Editor's Blog

Aug
04

Editor's blog 25th October 2008: Manufacturing consent - top ups OK'd

Good morning. After a very below-par performance at the NHS Alliance conference in Bournemouth, Health Secretary Alan Johnson is back
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 27th October 2008: Healthcare tourism, or getting it right at home?

God morning - I hope this finds you well. The eagle-eyed Tom Smith has spotted and written about the UK&
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 28th October 2008: GMC guidance on referral incentives?

Good day to you. A quick browse of The Economist's poll on whom global Economist readers around the
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 29th October 2008: a galling error for Lord Darzi's hospital team

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday. HPI associate director Tom Smith has spotted a beauty of a story about a somewhat
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 30th October 2008: farewell to Ellie Scrivens and success with CBT

Good morning. First today comes the sad news of the death of health policy researcher Professor Ellie Scrivens at the
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 4th November 2008: Top-ups announced - and debt shall have no dominion

Today, the Government will announce its decision in response to cancer czar Professor Mike Richards' review of the current
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 5th November 2008: Barack Hussein Obama new President-Elect for USA

Well, it currently looks as if the Republicans may retain the filibuster in Senate (which can be used to block
Aug
04

Editor's blog 6th November 2008: extend your way out of recession via US healthcare insurance coverage?

Good morning. So how big do you think mid-day's interest rate cut will be? The full 1%? This
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 22nd December 2008: a profit without honour

Blimey, I get ill for a month and the NHS just sort of explodes. Hello, and sorry to have been
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Aug
04

Editor's blog 23rd December 2008: Branson in a pickle on MRSA

The political syllogism was brilliantly defined by the classic BBC TV series Yes, Minister, and it reads as follows: Something
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