Editor’s blog Monday 10 January 2011: The Gospel truth about John Watkinson, RCHT and NHS South West according to Verita
The law is an intriguing thing; employment law even more so.
Long-time Health Policy Insight readers will remember that we
The Maynard Doctrine: Does competition work in healthcare?
Professor Alan Maynard wishes you all a Happy New Year, but is basically a
realist, and so doesn’t propose
Editor’s blog Tuesday 13 July 2010: Confusions & contradictions in the White Paper 'Equity And Excellence: Liberating the NHS'
A cleverer man than I, with more experience of policy matters (yes, I know it
doesn't narrow the
Editor’s blog Wednesday 29 December 2010: A fascinating analysis of NHS problems suggests a solution
"It is not good management to say 'you need to cut costs by £15 billion; go find
the
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?
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