Health policy battleships: the Conservatives miss, and then hit – Health Policy Today, 4th August 2008
Two health policy stories stand out this weekend. Both relate to information
uncovered by Conservatives under the FOI Act and,
The Maynard Doctrine: Darzi and nursing - time to tackle this time bomb?
The Darzi report rightly extols the virtue of outcome measurement, and
reiterates yet again the problem of clinical practice variations.
Colloquia 31 July 2008: new ways of incentivising clinical performance
In the latest Colloquia, Health Policy Insight editor Andy Cowper and associate
director Tom Smith discuss new ways of incentivising
A very political summertime – Health Policy Today, 31st July 2008
Tom Smith on the political overtime we are 'enjoying' this summer.
Ordinarily in the summer, there is an
After its Glasgow kiss, will Labour pull together or pull apart? Health Policy Today, 29 July 2008
While many commentators are examining the implications of the Glasgow East
by-election (to paraphrase Frank Sinatra, if Labour can’t
Nudging, not judging - Health Policy Today, 24th July 2008
Tom Smith contrasts emerging approaches to tackling obesity in Japan and
England.
Japan has just set a legal limit to
Alan Johnson webchat with Labour members- Health Policy Today, 21 July 2008:
It’s been a quiet few days for health policy, with the exception of the news
that Imperial College plan
The Maynard Doctrine: the trouble with incentives
Alan Maynard is professor of health economics, University of York
Monday 21 July 2008
The trouble with incentives is that
Bastille Day
In France, 14th July is Bastille Day - a national celebration of the eighteenth
century regicide that set the country
IWantGreatCare - a dangerous currency for quality? Health Policy Today, 14 July 2008
Tom Smith on IWantGreatCare.
The most interesting story on health today – just beating reports that Gordon
Brown and Harriet Harman
