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Do you feel more or less optimistic about the future of the NHS than this time last year?
Will GPs have the courage to take decisions that may make them unpopular, eg close hospitals?
Does more choice of services benefit patients?
Who should have the top job in CCGs?
Which of the following most closely reflects your view of integrated care?
Do you believe doctors should exercise the right to strike?
If the health budget rose by 20% next year what difference would it make?
A health expert has called for a 'fat tax' on unhealthy foods. Would this improve the nation's health?
Should patients be able to access their records online?
Does it matter if a hospital makes a profit if services to patients improve?
Is rationing of care unavoidable or unacceptable?
Do you believe the 50p minimum charge per unit for alcohol introduced in Scotland will reduce alcohol related harm?
Who should hold CCGs to account?
Is the chancellor's u-turn on the "pasty tax" a setback for public health or a victory for common sense?
The NHS is proposing to use the Net Promoter Score as a measure of patient satisfaction. Genius or folly?
Should the NHS provide fat reduction surgery free of charge?
Whose job is it to build support for change?
Is financial failure a good enough reason to close a hospital?
Are paediatric cardiac services being rationalised or rationed?
What do you think of the proposed social care reforms?
Should couch potatoes be left to get on with it?
Is 'five a day' a flop?
How's your Olympic legacy coming on?
Can you reduce emergency admissions everywhere?
Do you support Tony Nicklinson's right to die?
Should NHS trusts look to raise money by providing services in other countries?
Is it time to move to local pay and conditions arrangements in the NHS?
How will history judge Andrew Lansley?
Will the Olympic Games deliver a health legacy?
The NHS record on public health
What price the NHS brand?
Would you unreform the NHS?
The NHS is to invest £46m in a new leadership campaign. Money well spent?
Nursing by degree or experience?
Is productivity a useful metric in healthcare?
Do we need more whistleblowers?
Do we need to be told to say sorry?
Does it matter that only 22% of CCG bosses are GPs?
Thirteen - unlucky for some?
What's the worst job in the NHS right now?
The wrong time to mess with GPs?
It's your playing field...
Are you more or less optimistic about the future of the NHS?
What are you giving up or cutting down on in 2013?
Regulating the regulator
F&F job test
Reorganisation anyone?
Will CCGs dare to close A&E?
Do networks really promote good practice?
Do we need more whistleblowers?
A fat lot of good?
Do incentives produce quality?
Do we need to be told what to do?
What would you change?
Is the GP pay settlement fair?
Can you teach compassion?
Do we need tougher rules on 'health tourism'?
Will new regulations increase competition?
Should doctors be themselves on social media?
What is the prognosis for NHS 111?
Have the right 10,000 gone?
Should A&E receive emergency funding?
Would the statutory duty of candour and criminal sanctions on NHS staff covering up mistakes help or hinder a safer NHS?
What do you think of the scheme to send Department of Health officials to find out about life at the frontline?
A poll of HR directors says NHS morale is okay. How's yours doing?
The chief nursing officer says the reforms have given nurses a stronger voice in the NHS. Do you agree?
Andy Burnham argues that councils are better placed to commission care than GP-led CCGs. Who do you trust more with the purse strings?
Having inspected the CQC's record to date, what's your verdict on the health and social care regulator?
Will the transfer of £3bn of NHS budget to councils deliver ‘seamless’ care to older people as Jeremy Hunt claims?
Is the extent of bullying in the NHS exaggerated?
There are more healthcare assistants than nurses in the NHS. Is it more important that we regulate them or train them?
Does Bruce Keogh's report make it easier or harder for senior managers to fix failing hospitals?
What really lies behind the A&E crisis’?
Does the new NHS England boss need to have an NHS background?
What will the £500m A&E top-up achieve?
No complaints here, thank you
Is the RCGP right to brand NHS health checks a waste of time?
What's your view of news that CCGs will be able to take over CSUs?
How will trusts and their patients be helped by the plan to publish quarterly data about 'never events'?
What do think of proposals to check that nurses are fit for purpose every three years?
Smoking could be banned in prisons by 2015. Should the ban be extended to society at large?
Should Mr Hunt spend £10m sending managers to Harvard for leadership training?
What impact will extended GP hours have on the NHS?
Does the NHS have a modern, fit-for-purpose pay structure?
Is there really a strong case for moving more care out of hospital and into community settings?
What's the biggest challenge facing the new boss of NHS England?
How is your local health and wellbeing board doing?
Are NHS senior managers overpaid?
What do you think the latest GP contract changes will achieve?
Should there be a national minimum staffing level for hospital wards?
Will plain cigarette packaging deter the young from smoking?
Do you agree with plans to open the NHS pension scheme to private firms?
