Helen Salisbury: Whole system thinking

2026/01/20 by Helen Salisbury · 1 voice
Health Professions · #Dental Education, Practice, Research #Health Services Management and Policy #Healthcare Systems and Challenges

paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj.s117

openalex publication_date 2026/01/20 · openalex created_date 2026/01/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/03/10

Abstract

The widely predicted collapse of the NHS due to resident doctors' industrial action just before Christmas didn't materialise. 1 There was little change to the new normal, with too many sick people spending unacceptable hours on trolleys in emergency departments, 2 but overcrowding was slightly less bad than last year. 3

Discussions

• Great comment by @helensalisbury.bsky.social in this week's BMJ and one that far too many NHS managers, leaders and politicians miss entirely: doi.org/10.1136/bmj.... ... [bsky, 7 points, 1 comments]

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