The Maynard Doctrine: Teen pains - time for the prospects and challenges of real NHS reform
Professor Alan Maynard looks forward to the real reform conversations and
challenges that will start once the Health Bill becomes
Editorial Wednesday 1 February 2012: DH briefing notes of Government amendments to Health And Social Care Bill
The DH has published its briefing notes on the latest (incomplete) proposed
amendments to the Health And Social Care Bill
Editorial Monday 6 February 2012: Financial privilege may give Speaker Bercow power of life or death over Health Bill
I am very grateful to a longstanding reader for sending in the following
analysis of a potential way through this
Editorial Monday 6 February 2012: How many of Don Berwick's 10 health reform tests would the Health Bill pass?
I'm grateful to National Voices on Twitter
[https://twitter.com/#!/NVTweeting/status/166578050744594432] for reminding me
of the
Editorial Tuesday 7 February 2012: The Times, they are for changing (the Health Secretary)
Valentine's Day is a week today, and it looks as if some of the Tory High
Command are
Editorial Wednesday 8 February 2012: Oh dear, OSAL. The 'save Andrew Lansley' campaign misfires.
The 'save Our Saviour And Liberator Andrew Lansley' campaign is not blessed with
conspicuous media-savvy.
The BBC is
Editorial Wednesday 8 February 2012: Prime Minister's Questions - a few observations
Hats off as ever to the brilliant folk at Hansard
[http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/] for the transcript
Editorial Thursday 9 February 2012: The politically patriotic TINA defence, as Britney advises the revolting Lib Dems
'Oops" has become a key word for the travails of the Health Bill. Yesterday saw
an unwelcome oops
Editorial Sunday 12 February 2012: McOops! McKinseys Helios-centric hospitality, McFavours and McIcarus policy hubris
If I'm reluctant to use the phrase 'game-changing', it's because the Health And
Social
Editorial Monday 13 February 2012: NHS productivity decline claim questioned
An extremely interesting paper in The Lancet by Professor Nick Black suggests
that the much-discussed decline in NHS productivity since