What is the main achievement of the CQC inspection regime?
What do you think of proposals for new standards for hospital food?
What do you think of plans to charge overseas visitors and migrants for some NHS services?
Which overused terms would you ban in 2014?
Should we publish details of GP practice incomes?
Should we follow Japan and impose fines for obesity?
What should we do about mental ill health?
A year after the Francis report, is the NHS a better place?
Will you opt out from the care.data scheme?
What does payment by results (PBR) get us?
Enforceable contracts for outcomes: will they work?
Will Sir David Nicholson leave the NHS in a better state than he found it?
Do the potential benefits of care.data outweigh the risks?
Do you believe choice of NHS services really matters to patients?
Should CCGs play a bigger role in commissioning primary care?
Is the NHS pay deal unfair and should staff take industrial action?
How would you solve the NHS funding crisis?
The UK has fewer hospital beds than other European countries. Is this:
One year on, how are CCGs doing?
Should specialised services be centralised or should we keep small hospitals?
Does your manager appreciate you?
Does the NHS have enough managers?
How does your work/life balance compare with this time last year?
What’s the biggest threat to general practice?
Which of the main parties has the most credible health policy?
How do you feel about news that Somerset GPs have approval to ditch QOF in favour of local quality measures?
What's your take on a study claiming the NHS is the world's number one health service?
Does the NHS support whistleblowers?
Is it time to ditch QIPP?
Is co-commissioning the focus of unrealistic expectations in terms of improving outcomes and efficiency?
Will it cost more to recover the costs of health tourism than we stand to save?
Is a healthy balance sheet a predictor of a safe hospital?
Was Simon Stevens right to tell NHS staff to lose weight?
What is the impact of 'telephone triage' in general practice?
What needs to be done to avert the crisis in mental health?
The NHS spends more than ever on 'patient voice' but do patients have more say as a result?
Both managers and clinicians devote much of their time to collating and reporting information in the name of transparency. Does the time and effort involved produce significant improvement to the patient experience and services?
Several high profile attempts to improve the nutrition and taste of hospital food have failed. Will the current campaign be any more successful than Loyd Grossman’s £40m attempt in 2000?
Can we scrap the GP contract but still keep what's best about GPs and general practice?
The head of NHS England has called obesity the biggest threat to the NHS. Which of these poses the greatest danger to the survival of the service?
Which NHS policy would get your vote?
Do you agree with Simon Stevens that hospitals should be allowed to open their own GP surgeries?
Do e-cigarettes do more good than harm?
Based on its own rating system, how would you rate CQC?
Will the £55 per dementia diagnosis payment to GPs result in better dementia care?
Should we decriminalise Class A drugs?
Should CCGs have the power to set local GP contracts?
Will the legal duty of candour, which comes in this month, lead to more hospital staff owning up to failures of care?
Should bed blockers face legal action if they refuse to go when they're declared fit for discharge?
How did you react to Jeremy Hunt's admission that he took his kids to A&E because he 'didn't want to wait' to see a GP?
What prompted the Chancellor to find an extra £2bn for the NHS?
Whose fault is it that half the adult population is on prescribed drugs?
Devon CCG has reversed its decision to restrict treatment for obese patients and smokers. Which decision was right?
Compared to this time last year, how optimistic are you about prospects for the NHS in the year ahead?
GPs in a BMA poll report an alarming increase in unsustainable workload. How's your workload?
Do we really need the law to tell us if NHS managers are 'fit and proper persons'?
Who provides the best care for the public's money?
Is it wrong to use genetic engineering to improve health?
Is the NHS a safer place than it was before the Francis report?
Are politicians 'crying wolf' over NHS privatisation?
Is news of a devolved health budget for Manchester a victory for localism or political tokenism?
Is Norman Lamb right to propose a single government department for health and social care?
Will the £200m transformation fund make a lasting difference?
Can the NHS stand another five years of austerity?
Is a healthy high street a reliable indicator of a healthy population?
Who will benefit from the seven-day NHS?
Is it inevitable that charges will be introduced for more NHS services?
Who should set priorties for NHS services?
Even if it's true, should we spread the word that exercise doesn't combat obesity?
The health secretary would like a league table of CCGs, but who will benefit?
As more GPs join federations is the traditional general practice on the way out?
Can we reconfigure our way out of a workforce crisis by working smarter?
Can primary care take forward new models of care and be ready to deliver seven day a week services?
Clear winner or horses for courses - will hospitals or GP federations form the basis of future integrated care organisations?
Does it make sense to clampdown on the use of agency staff?
Should we merge the health and social care budget, as proposed by the King's Fund?
Is the 'leadership crisis' caused by the people at the top or is the quality of middle management to blame?
