Aug
06
Editor's blog 21 July - Maynard here, and more on the way
Good afternoon. Apologies for a day or two of radio silence, but to paraphrase
John Lennon, life has been happening
Mr Andy Cowper
Aug
05
Shoving and doing nothing on child obesity (masquerading as nudging) – Health Policy Today, 5th August 2008
Tom Smith on plans to tell parents the weight of their 4 and 10 year old
children, and on the
5 min read
Aug
04
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,
4 min read
Aug
04
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.
2 min read
Jul
31
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
7 min read
Jul
31
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
8 min read
Jul
29
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
7 min read
Jul
24
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
5 min read
Jul
21
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
4 min read
Jul
21
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
3 min read