Apr
16
The Maynard Doctrine: the poetic determinants of health
Professor Alan Maynard OBE examines the determinants of lifetime health through
the prism of the ‘Bard of Hull’ Philip Larkin’
Mr Andy Cowper
Apr
16
Editor’s blog Thurday 15 April 2010: What is that box blabbering about?
So.
There I was, minding my own business, and that of everybody else in my local
area.
There I was,
1 min read
Apr
15
Editor’s blog Thurday 15 April 2010: Entrepreneurialism in the stockbroker belt backfires
Congratulations to Health Service Journal's Sally Gainsbury, whose follow-up to
her scoop on the Royal Surrey selling drugs
Apr
14
Editor’s blog Friday 25 March 2010: “Mirror, mirror on the wall” time for pro- and anti-market camps
Let’s dance! They System Management honchos at the dear old Department fo Health
have finally issued the Principles and
5 min read
Apr
13
Editor’s blog Tuesday 13 April 2010: Back tomorrow
It is late. I am knackered. Back properly tomrrow, but just one thought.
Both major parties launched their manifestos in
Apr
08
Editor’s blog Tuesday 30 March 2010: Assessing commissioning, and funding the National Care Service
Commissioning has worked so brilliantly that the top management of the DH
couldn’t even tell you what it costs.
4 min read
Apr
05
The Maynard Doctrine: Professions, guilds and silos
Professor Alan Maynard OBE torches a Spaghetti Junction of bridges with the
professions. The RCN in particular will be very
3 min read
Apr
05
Editor's blog Monday 5 April 2010: Conservatives' new cancer drug proposals attract more attention
Wheeeeeeee! The claim and counter-claim merry-go-round of NHS politics is
gathering momentum. (Pre-electoral tension, innit?)
You may have seen that
1 min read
Apr
03
Editor's blog Saturday 3 April 2010: Conservatives shoot selves in foot over credibility of independent NHS plan
So. Does this story about the Conservatives wanting NICE to approve more cancer
drugs [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/
1 min read
Apr
03
Editor’s blog Monday 22 March 2010: US reforms; Blairites rumbled; NPfIT in bits; and Tories to keep everything open
They’ve done it [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8579322.stm]. It’s
watered-down, and not
3 min read