Editor's Blog

Sep
29

Editor’s blog Wednesday 29 September 2010: Dorrell states obvious on elderly healthcare, and is right

Stephen Dorrell's comments to BBC News today [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11429779] again show a man
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Sep
29

Editor’s blog Wednesday 29 September 2010: Burnham on NHS battles ahead

Andy Burnham’s speech this morning to the Labour Party conference [”http://www2.labour.org.uk/andy-burnhams-speech-to-labour-party-conference] was a belligerent
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Sep
28

Editor’s blog Tuesday 28 September 2010: Towards 'The Good Society' - Ed Miliband's first big speech as Labour leader

Ed Miliband's first conference speech as Labour leader [http://www2.labour.org.uk/a-new-generation] was pretty good. He
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Sep
28

Editor’s blog Tuesday 28 September 2010: Incentivising healthy behaviour: a NICE idea, but does it work?

The recent report from NICE's Citizen's Council [http://www.nice.org.uk/media/10C/48/CitizensCouncilIncentivesReport.
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Sep
27

Editor’s blog Monday 27 September 2010: Lansley's letter to GPs and frequently (un)answered questions

Stop press! The answers about Equity And Excellence are here. OK, that is a small exaggeration. But you can find
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Sep
27

Editor’s blog Monday 27 September 2010: DH withholds modelling of consequences if plan to abolish FTs' borrowing limits proceeds

-Department of Health refuses to release document on potential consequences of Government proposals to give NHS foundation trusts unrestricted freedom
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Sep
27

Editor’s blog Sunday 26 September 2010: Labour leader Ed Miliband on health policy

Thanks to the Socialist Health Association [”http://www.sochealth.co.uk/]’s hustings event for the Labour Party leadership candidates,
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Sep
26

Editor’s blog Wednesday 8 September 2010: The Wednesday WTF Award - inaugural tie

Here we go - a new feature, the Wednesday What The Flugelhorn (WTF) Award. The WTF Award will henceforth grace
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Sep
24

Editor’s blog Friday 24 September 2010: BMA set to oppose Lansley's pro-privatisation White Paper

Following the BMA's recent guidance on GP commissioning consortia [http://www.bma.org.uk/images/whitepapergpcguidence4sept2010_tcm41-199838.pdf]
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Sep
24

Editor’s blog Friday 24 September 2010: Learning from individual budgets - IBSEN's choice

It's easy to be critical of the Department of Health; often with good reason. Nonetheless, they have at
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