Editor's Blog

Jul
06

Editor's blog Tuesday 6 July 2010: Adjournment debate on North Tees and Hartlepool cancelled hospital rebuild - first of many

This adjournment debate in the Commons last night [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100705/debtext/100705-0004.htm#
Jul
06

Editor's blog Tuesday 6 July 2010: Dorrell 4 vouchers! 2020 4 co-payment! And (to boost search rankings) K&C PCT 4 porn!

Health policy is fun. No, honestly, sit down and watch. You get to see the whole gamut of emotions, religions
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Jul
06

Editor’s blog Thursday 1 July 2010: Back to the future of GP-led commissioning

Hello. I'm going to be stupidly busy today, so would offer for your edification this excellent analysis piece
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Jul
06

Editor’s blog Wednesday 30 June 2010: Dr Hamish Meldrum and the Bagpuss effect

Oh no, Hamish. No, no, noooooooo. This is a bit silly. I know there is a view that the BMA
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Jul
06

Editor’s blog Friday 2 July 2010: The (incomplete) NHS Rich List 2010

Hooray for openness, with which the Coalition government has given us a high-earners list [http://download.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/transparency/
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Jul
06

Editor’s blog Friday 2 July 2010: Health inequalities are always with us

How depressing to see fresh evidence that the great Julian Tudor Hart’s Inverse Care Law [”http://www.sochealth.co.
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Jul
06

Interview - Sir Robert Naylor, chief executive, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust

Sir Robert Naylor is one of the best-known acute trust chief executives in the NHS. After a decade at the
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Jul
06

Editor’s blog Monday 5 July 2010: Not the White Paper (and maybe not next Monday either)

The Magnificent Timmins does it again [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/65dad086-87aa-11df-9f37-00144feabdc0.html]. Nick's FT piece
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Jul
06

Editor's blog Wednesday 3 March 2010: Loose journalism, the Virgin hokey-cokey, and the late Co-operation and Competition Panel

Hello. Now as I pointed out yesterday, this article [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/02/nhs-primary-healthcare-trusts-cuts] in
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Jul
05

Sir David Nicholson speech to NHS Confederation conference 25 June 2010

Sir David Nicholson, Chief Executive of the NHS in England Thank you.  Right then, well it's great to
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