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
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
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
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.
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
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
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,
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
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]
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