What message does the £200m cut to public health send about the government's commitment to improving health?
Is Jeremy Hunt passing the buck or pointing out a simple home truth when he says it's our job to care for older people?
The NHS Constitution is arguably the most important document in the NHS, so why haven't you read it?
Is it realistic to set a minimum nurse/patient ratio for every situation?
Should surplus NHS estate be sold off to fund new care initiatives?
Is good commissioning the art of putting your CCG out of business?
Should hospital doctors be compelled to work at weekends (just like government ministers)?
The CQC wants to inspect 'whole systems of care', but is it feasible?
Do we need tougher sanctions for GPs who over-prescribe antibiotics?
England has a liberal policy on e-cigarettes while Wales is taking a hard line. Which approach is healthier?
What are the prospects for hitting the 2018 deadline for online access to records for every patient?
If the NHS had an extra £2bn each year, should it use the money to fund transformation or to keep existing services running?
Is it morally acceptable to make genetic corrections to embryos to correct birth defects?
Is lack of money or lack of leadership most to blame for failing hospitals?
How would you rate the NHS's chances of finding £22bn in efficiencies by 2020?
What pressure should be put on the food industry to tackle obesity?
Will the cap on trusts' agency nurse costs do any good?
Do GP practices need to come together in bigger groups to survive?
Are proposed 'Ofsted style' CCG ratings a welcome innovation or old hat?
If the junior doctors dispute escalates, who are the public most likely to side with?
Is news of a cull of national clinical directors a further blow to clinical leadership?
Should health service providers bear the full cost of inspections as fee rises signal move to CQC self-funding?
What effect will the increase in NHS funding announced in the spending review have?
What's your response to news of the failure of a high-profile £800m 'outcomes-based' contract?
What do you expect NHS Improvement to achieve?
Where will most of the £1.8bn 'transformation and sustainability fund' end up?
What is most critical to the survival of the NHS?
Are GPs right to fear changes to their contract that could end their 'job for life' status?
Can trusts achieve financial balance without endangering patient safety?
Does the NHS need a national IT plan?
Who stands to lose most in the junior doctors dispute?
What would be an acceptable failure rate for vanguards?
With a new CCG league table and now rumours of an NHS transparency league, do we really need more rankings?
Should Jeremy Hunt apologise to junior doctors?
What do you think of the plan to involve the NHS in the design of healthy new towns?
After another report of mental health budgets being raided to pay for other services is it time to ringfence mental health budgets?
Is the proposed sugar tax sufficient to turn the tide on our addiction to the sweet stuff?
Do the CQC and other regulators make the NHS a safer place?
Do the leaders of STP (sustainability and transformation plan) 'footprints' wield any real power?
What will do most to turn the rising tide of diabetes?
As the CQC looks likely to step-down GP inspections, can GPs be trusted to inspect themselves?
Will the promise of a 14% real-terms increase in GP funding be enough to save general practice?
How will history judge Jeremy Hunt's 'last big job in politics', his term as health secretary?
Why do hospital bosses change jobs so often?
Would Brexit be good or bad for the NHS?
What do you think of Simon Stevens' idea of 'combined authorities' for NHS commissioning?
How do you feel about the leak of conversations showing that the BMA wanted the junior doctors dispute to drag on?
How do you view news that the boss of NHS Improvement no longer expects trusts to hit their 2016/17 financial targets?
Why are we still inspecting hospitals?
What will be the impact of the proposed information and technology tariff?
All targets and most budgets are arbitrary, so when hospital finance directors complain that theirs are unsustainable, what do they actually mean?
Are we better in or out of STPs?
What do you think of the decision to halt heart surgery at three hospitals?
How did health fare in the cabinet reshuffle?
What will the NHS 'reset' achieve?
Is NHS Improvement right to 'start a discussion' about hospital staffing levels?
Should Public Health England do more to protect us from mosquitoes and other insects?
How seriously do you take claims that the government would like to privatise the NHS?
Should patients or professionals have the last word on hospital closures?
How if at all has your view of the junior doctors dispute changed?
You've just been given £3bn to spend on the NHS, where do you use it?
Should e-cigarettes be available on prescription?
As vanguards are getting only a third of the money they say they need, should we keep funding them?
Do you believe it would be worth introducing a £10 charge to see a GP?
Do you agree with the health secretary that the NHS needs to be more 'self-sufficient' in doctors?
What matters most when the NHS does a pay-off deal?
What would you most like Jeremy Hunt to stop saying?
What would be a better name for sustainability and transformation plans (STPs)?
A PwC survey found most people support major reform of the health and social care system. Do you?
How successful was the US Affordable Care Act ('Obamacare')?
