Tuesday 25 January 2011: Commons Health Questions, January 2011 edition - missed targets and Burns Night
VERDICT: Not much heat, and even less light.
There were a few good questions, from Ben Bradshaw on waiting times
Editor's blog Wednesday 26 January 2011: Politics trumping economics
That well-known anarcho-syndicalist
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-syndicalism] Sir Richard Lambert, the
outgoing Director-General of
Tuesday 25 January 2011: The future manager, sucking up, Ascension Day and Judas goats
I've written before about the two main types of managers who will flourish in
the 'liberated'
Tuesday 25 January 2011: Lansley responds to criticism of the Health and Social Care Bill
The other day, I published the text of shadow health secretary John Healey's
first speech responding to the
Editor's blog Friday 21 January 2011: Text of John Healey speech to Kings Fund
Speech to the Kings Fund – John Healey MP, Shadow Health Secretary
20 January 2011
The truth behind the Tory plans
Editor's blog Monday 24 January 2011: Darwin, Stalin, citizens and the service
Today's event on the involvement and engagement of patients and the public with
the National Health Service and
Guest editorial Sunday 23 January 2011: Liberation Ltd.
Irwin Brown of the Socialist Health Association [http://www.sochealth.co.uk/]
recaps key points on liberation, as seen through
Editor's blog Friday 21 January 2011: More on consortia as 'bodies corporate'
Good evening.
Well, that was quite a week. And so as we slide gratefully into the weekend, we
bring you
The Maynard Doctrine: Who is managing the NHS workforce?
Professor Alan Maynard points out the ludicrous state of NHS workforce planning.
The Department of Health usually has to hire
Editor's blog Thursday 20 January 2011: Other oddness in the Bill: retrospective rewriting staff / property transfer contracts
A reader emails to draw my attention to the following passage in the Bill (under
para 275 Transfer schemes: supplemental