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May
18

The Maynard Doctrine: a Conservative Party memo on modest proposals for NHS reform?

Professor Alan Maynard OBE makes full disclosure of a document passed to him anonymously The postmark on the brown envelope
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Apr
27

Editor's blog 26 April 2009: Who wants to be a millionaire, NHS-style?

No, this is not going to be about redundancy pay-offs for sacked chief executives. What were you thinking? No,
4 min read
Apr
26

Editor's blog 23 April 2009: Happy Birthday, Mr Roth

On my way home from a wonderful lunch in honour of Andrew Roth, author of Parliamentary Profiles and Westminster Confidential.
Apr
23

Editor's blog 23 April 2009: Leading from the front, or from well behind the lines?

Leadership is one of those qualities that are hard to analyse. It is hard to define but very easy to
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Apr
23

Editor's blog 22 April 2009: Budget airline politics, or business-class planning?

”We will protect our investment in schools and hospitals” – Chancellor Alastair Darling Good afternoon. I have again been away - apologies
5 min read
Apr
21

The Maynard Doctrine: Evaluating quality initiatives

Professor Alan Maynard OBE challenges the Whitehall Village People to evaluate their initiatives around quality for cost-effectiveness The Government
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Apr
08

Editor's blog 7th April 2009: Markets, economics and healthcare

Good evening - a very quick one, to alert you to the arrival of fresh Maynard Doctrine [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/
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Apr
07

Editor's blog 27th March 2009: DH unclear over how many GP practices still don't have indicative PBC budgets

Hello. A fairly brief one today - the FT has some very thoughtful features [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/
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Apr
07

Editor's blog 29th March 2009: Bosanquet's six steps to reform

In contrast to Saturday's Gerry Robinson-fest [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/274], the Telegraph today managed
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Apr
07

Editor's blog 1st April 2009: Not The NHS News - The meaning of March

Hello, and what a nice day. And welcome if you've come from OnMedica [http://www.onmedica.com/], with
5 min read