Does NHS senior management need to exert more 'grip'?
What's your view of the 'game changing' deal signed with Google by an NHS trust to develop early warning apps for serious illness?
Is NHS Improvement boss Jim Mackey right to claim that STPs will cut 'enormous overheads' in local health systems?
Are the fit and proper person regulations fit for purpose?
How should we tackle the funding crisis in social care?
How can we slow the rate of demand for A&E?
Should trusts that meet or beat financial targets have preferential access to funding?
Who or what offers the best hope of ending or averting (depending on your view) the NHS crisis?
25% of trusts have reportedly rejected demands to equal this year's heroic efficiency targets in 2017/18. Are they right to resist?
Should STP mental health plans be subject to regular inspection and ratings?
Which poses the bigger threat to the NHS: Brexit or Mr Trump?
How much difference will intense media coverage of the NHS make?
Lord Carter wants the NHS to stop spending £640m a year on management consultants. Do you agree with him?
As the ex head of NHS Digital says poor NHS IT could derail the Five Year Forward View how would you rate our digital progress?
Will NHS England's new test for bed closures undermine STP decision-making?
How many cheers for concessions to the NHS and social care in the chancellor's budget?
Are efficiency targets counterproductive?
How useful is the NHS mandate?
What do you think of NHS England's aim to push STPs to cut A&E admissions and create new primary care hubs in 2017-19?
Do you agree with NHS England's plan to allow waiting times for elective care to slip so that A&E problems can be solved?
When money is tight do we really need to spend more of it finding out what patients and the public think?
How far is your organisation going to find out what patients and the public want?
The GP Forward View has been running for a year. How would you rate its impact on general practice?
What impact will job losses at Health Education England have on the NHS?
In light of the Labour manifesto's proposal of a new body named NHS Excellence, do we need any more regulators?
How confident are you that the next government will get to grips with the crisis in social care?
In the wake of the cyber attacks, should NHS Improvement inspect IT security at NHS trusts?
What should be the main conclusion from a report that NHS Improvement is to check the CVs of aspiring trust directors?
What impact do you think the general election result will have on NHS funding?
What if anything is signified by the announcement of the first accountable care systems?
Does commissioning add any value?
What is doing most to damage NHS morale?
Should the NHS tell local government how to spend the 'better care fund'?
Vanguard funding stops next April. Should we keep it going for another year to let them prove their worth?
What do you think of the proposal for a new national assembly to help the NHS to take difficult decisions?
What would have the biggest impact on agency staff costs?
Will the plan to recruit 21,000 mental health staff make a real difference?
Should the NHS compensate private patients for the harm inflicted by rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson even though he had been excluded from his former NHS employer?
Do you agree that the NHS should receive no more taxpayers' money until it tackles clinical variation?
If you had an extra £5bn, where in the public sector would you put it for the biggest health gain?
What are we to make of data showing that there has been a sharp fall in serious incidents involving harm to patients, but an overall rise in the number of incidents in the English NHS?
Does the NHS need to try harder to prevent fraud?
Do high-profile awards schemes serve a useful purpose?
CCG and trust chiefs were made to chant 'We can do this' at a meeting on A&E performance this week. Well, can they?
Are we too hard on hospital chief executives or not hard enough?
Will the forthcoming review of the Mental Health Act improve the state of mental health care?
Should local authorities face funding cuts for delayed transfers of care?
Should healthcare professionals routinely ask patients about their sexual orientation?
Will upfront charges for 'health tourists' save the NHS money?
Do we need 'accountable care systems'?
By challenging the government to honour the £350m Brexit pledge, did Simon Stevens play a trump card or the joker?
Can we rely on the general practice funding commitments made by national bodies?
How well did the NHS fare in the autumn budget?
NHS providers and commissioners are in the red, but efficiency is improving. Is austerity really such bad news for the NHS?
Should frontline staff be thinner than the rest of us?
Are you in favour of presumed consent for organ donation?
Do you believe NHS England claims that savings will be reinvested in frontline services?
Do you expect the NHS to outlive you?
A&E doctors wrote to the prime minister warning that the NHS crisis could cost lives. Do such protests make any difference?
Whose fault is flu?
What should we make of Mr Hunt's announcement of a 'pause' to accountable care organisation (ACO) contracts?
What should national leaders focus on to secure the future of the NHS?
What should we get the NHS for its 70th birthday?
The new NHS chief clinical information officer has tweeted his priorities for NHS IT. What should be at the top of his list?
What would do most to fix NHS finances in the long term?
Does the NHS provide better or worse care than it did five years ago?
With just over 18 months of forward viewing time left, what has the Five Year Forward View, NHS England's highly acclaimed treatise achieved?
