Editor’s blog Monday 27 December 2010: The Independent Challenge Group’s Yule log for SoS Lansley
Independent challenge has never been wildly popular in NHS health policy, to put
it mildly.
Liberating The NHS originally promised
Editor's blog Friday 24 December 2010: 'Efficiency, efficiency, at which none can be matched''
It's very tempting to refract all of NHSland and health policy through
children's television.
There are
Editor's blog Wednesday 22 December 2010: DH cancer czar - Cancer Drugs Fund "extremely unlikely" to alter survival difference
Regular readers know our views on the Government's absolutely discriminatory,
NICE-undermining National Cancer Drugs Fund: not only is
Editor’s blog Monday 20 December 2010: NHS competition on price - will Monitor take SoS Lansley to judicial review?
The big one in the 2010-11 NHS Operating Framework is the announcement of
competition on price, with tariff as a
Editor’s blog Thursday 16 December 2010: FTs really are losing powers
TAXPAYER INVESTMENT IN FTs (6.24-6.28) – “The Government currently holds an
investment stake of £24 billion in foundation trusts
Editor’s blog Thursday 16 December 2010: NHS Commissioning Board to run or sub-contract consortia not ready by April 2013
Are we going to get a remedial Commissioning Development Agency, to go alongside
the Provider Development Agency for non-FTs?
“A
Editor’s blog Thursday 16 December 2010: The powers of the Secretary Of State over the NHS - to direct it wholly in emergencies
There is some fascinating stuff in the various documents - for now, just have a
think about this, from the
Editor’s blog Wednesday 15 December 2010: Today's documents
Liberating The NHS: Legislative Framework And Next Steps
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Guest editorial Wednesday 15 December 2010: John Appleby on PCT allocations for 2010-11: disappearingly small rises
The iridescent Professor John Appleby is the chief economist of the Kings Fund.
In this guest blog, he peers intently
Editor’s blog Wednesday 15 December 2010: Super Wednesday and political noise
Policy-wise, today’s announcements could be among the most politically
significant for the NHS since a certain third party leader
