Editor's Blog

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Editor's blog Wednesday 26 January 2011: Politics trumping economics

That well-known anarcho-syndicalist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-syndicalism] Sir Richard Lambert, the outgoing Director-General of the Confederation of British
1 min read
Jan
25

Tuesday 25 January 2011: The future manager, sucking up, Ascension Day and Judas goats

I've written before about the two main types of managers who will flourish in the 'liberated'
1 min read
Jan
25

Tuesday 25 January 2011: Lansley responds to criticism of the Health and Social Care Bill

The other day, I published the text of shadow health secretary John Healey's first speech responding to the
3 min read
Jan
25

Editor's blog Friday 21 January 2011: Text of John Healey speech to Kings Fund

Speech to the Kings Fund – John Healey MP, Shadow Health Secretary 20 January 2011 The truth behind the Tory plans
12 min read
Jan
24

Editor's blog Monday 24 January 2011: Darwin, Stalin, citizens and the service

Today's event on the involvement and engagement of patients and the public  with the National Health Service and
1 min read
Jan
23

Guest editorial Sunday 23 January 2011: Liberation Ltd.

Irwin Brown of the Socialist Health Association [http://www.sochealth.co.uk/] recaps key points on liberation, as seen through
4 min read
Jan
21

Editor's blog Friday 21 January 2011: More on consortia as 'bodies corporate'

Good evening. Well, that was quite a week. And so as we slide gratefully into the weekend, we bring you
3 min read
Jan
20

Editor's blog Thursday 20 January 2011: Other oddness in the Bill: retrospective rewriting staff / property transfer contracts

A reader emails to draw my attention to the following passage in the Bill (under para 275 Transfer schemes: supplemental
1 min read
Jan
20

Editor's blog Thursday 20 January 2011: Consortia, body corporate status and the Health and Social Care Bill

Cabinet Office guidance on setting up a new public body [http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/Assets/3_setting_upv2_tcm6-2481.
4 min read
Jan
20

Editor's blog Thursday 20 January 2011: Nigel Edwards off to pastures varied

Amid all this fuss, it's easy to overlook HSJ's reporting that Nigel Edwards will step down
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