NHS Improvement is to pay consultants £500,000 to review its structure and purpose. Is this money well spent?
Is it time to call time on Agenda for Change?
How prepared is your organisation for GDPR, the new data protection rules that come into force in May?
How long will it take to reach a completely paperless NHS?
The BMA has rejected Simon Stevens’ call for differential pay awards to allow NHS employers to target areas where they struggle hardest to recruit staff. Which side of the debate are you on?
What use is the NHS internal market?
What do you make of the CQC's finding that hospital care is improving?
What sort of birthday party should we throw for the NHS?
How do you rate the prospects for GP group consultations (where GPs see more than one patient at a time)?
What is the effect of financial targets ('control totals') imposed on trusts by the financial regulator NHS Improvement?
GDPR takes effect this week. Will it have been worth the effort?
As Jeremy Hunt becomes the longest serving health secretary, how would you rate his record so far?
What can we learn from overseas health systems?
Do you agree with NHS leaders that outpatient services are in urgent need of reform?
What can we do with the extra money promised to the NHS by the prime minister?
Which of the following best sums up your view of the impact of the tech revolution on general practice?
What do you think of NHS England's plan to restrict 17 'unnecessary' surgical procedures?
Which of Matt Hancock's qualifications will be most useful in his new job as health secretary?
Do you believe the government has an NHS 'privatisation' agenda?
Of all the available brand names for high profile NHS projects, which is the most likely to get results?
How's your local STP doing?
Should doctors be able to comment anonymously on social media?
Should the rights of society as a whole trump those of the individual when it comes to the use of medical data for research and improvement of treatment?
Are people overstating the negative impact of Brexit on the NHS?
Should we ban the sale of energy drinks to the under-16s?
Are health apps such as the heart age test a force for good?
Is the health and social care secretary putting too much faith in technology?
Post Mid Staffs why are we still seeing chronic failings of care?
Do you feel free to speak up about bullying and care quality?
Which political party has the most credible policy for health and social care?
How would you rate Matt Hancock's first three months as health and social care secretary?
STPs have been told to draw up five-year plans. Sensible step or a plan too far?
Why do we have a workforce crisis?
The NHS share of public spending is set to rise from 23% in 2000 to 38% in 2023. Are we getting more than our fair share?
What would do most to reduce pressure on general practice?
What do you expect from the NHS long-term plan?
What should we do first to solve the nursing crisis?
When you're choosing training, do the letters CPD make any difference?
How much progress has the NHS made to end bullying in the past ten years?
Was the health secretary right to ban fax?
Is Christmas bad for our health?
Is the health secretary right to prioritise modernisation of general practice IT?
Have you read the NHS Long Term Plan yet?
Is social media useful in your job?
Which of the following could you not live without at work?
Pay uplift, new staff, IT and indemnity scheme...Will the £2.8bn GP deal save general practice?
Could tougher regulation get rid of bad managers?
Is Matt Hancock right to take such a close interest in NHS IT?
Is there a silver lining to the clinical workforce crisis?
Is the planned merger of NHS England and NHS Improvement a good, bad or indifferent thing?
Public satisfaction with the NHS is at its lowest for more than a decade. How surprised are you?
Who should lead primary care networks?
You've been given the power to sort out the NHS. What would you fix first?
Will the NHS Assembly make a difference?
Would we benefit from more clinicians in senior management roles?
Will you be nominating a colleague as an NHS Star?
How seriously do you take the news that the government has failed to publish the mandate (its instructions to the NHS) on time?
Do we really need the Care Quality Commission?
Is the Royal College of Nursing or the government mainly to blame for the nursing workforce crisis?
When's the right time to involve patients in decisions about changes to NHS services?
What are the chances that we will see integrated care systems (as defined by the NHS plan) happen in the next decade?
Which aspect of the RCGP's vision of general practice in 2030 most excites you?
Has social media improved the NHS?
Should the government do more to support unpaid carers?
Two female prime ministers later, is it time for a woman to lead the NHS?
Should doctors create the well or treat the sick?
The NHS is 71. How would you assess its health?
Are health and wellbeing boards still relevant?
Do we need constant reminders of the NHS Long Term Plan?
Did Boris make the right call when he kept Matt Hancock at Health and Social Care?
Which of the following best expresses your view of social prescribing?
Was the government right to change the pension rules for doctors but not for senior managers?
How well do you understand integrated care systems (ICS) as defined by the NHS long-term plan?
Do we have enough guidance, tools and 'helpful' resources?
Does the NHS need more innovation?
Should leaders always tell the truth?
What would have the biggest impact on health inequality?
Could a u-turn by government on nurses' bursaries end the nursing crisis?
