Editor's blog Wednesday 23 February 2011: Stalin meets Heath Robinson
Hands up if you can explain the consistency of what’s going on in health policy?
No, thought not.
Within
Editor's blog Thursday 17 February 2011: Competition in healthcare (again) - Ham, Moyes, means and ends
Competition is back as one of the health policy buzz-words. Its early 2000s
iteration was under the slightly veiled guise
Editor’s blog Thursday 20 May 2010: The government’s Coalition Agreement on NHS and health policy reviewed
The Coalition Agreement
[”http://programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk/files/2010/05/coalition-programme.pdf]
starts with three words, in 56-point type
Editor's blog Monday 25 July 2011: EXCLUSIVE - Health Bill: five impact assessments officially risk-rated as unfit for purpose
A Health Policy Insight exclusive
Impact assessment on policy on GP commissioning red-rated twice in succession
as unfit for purpose
Editor's blog Monday 11 April 2011: Simon Burns makes his bid to be next Health Secretary
Following Our Saviour And Liberator Andrew Lansley's now-infamous 'empty
bookcase' appearance on BBC Newsnight
[http://www.
Interview - Dr Michael Dixon, chair, NHS Alliance
Interview by Andy Cowper, editor,
Health Policy Insight
Michael Dixon is a man of many hats - GP, chair of
Editorial Monday 27 February 2012: EXCLUSIVE - Paul Baumann to be NHS Commissioning Board director of finance
The NHS Commissioning Board's director of finance-designate is Paul Baumann,
currently director of finance of NHS London
[http:
Editorial Thursday 23 February 2012: On Cynthia Bower quitting the CQC
The DH publishes its capability assessment of the Care Quality Commission
[http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/
Editorial Thursday 23 February 2012: Monitor chair Dr David Bennett welcomes the NHS to its economically real future
The FT's indefatigable data diva Sally Gainsbury and public policy editor Sarah
Neville have just dropped a striking
Editorial Wednesday 22 February 2012: In praise of Professor John Ashton
Professor John Ashton is a distinguished public servant and public health doctor
[http://www.cumbria.nhs.uk/AboutUs/WhoWeAreAndWhatWeDo/SeniorStaffAndManagement.