improvement and highlights the sheer volume of activity NHS staff are getting through.

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26 Jul 2021

Nurturing a culture of improvement: how governors can help trust boards to embed organisation-wide improvement

Miriam Deakin discusses our trust-wide improvement programme supported by The Health Foundation and shares how governors can help trust boards implement organisation-wide improvement.

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