Editor's Blog

Nov
12

Editor's blog Thursday 11 November 2010: Risk reserves and charity commissioning

Goodness gracious [http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/bulletin/60/article/1039890/?DCMP=EMC-CONHealthcareRepublicpreviewsthelatesteditionofGP] . For want of shorter, more anglo-saxon words.
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Nov
12

Editor's blog Sunday 31 October 2010: Serco's 'trick or treat?' partnering with the private sector

You know the mythology of the inefficient public sector and the efficient private sector? Of course you do. As with
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Nov
11

Editor's blog Thursday 11 November 2010: Risk reserves and charity commissioning

Goodness gracious [http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/bulletin/60/article/1039890/?DCMP=EMC-CONHealthcareRepublicpreviewsthelatesteditionofGP] . For want of shorter, more anglo-saxon words.
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Nov
11

Editor's blog Thursday 11 November 2010: Help! The aged!

There is a bitter irony that a day devoted to raising awareness of the sacrifices of previous generations in war,
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Nov
11

Editor's blog Wednesday 10 November 2010: Netcare South Africa admits illegal kidney transplants 2001-3 in plea bargain

David Smith of The Guardianreports that Netcare KwaZulu has admitted in a plea bargain to having received  receiving 3.8
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Nov
10

Editor's blog Wednesday 10 November 2010: David Nicholson's Quality Board letter to Liberatin' Lansley, and what it means

This letter from Nicholson to Lansley [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_
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Nov
10

Editor's blog Wednesday 10 November 2010: Public services: never knowingly undersold

It has been quite clear now for some time that whatever your question in public sector policy, the answer is
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Nov
09

Editor's blog Tuesday 9 November 2010: What is Francis II going to do?

Yesterday was the opening day of “>the promised [”http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/552<br] Francis Inquiry
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Nov
09

Editor's blog Monday 8 November 2010: Wellards conference quotes - White Paper reforms, NICE work and known unknowns

Last Wednesday saw the third Wellards annual conference. I went along. It's an interesting event: Wellards provide information
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Nov
08

Editor's blog Monday 8 November 2010: The virtues of transparency from the Coalition Government

There is a nice line in one episode of Yes Minister about a paper on 'Open Government' -
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