Editor's Blog

Jan
13

Editor's blog Thursday 13 January 2011: The battalions gear up for uncivil war

Of late, two 20th-century political figures have been much-quoted in regard to NHS reform. Both men - Stalin and Mao
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Jan
13

Editor's blog Wednesday 12 January 2011: Health and NHS lines from today's PMQs and Monday's urgent question on flu

The NHS lines, Prime Minister’s Questions 12.1.11 Ed Miliband, Leader Of The Opposition: “His health minister (Paul
6 min read
Jan
11

Guest editorial Tuesday 11 January 2011: Just like deja vu all over again?

Irwin Brown of the Socialist Health Association wonders at a fragmented future for the NHS When the previous Tory government
4 min read
Jan
11

Editor’s blog Monday 10 January 2011: The Gospel truth about John Watkinson, RCHT and NHS South West according to Verita

The law is an intriguing thing; employment law even more so. Long-time Health Policy Insight readers will remember that we
19 min read
Jan
11

The Maynard Doctrine: Does competition work in healthcare?

Professor Alan Maynard wishes you all a Happy New Year, but is basically a realist, and so doesn’t propose
3 min read
Jan
07

Editor’s blog Tuesday 13 July 2010: Confusions & contradictions in the White Paper 'Equity And Excellence: Liberating the NHS'

A cleverer man than I, with more experience of policy matters (yes, I know it doesn't narrow the
5 min read
Dec
29

Editor’s blog Wednesday 29 December 2010: A fascinating analysis of NHS problems suggests a solution

"It is not good management to say 'you need to cut costs by £15 billion; go find the
1 min read
Dec
27

Editor’s blog Monday 27 December 2010: The Independent Challenge Group’s Yule log for SoS Lansley

Independent challenge has never been wildly popular in NHS health policy, to put it mildly. Liberating The NHS originally promised
3 min read
Dec
24

Editor's blog Friday 24 December 2010: 'Efficiency, efficiency, at which none can be matched''

It's very tempting to refract all of NHSland and health policy through children's television. There are
6 min read
Dec
22

Editor's blog Wednesday 22 December 2010: DH cancer czar - Cancer Drugs Fund "extremely unlikely" to alter survival difference

Regular readers know our views on the Government's absolutely discriminatory, NICE-undermining National Cancer Drugs Fund: not only is
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