Editor's blog Thursday 9 July 2009: NHS Tayside's £3 million deal with Netcare - marring academic freedom, or talking Pollocks?
Not everybody likes Professor Allyson Pollock's analysis of the involvement of
the commercial sector in the NHS. Professor
Editor's blog Wednesday 8 July: health in recessions, and Alain Enthoven on US health reforms
Those of you with longer memories will recall that I wrote about US economist
Dr
Christopher Ruhm's work
Editor's blog Wednesday 8 July: The Cable guy
Good morning to you. Today's post relates to heath policy tangentially, through
the medium of economics; specifically, the
Editor's blog Tuesday 7 July 2009: Simon Stevens on commissioning; and the combustibility of quangos
Hello. Today we have a new interview with Simon Stevens
[http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/318], conducted at the
Editor’s blog Thursday 2 July 2009: Why Andrew Lansley won’t be the next health secretary
Hello. You will probably have already seen the row over Sally Gainsbury of
Health Service Journal’s reporting of what
Editor's blog Wednesday 1 July 2009: an interesting idea from Lord Darzi - budgets for clinical teams
Here [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jul/01/doctors-control-budgets] is
an interesting idea from Health Minister
Editor's blog Wednesday 1 July 2009: Obama's health reform chances get a comic boost
God, it's late. Or early. And just a bit hot.
But it's important to see that
Editor's blog Thursday 25 June 2009: Innovation, as seen from Burgundy
Good morning. This is being written from a break in rural France, where the
weather has stopped doing the “I
The Maynard Doctrine: NICE problems to have?
Professor Alan Maynard OBE looks at the changes needed to make NICE’s rationing
role more effective in an economically-
Editor's blog Thursday 18 June 2009: a stand for good stats
Good afternoon. A very quick post to point you towards an excellent piece in
today's Times
[http://www.