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Jun
06

Guest editorial Wednesday 6 June 2012: The Top Ten (and a half) Chart of PLICS Pitfalls

Assista Consulting, reviews the top ten (and a half) pitfalls of patient-level information and costings systems - PLICs. Patient Level
4 min read
Jun
01

Editor's blog Sunday 5 June 2011: The 'Simon Burns 4 Secretary Of State' campaign song

Those of you who followHealth Policy Insight on Twitter (@HPIAndyCowper [http://www.twitter.com/HPIAndyCowper]) will be familiar with our
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Jun
01

Editorial Wednesday 30 May 2012: Doctors, politicians, strikes and professionalism

Doctors dominate the news today, with the smaller splash of Alan 'Quiff Of Doom' Milburn's social
4 min read
May
31

Editorial Thursday 31 May 2012: Waits and measures

Oops. The latest NHS performance metrics issued by The Kings Fund [http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/document.rm?id=9568]
2 min read
May
30

Editorial Wednesday 30 May 2012: Health Policy Intelligence 46 - Comrade Sir David's Great Leap Forward

A short extract from the latest edition of our subscription-based Health Policy Intelligence appears below. To subscribe for £69
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May
30

Editorial Tuesday 29 May 2012: Nuffield Trust on social care, Kings Fund on listening

Two useful documents today: from the Nuffield Trust on reforming the funding of social care [:"http://www.nuffieldtrust.org.
6 min read
May
30

Editorial Tuesday 15 May 2012: Having congress with Andrew Lansley and Ed Miliband

So. We have had congress [”http://www.rcn.org.uk/</a] with Andrew Lansley and Ed Miliband. And do
5 min read
May
23

Editorial Wednesday 23 May 2012: The NHS pillar of Conservative electoral strategy

The Conservative Home website offers a useful insight into parts of the Tory policymaking world. It is interesting to remember
3 min read
May
21

Editorial Monday 21 May 2012: DH publishes information strategy. Long on hallucination; short on how.

The DH has published its latest, much-delayed information strategy [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_
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May
21

Guest editorial Monday 21 May 2012: Analysing a dozen key changes to Monitor’s long-term financial model

James Wilson, managing director of Assista Consultancy [”http://www.assista.co.uk”], assesses Monitor’s changes to the long-term
3 min read