Editor's Blog

Nov
19

Editor's blog Thursday 18 November: NHS Alliance chair Dr Michael Dixon's speech to the NHS Alliance conference

Welcome friends and colleagues, old and new, to this year’s NHS Alliance Annual Conference.  Thank you for coming and
10 min read
Nov
19

Editor's blog Friday 19 November: Bits from day one of the NHS Alliance conference

The 2010 NHS Alliance conference opened with a vigorous address from NHS Alliance chair Dr Michael Dixon, calling the primary
3 min read
Nov
18

Editor's blog Thursday 18 November: Thoughts on the HSJ Top 100

Healthcare inflation, eh? The HSJ [http://www.hsj.co.uk/] Top People List has grown by 100%. in just a
2 min read
Nov
17

Editor's blog Wednesday 17 November: Liberator's SpAds-Coalition Agreement's no top-down reorganisation vow "a bizarre mistake"

Denial. It's not just a river in Cairo. It runs out, eventually. I was wondering how long Andrew
1 min read
Nov
17

Editor's blog Wednesday 17 November: Dorrell decoded

If you haven't already read Sally Gainsbury's HSJ interview with health select committee chair (and ex-Health
2 min read
Nov
17

Editor's blog Wednesday 17 November: Paternalism - not just an NHS thing

The report by Johnathan Brown in today's independent about the Burke and Hare-type exploits of a pathologist associated
1 min read
Nov
17

Editor's blog Tuesday 16 November: When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" was one of the greatest lines by one of
3 min read
Nov
15

Guest editorial Monday 15 November 2010: Changing the culture of caring – a third way?

Irwin Brown of the Socialist Health Association reviews the three cultures of NHS bad practice, and wonders whether the true
4 min read
Nov
12

Editor's blog Thursday 11 November 2010: Oh no. Not again.

The Guardian reports that twin children have been killed by a serious untoward incident - it would appear, by a
Nov
12

Editor's blog Wednesday 10 November 2010: Faster or slower change? Is Lansley ignoring Nicholson?

This is a puzzle. Earlier today, I heard about David Nicholson's National Quality Board letter to Health Secretary
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