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
Editor’s blog Thursday 10 June 2010: BMA GP chair Buckman's clarion call for NHS small-c conservatism
Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear.
The BMA's LMC conference has escaped, into the real world.
Whatever is
Editor’s blog Thursday 10 June 2010: The first waiting time target to go: 4-hour A&E “as it currently stands”
During his statement
[”http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/cmdebate/03.htm] on the
new Mid-Staffordshire inquiry [”http:
Editor’s blog Wednesday 9 June 2010: Lansleyism - Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's first keynote NHS speech reviewed
So what is Lansleyism?
Now that at last [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/549] the DH have
put it
The Maynard Doctrine: Evidence-based healthcare policy: please do it better!
Professor Alan Maynard OBE notes the lack of evidence for the 30-day unpaid
emergency acute readmission policy
[”http://www.healthpolicyinsight.
Editor’s blog Wednsday 9 June 2010: Francis Inquiry 2, bullying addressed, targets under fire and more hints on Lansleyism
The new DH press release reports Health Secretary Andrew Lansley CBE MP's
keeping his promise
[http://www.dh.
