Editor's Blog

May
24

Editor’s blog Monday 24 May 2010: HSJ says Lansley to abolish SHAs

In a spectacular exclusive [http://www.hsj.co.uk/5015096.article] with major policy implications, HSJ states that Health Secretary
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May
24

Editor’s blog Monday 24 May 2010: Lansley's reconfiguration inspirations - Pollyanna, Pangloss and Micawber

Further to this recent post pointing out that only one of Secretary Of State For Health The Rt Hon Andrew
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May
24

Editor’s blog Friday 21 May 2010: Lansley's four tests for NHS service changes - only one is empirically measurable

Writing in today's Daily Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7747870/The-NHS-must-put-patients-first.html] , Health Secretary Andrew Lansley
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May
23

Editor’s blog Sunday 23 May 2010: DH outlines new ministers' bits

The DH has outlined the new ministers' bits [http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Pressreleases/DH_116244]. This
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May
21

Editor's blog Friday 21 May 2010: Cancer drugs, ASDA, faith and markets

This press release from Wal-Mart subsidiary Asda [http://your.asda.com/2010/5/20/asda-announces-not-for-profit-price-on-all-cancer-treatment-drugs] catches the eye, for several
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May
20

Editor’s blog Thursday 20 May 2010: Liberal-Conservative coalition's detailed programme for government published

You can download the PDF here [http://programmeforgovernment.hmg.gov.uk/files/2010/05/coalition-programme.pdf] . Just the links, for
May
19

Editor’s blog Wednesday 19 May 2010: Ex-Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb is deputy to Deputy Prime Minister

Congratulations to Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb MP, who is to be Chief Parliamentary and Political Adviser to the
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May
19

Editor’s blog Wednesday 19 May 2010: More FOI information on the KPMG review of the DH

You may remember our recent exclusive about KPMG being commissioned to review the DH and ALBs' back office functions
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May
18

Editor’s blog Tuesday 18 May 2010: NHS Confed / Kings Fund policy salon - evaluating NHS quasi-market health reforms

This latest in the NHS Confederation’s policy salon series, in association with the Kings Fund, is going to be
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May
18

Editor’s blog Thursday 13 May 2010: Why no SHA assurance publications for six SHAs?

I've just recently got interested in the SHA assurance process [http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/20100509080731/http://dh.
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