Would new rules obliging employers to give frank and honest references to departing senior managers put a stop to the endless recycling of mediocrity and failure?
Health Education England is fighting for its independence, but does HEE's performance justify its claim?
We're about to get one, but do we need a £5m national academy of social prescribing?
What's your take on CCG mergers?
Should the NHS refuse to treat racists?
Is purdah really necessary?
Would you ever throw a sickie because you fancied a day off?
What's the most important quality in an NHS leader?
How should we measure the success of primary care networks in the next five years?
The government is reportedly keen to introduce an NHS staff morale tracker. What effect is this idea having on your morale?
What will good look like for the NHS in 2020?
Do you think it will be make or break for primary care networks in 2020?
What's your biggest gripe about NHS IT
Are plans for a two-hour urgent care service for older people realistic?
Does Jeremy Hunt have what it takes to chair the Commons health select committee?
Why are NHS care scandals refusing to go away?
What difference does the NHS Long Term Plan make to what you do every day?
Should there be a professional regulator able to 'strike off' managers just as there is for doctors?
Can the NHS cure health inequality?
How confident are you in the NHS's handling of the coronavirus outbreak?
The government has promised 50,000 more nurses by 2023/24. What do you think will happen?
How well is the government communicating its Covid-19 plan?
What's the hardest thing to cope with during lockdown?
What will be the most significant silver lining to result from Covid-19?
Why does social care appear to be the poor relation of the NHS?
What’s the impact of Covid-19 on integration?
How is the NHS Volunteer Responders scheme helping you?
When we reach the “new normal” which changes will remain in primary care?
How long do you think it will take for the NHS to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic?
Given the increase in remote working and increased use of technology will remote care be the way forward in future?
Will there be any longer term benefits from the lifestyle changes prompted by lockdown?
How will people attend conferences and events in future, virtual events may eliminate risk of contact with others reduce travel and time away from the office, but will people be distracted by the day to day work and not be able to participate effectively?
Are health and social care organisations working together more closely than they did before the Covid-19 pandemic?
Video and phone consultations are being widely used across the NHS in primary care and beyond, how well do you think these are working?
Lockdown easing – are the government getting it right?
Where would investment in health and care services make the most difference?
Should use of face coverings be mandated in more public places?
Remote triage and booked time slots for non-life threatening A&E attendances will reduce demand for the long term?
Do you think having the NHS coronavirus (COVID-19) app will help if there is a second wave?
What do you think could have the biggest impact on obesity?
How important do you feel it is to get good engagement with patients and the community for the future of care services?
How will services in the community, such as general practices and community pharmacies, work together in the future?
Will developing the new organisation National Institute for Health Protection protect people from external health threats and be the disease control infrastructure to keep us safe in the future?
Will the Coronavirus pandemic change our behaviour long term?
What are your views on the ability to manage a vaccination programme at the scale needed?
With the drive to more systems based services where should waiting lists be managed?
Face to face appointments – what do patients want?
Do the latest restrictions in England go far enough to protect our health and social care service?
What do you think the biggest impact of the Coronavirus pandemic will be in the long term in relation to the health and care sector?
Is developing separate “Covid free” services the way forward?
Where should the health and care service look first for additional workforce?
What boosts your resilience?
Will the review on hospital meals by Pru Leith make any difference to the quality and availability of hospital food?
Which organisation/group would have the biggest impact if they led health system change?
What in your opinion is the best option at the end of the current lockdown to keep Coronavirus cases at a manageable level for the health service to cope?
A report in the news this week highlighted prescribing risks due to not sharing patient records – what’s your opinion on sharing patient records?
Should people meet up over Christmas or will this lead to another Coronavirus surge?
Will commissioning at an ICS level improve population health outcomes?
When will we see a significant impact of the Covid-19 vaccination programme on the number of cases?
This year has seen probably more press conferences than ever before with people who at the beginning of the year may never have expected to stand at the podium and certainly not as many times, who will we remember out of those that have not been ministers
A survey this week showed 8 in 10 adults have decided to modify their lifestyle in 2021. What will you aim to do this year?
What do you think the priority should be for the health service once the pressure caused by the pandemic is over?
Are 24/7 vaccination sites the right way to proceed?
Are 24/7 vaccination sites the right way to proceed?
What is the biggest challenge to overcome to successfully vaccinate sufficient numbers of the population to keep Coronavirus under control?
As the government starts to map a way out of lockdown what would you like to see open first?
As more NHS reforms are being considered by the government is this the right time?
Would you use or recommend health care apps if they have been externally reviewed and meet set standards?
Is the lockdown easing plan presented by the government the right pace for health and care services?
