Editor’s blog Friday 4 June 2010: The Department of Health spent £480,402,000 on consultants in 2009-10
That's a lot of coins
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jun/04/coins-database-government-spending-
Editor’s blog Friday 4 June 2010: WHO's not declared a conflict of interest, then?
An excellent piece of investigative journalism - a collaboration between the BMJ
and the Bureau for Investigative Journalism [http://thebureauinvestigates.com/
Editor’s blog Thursday 3 June 2010: Excellent healthcare joke
Stolen from the Popbitch [http://www.popbitch.com/home] email:
A man was rushed to hospital when a bizarre sex
Editor’s blog Wednesday 2 June 2010: PM promises to keep community hospitals open
I'm not able to access PMQs directly, but according to a man I would trust
without reservation, Michael
Editor’s blog Thursday 3 June 2010: Non-'cheerleading’ Monitor chair Bundred wants to denationalise FTs
The latest HSJ captions its front cover picture of new Monitor chair Steve
Bundred, late of the Audit Commission, with
Editor’s blog Thursday 3 June 2010: Targets or no targets?
What is the official government policy now on national NHS targets?
And are Prime Minister David Cameron and Health Secretary
Editor’s blog Wednesday 2 June 2010: PM promises to keep community hospitals open
I'm not able to access PMQs directly, but according to a man I would trust
without reservation, Michael
Editor’s blog Wednesday 2 June 2010: RCHT to appeal against ET ruling ex-CE John Watkinson's dismissal unfair
What a surprise [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/cornwall/10184799.stm].
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is appealing
Editor’s blog Right Of Reply Thursday 13 May 2010: Health Policy Insight blog on Sir Ian Carruthers “inaccurate and offensive"
The Health Policy Insight Editor’s Blog condemning the treatment of Royal
Cornwall
Hospitals’ former chief executive John Watkinson
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The Maynard Doctrine: Confronting sacred cows: why are big hospitals more costly?
Professor Alan Maynard OBE reviews the validity of the idea that teaching
hospitals have higher running costs
Traditionally, it has