Editor's blog Thursday 17 June 2010: Lansley orders investigation into NHS South West / Watkinson affair
You may remember that we covered the issues around ex-chief executive John
Watkinson's employment tribunal against his employer
Editor's blog Thursday 17 June 2010: The axeman cometh
The cuts have begun.
BBC News reports that the plan to rebuild North Tees and Hartleppool Hospital
at
a cost
Editor's blog Thursday 17 June 2010: Interesting things
Morning. No time for anything much yet today, so here are some links:
to a response piece I wrote for
Editor’s blog Wednesday 16 June 2010: Two views on the NHS future
In a recent Public Policy Projects [”http://www.policyprojects.com/] discussion
breakfast at the House of Commons, two speakers – a
Editor's blog Wednesday 16 June 2010: The value for money of Darzi centres
I have taken my eye off what is happening with Darzi centres - or polyclinics -
or 8-8 GP-led health
Editor’s blog Tuesday 15 June 2010: Sense on homeopathy
I'm not wildly bothered about homeopathy - or magic medicine, as its opponents
term it. If water had
The Maynard Doctrine: Transparency and accountability in theory and practice in the NHS
Professor Alan Maynard OBE minds the gap between political rhetoric about
openness, choice and outcomes and the practical reality of
Editor’s blog Sunday 13 June 2010: Guardian outs death rate disparities
A loud bravo for The Guardian, which in this article, outs disparities in
mortality rates for vascular surgery across the
Editor’s blog Friday 11 June 2010: The good, the bad and the pointless from the SMF
In the new report, Axing And Taxing by the Social Market Foundation
[http://www.smf.co.uk/assets/files/Axing%
Editor’s blog Thursday 10 June 2010: Lansleyism defined: abolishing targets to bring them back
You probably could make this up, but you'd need a scriptwriter who'd taken some
pretty hefty