As funding to enable high street optometrists to work more closely with hospital clinicians is allocated, should high street optometrists, dentists and community pharmacists be considered as the answer to help with pressures elsewhere in the system?
Data indicates that people in poorer areas are less likely to have had the Covid vaccine and those in the most deprived neighbourhoods have been more likely to die from Covid. What would have the most impact to stop health inequalities increasing?
Should NHS managers be regulated?
The NHS Long Term Plan outlined the population-based approach to health care and there is a duty to collaborate between health and social care partners. How far advanced is this in your area?
As lockdown continues to ease we ask what has been the biggest achievement of the NHS over the last year?
Are Covid passports the future?
What is most important to keep Covid-19 under control?
Are the rules on conflicts of interest enough or do we need more transparency?
Should fines for lockdown breaches be reviewed because of the impact they have on poorer people?
Does the NHS do enough to support reuse ad recycling?
Can the NHS succeed, and deliver the care we would all personally like to receive, without social care reform?
Is lockdown being eased too quickly?
The result of extended lockdowns is often being cited as the driver of high street shop closures, what is your view on the future of high street shops?
Additional roles in primary care – is the best use being made of the investment?
Should international sport such as the Olympics and Euro 2020 be halted to help reduce spread of Covid-19?
What do you think will happen to lockdown restrictions on 19 July?
At the start of the pandemic contracts were awarded by the government that may have breached good procurement practice – was this the right thing to do?
Is the appointment of Sajid Javid as health secretary a good step forward for health and care?
Should the new health secretary have delayed the Health Bill?
Is it too soon to lift Coronavirus restrictions?
Poor health and lower life expectancy has been in the news recently, but with so much on the agenda where should the immediate focus be?
Public Health England have recommended a summer fitness drive and launched the Better Health website – how successful can this type of approach be to improve the overall health of the population?
Amanda Pritchard has taken up the reins as NHS England chief executive, will we see continuity or change – what do you think?
With 75% of adults double jabbed are we going to see more lockdowns due to COVID-19?
There is a steep curve for integrated care systems to have the structure and momentum to lead their local systems by April 2022, do you think they will be hitting the ground running in time?
With more people vaccinated we are seeing lower numbers of deaths and hospital admissions due to COVID-19 but what else will make the biggest difference to limit spread while still enabling staycations to happen?
What is the cause of the non-COVID excess deaths that are being reported by the ONS?
£36 billion will be invested in the health and care system over the next three years, to tackle COVID backlogs, reform adult social care, and bring the health and social care system closer together on a long term, sustainable footing. Is this enough?
What do you think will happen to the NHS this winter?
With so many priority areas which area should the focus be on to start to make the biggest improvement?
What would have the biggest impact to stop violence against health and care staff?
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities will level up health?
Should both flu and COVID vaccines be mandated for all front line heath care staff?
As COVID cases are rising is it time to start to introduce rules to reduce spread?
Are the announcements of additional funding for the NHS, made in the budget, sufficient?
Has your organisation got plans in place to reach net zero?
Should other measures be used to stop the spread as well as the vaccine?
Will ICBs be able to hit the ground running and make a difference from April 2022?
With COVID-19 cases rising across Europe what will be in place in the UK by Christmas?
Is the COVID booster vaccination target to offer all adults jabs by the end of January achievable?
Should face to face Christmas parties go ahead this year or is the risk of spreading COVID too much?
As we see proposals in the Health and Care Bill for greater powers for the Health Secretary is centralised control a good way forward for health and care services?
What will be the biggest challenge for the health service in 2022?
Can digital technologies and virtual wards help clear the backlog of elective care and improve the responsiveness of urgent and emergency care?
Has the government in England done enough to manage the Omicron wave of COVID-19?
Can integrated care systems facilitate effective system working to address challenges such as overcrowding in urgent and emergency care services?
The number of patients who are medically fit to leave hospital has increased. What is needed to reduce delayed discharges?
Is the legacy of COVID going to include a wave for future ill health for those who haven’t accessed routine (non-COVID) vaccinations, screening and preventative care?
The delivery plan for tackling the backlog of elective care has been published. What will be the biggest challenge to deliver this plan?
The integration white paper outlines the anticipated structure for local areas with delivery and reform of health and care services at place level. Will these new structures significantly improve services for local people?
The government have announced that all COVID restrictions will end, including self-isolation. Is now the right time to lift restrictions?
Will the resources and strengths of community groups be recognised by those seeking to integrate health and social care at a local level?
The “At your service” report from the Policy Exchange makes a case to reform general practice and move to an “at scale model”. Do you agree?
Should all employers who require people to travel to a workplace have guidance in place to require staff to test negative before returning to work following COVID-19 infections?
