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Nov
24

Editorial Thursday 24 November 2016: Five thoughts about yesterday

1. Social care got less than nothing Not only were the sector-wide representations that social care needed more funding ignored
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Nov
23

Editorial Thursday 17 May 2012: Paying a quick trip to the real world, before chilling in a safe space with Andrew Lansley

The other day, I wrote about the Risk Register melodrama [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1374], and touched on
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Nov
02

The Maynard Doctrine: How to fund the NHS - zombie policies rise yet again

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard would much rather not have to write this article again, but evidently it's
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Oct
28

Editorial Monday 14 July 2014: A modest proposal on NHS and public sector funding

'Pecs Dance' [http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/finance/minister-dismisses-warning-of-imminent-nhs-funding-crisis/5072886.article>This denial of an imminent
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Oct
18

Editorial Sunday 16 October 2016: The Incredible Shrinking Imperial Phase and "the NHS's own plans for itself"

The Imperial Phase in 10 Downing Street just keeps getting shorter. Tony Blair's lasted just over a Parliament
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Oct
17

Editorial Saturday 15 October 2016: The bed of nails, leaking from the top and sucking it up

In the world of health policy, life imitates art: the first time as tragedy, the second time as Yes, Minister
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Oct
15

Editorial Monday 12 September 2016: Interview - Simon Stevens, chief executive, NHS England

Health Policy Insight: Do you agree that hospital A&Es are currently under real pressure? Simon Stevens: Definitely. The
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Sep
26

Editorial Friday 23 September 2016: The Two-Year Forward View - STPs, the exam question and playing 'Chicken'

HPI readers with elephantine memories will remember that there was a time before NHS England's boss was Sun
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Sep
21

The Maynard Doctrine: What efficiency is

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard teaches Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt a little about efficiency. What is efficiency? On September 11th,
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Sep
05

Editorial Friday 2 September 2016: The two places where the junior doctors' dispute could be won

The British Medical Association has gone nuclear in its plans for the next stage of protest against the new contract
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