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Jan
08

Editor's blog 8th January 2009: Answering the 2009 GP patient survey

On the day when it was revealed that BMA Chair of Council Dr Hamish Meldrum has got into media embarrassment
10 min read
Jan
08

Editorial 5th January 2009: Love in a cold climate

Hello, and welcome back to Health Policy Insight in 2009. It would seem that the gift of prophecy has not
3 min read
Jan
07

Editor’s blog 7th January 2009: How many CSEs have you got?

As a pint-downing weathergirl and a Tory topless model prepare to fight it out for the voting sub-section
3 min read
Jan
06

Editorial 6th January 2009: To err is human; to forgive, incarnadine

It’s a slow start to the year policy-wise, which made the Liberal Democrats’ FOI of the figures from
3 min read
Jan
05

The Maynard Doctrine: Time for NICE to get nastier

Professor Alan Maynard OBE celebrates his ascension into the pantheon of the British Empire with a typically pro-Establishment disquisition
3 min read
Dec
24

Editor's blog 24th December 2008: Happy Christmas

The Health Policy Insight team will now be aiming to take a break until the New Year - although it very
Dec
22

Editor's blog 21st November 2008: Notes from a sickbed

Cough, cough, cough. Splutter. Spit. Shiver. Cough, cough, cough. Feel sorry for self. Self-medicate with pills or cask-strength
7 min read
Dec
22

The Maynard Doctrine: The season to be jolly? Postman Pat delivers Christmas thumbscrews for the NHS

The Christmas message of “goodwill” in the 2009—10 Operating Framework for the NHS is that the hospitals in particular
3 min read
Dec
09

Editor's blog 9th December 2008: It's good to be back

Hello, hello. Not many people will be quoting Gary Glitter, and they will not be quoting him with good reason.
Nov
27

Does the appointment of Tom Daschle as health secretary points to a NICER USA? Health Policy Today, 25th November 2008

Barack Obama’s cabinet is taking shape, with many predicting that Hilary Clinton will be appointed as Secretary of State
5 min read