For the best patient care should elective surgery be delivered from a separate site to other hospital activity?
Should NHS front line staff be able to access free parking at their workplace?
Is it possible for integrated care systems to achieve financial balance in their first year?
The pressure on the health service is immense, COVID-19 patients in hospital top the January peak, should the government act to reduce the pressure on the health service?
The UK Health Security Agency has issued new infection prevention and control guidance which relax requirements relating to social distancing and other areas that were in place to reduce the risk from COVID-19. Do you agree with the new guidance?
All integrated care systems are expected to extend or introduce virtual wards, enabling people to receive care at home supported by technology. Will virtual wards reduce pressure on hospitals?
What is the right population size to make the biggest difference in tackling health disparities and improve the health of the population?
Would you like a virtual networking area as part of the new Networks website?
How much has wearing a mask affected your ability to communicate?
If it was practical how would you wish to travel to work?
The Fuller stocktake looks at next steps for integrating primary care what are your views on the report and recommendations?
What do you think is happening with waiting times for treatment?
Is the use of different professionals in primary care the answer to provide good patient care in a timely way providing the appropriate clinical supervision and governance is in place?
Following recent reports of bullying and harassment in health care organisations, have you experienced bullying or harassment at work?
Were CCGs good commissioners?
Is the appointment of Steve Barclay as health and social care secretary positive for the NHS and social care?
Should the government do more to support healthcare services given the current pressures?
Have you seen any changes as a result of integrated care boards having been created?
At a recent Health Service Journal round table a trust chief executive drew parallels between the Titanic sinking and the NHS failing. Do you agree with the concern – is the NHS at risk of failing?
What is the one most important area to fix to make the biggest difference to NHS pressures?
Will virtual outpatient consultations tackle out patient waiting times?
What would encourage better uptake of screening programmes for those eligible?
Is it time to try something different to address health service pressures and if so, should it be developed locally or nationally?
Should people who don’t attend for appointments be charged?
Is it right to recruit staff from countries abroad that are suffering from their own shortages of health service staff?
Is the NHS in a better or worse state than it was in at this time last year to cope with the pressures ahead?
Is the NHS in a better or worse state than it was in at this time last year to cope with the pressures ahead?
Is the amount of government focus on health and social care services right?
Does more need to be done to control the spread of COVID?
If those ready to be discharged from hospital were discharged within 24 hours would this resolve the A&E pressures?
One year on from the announcement of community diagnostic centres being opened, do you think these centres have made a difference?
The Future of General Practice report was recently published by The Health and Social Care Committee. Do you agree with its recommendations?
Is it time a social insurance model is considered to support funding for health and social care in the UK?
Where should cuts in NHS funding be made?
If there was one area that could receive more funding to make winter easier which do you think it should be?
Following a report that NHS leaders in Scotland discussed having the wealthy pay for treatment, do you think the wealthy should pay for some of their health care?
With news this week that NHS England is reprofiling elective recovery trajectories, what progress are you seeing on elective recovery?
If the Care Quality Commission take on an enhanced role in system oversight will this help integrated care systems?
Given the current pressures on health and social care services should the government do more?
How many different secretaries of state for health and social care do you think we will see during 2023?
The 2023/24 priorities and operational planning guidance has a shorter number of objectives set out for 2023/24 compared to previous years – do you agree or disagree with these objectives?
Will funding short term placements for people fit to be discharged from hospital take the pressure off A&E departments?
Is it right for health service staff to take strike action?
According to studies, approximately 65% of professionals either have previously had impostor syndrome or are experiencing it. Have you ever felt you suffered from imposter syndrome?
Extra beds and ambulances will be rolled out across England. Will this tackle emergency care delays or is it more staff that are needed?
Are integrated care boards ready for more responsibility – namely delegation of pharmacy, optical and dental contracts and to work in committees with NHS England to commission specialised services?
Has the investment announced in January to help reduce delayed discharges helped in your area?
A recent announcement by Labour has suggested that GPs should be salaried employees. How do you think primary medical services should be provided?
Is it reasonable to expect integrated care boards to break even financially this year?
If access to primary care is improved would this help relieve pressures across the health care system?
What impact have strikes by health care professionals had on patient care?
The blog looks at the importance of primary care involvement in provider collaboratives to support improvements in patient care. How should primary care be involved?
How long is it acceptable for people to wait for non-urgent NHS treatment?
How long is it acceptable for people to wait for non-urgent NHS treatment?
The Hewitt review has been published, it suggests that the introduction of integrated care systems represent the best opportunity in a generation for a transformation in our health and care system. Do you agree?
Is conflict between staff and organisations increasing in the health and care system?
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