Editor's Blog

Aug
04

Editor's blog 9th September 2008: new feature on Reform and Kings Fund papers

Have you finished building your ark yet? Global warming, my eye. Just posted a new feature on the latest reports
Aug
04

Editor's blog 10th September 2008: Telegram Cam signals Tory policy shift

Telegram Cam: Conservative leader's unambiguous signal of new Tory health policy by Andy Cowper, editor, Health Policy Insight
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 11 September 2008: An impressive debate starts the rationing ball rolling

by Andy Cowper, editor, Health Policy Insight You know the old joke about mergers – ‘a merger is like two porcupines
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 15th September 2008: Tax breaks for health?

Welcome to another fine week in health policy. Don't mention the imminent implosion of free-market capitalism. The new
Aug
04

Editor's blog 16th September 2008: Lord Carter, chair of NHS Co-operation and Competition Panel

So what's new today? Apart from the downfall of free market capitalism and the end of the world
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 17th September 2008: Moral hazard in healthcare

Standing in the Halifax today, waiting to pay in a cheque (I love to swim against the tide), I was
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Aug
04

Editor’s blog 25th September 2008 – Labour policy and a Crisp rejoinder to top-ups

So, what do we have in health policy terms from the last few days, during which the Labour Party has
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 28th September 2008: consultant competence, Conservative currency and Caledonian climate

Good morning. Today we have new Maynard Doctrine on the charged topic of managing poor performance by consultants and on
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Aug
04

Editor's Blog 29th September 2008: Conservative Party Conference 2008 - Andrew Lansley, the hair apparent

Something has happened to Andrew Lansley’s hair. The shadow health secretary’s barnet is looking distinctively … different. Now as
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Aug
04

Editor's Blog 1st October 2008: Bankrolling the attacks on NICE

Good morning. Story of the day looks very much like The Independent's piece highlighting the pharmaceutical industry'
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