A radical, unavoidable future for the NHS, whoever wins: Health Policy Today 6 May 2010
Tom Smith, associate director of Health Policy Insight and chief executive of
the British Society for Gastroenterology, discusses the impact
Editor’s blog Wednesday 5 May 2010: How to vote tomorrow
Good evening. Slight pause in posting: I have been off, saving the world.
(OK, that is not strictly true, I
The Maynard Doctrine: How to turn a crisis into an opportunity
Professor Alan Maynard OBE emphasises the high value of avoiding business as
usual after the election.
Business as usual involves
Editor’s blog Wednesday 14 April 2010: Talking round objects about NHS policy
You all know the old Yes, Minister joke: hapless minister Hacker writes “Balls”
on a bad document.
Nice civil servant
Editor’s blog Thursday 29 April 2010: Whittingdon saved
Hurrah! Andy Burnham has promised that the Whittingdon won't lose its A&E and
maternity
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Editor’s blog Thursday 29 April 2010: Conservatives re-announce pharma industry subsidy
From BBC News comes the re-announcement by the Conservatives
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/liveevent/] (can'
Editor’s blog Thursday 29 April 2010: Medics back service rationalisation
The Academy of Royal Medical Colleges today suggests that cuts could be good
for
patient care
[http://www.guardian.co.
Editor’s blog Wednesday 28 April 2010: Burnham misleads BBC2 Daily Politics NHS hustings
Oh dear. Oh dear.
On what is already a dreadful day for Labour, with PM Gordon Brown calling a
difficult
Editor’s blog Wednesday 28 April 2010: The unexpected side of a mutual future
In this Guardian feature by David Hare on the theatrics of Cleggmania
[”http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/
Editor’s blog Tuesday 27 April 2010: Possibly the greatest NHS article ever in the Daily Mail
Nobody has summarised the Daily Mail better than The Daily Mash website
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