Editor’s blog Thursday 5 August 2010: Some quick bits

Morning, all.

Today, we are thinking about:

The extraction of digits at Mid Staffs over staffing 'issues'. Better extremely late than never.

Controversy emerging over the cancer screening study in the BMJ. Enjoy, data fiends and economists!

Opinion varies among primary care leaders on the pace of consortia formation. Slow-slow, quick-quick, slow?

HSJ trails its exclusive next week on PCTs' world-classnessitude, with the news that they have become a bit better. So most are around average.

And a Darzi centre looks to be the first of the breed for the chop in ... NHS Peterborough!Sic tempora, sic Darzi.