Editor's Blog

Sep
24

Editor’s blog Friday 24 September 2010: The quango cull: Lansley confuses re-definition with abolition

We already knew quite a lot of this [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/659], but this morning's
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Sep
23

Editor’s blog Thursday 23 September 2010: Unison's 'hokey-cokey' legal challenge to the White Paper

The interweb is a wonderful thing - sometimes - but this story on BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Sep
23

Editor’s blog Thursday 23 September 2010: Total Place II: Back With A Vengeance!

Those of you with long memories may recall that we contradicted widespread rumours that Total Place was for the scrapheap
Sep
23

Editor’s blog Wednesday 22 September 2010: Fresh uncertainty over the White Paper's plans

You probably know that we've been big fans of the White Paper [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/
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Sep
23

Editor’s blog Thursday 23 September 2010: AMRC, HFMA and NHS Confed on how to do quality and productivity

Autum's arrived  with a bang. With no less pyrotechnics, the latest instalment of The Maynard Doctrine finds the
10 min read
Sep
22

Editor’s blog Tuesday 21 September 2010: Public health redundancies

The report in The Guardian that the DH has started to shed public health staff [http://www.guardian.co.uk/
1 min read
Sep
20

Editor’s blog Monday 20 September 2010: NHS Confederation Policy Salon: what will happen in a liberated NHS?

The inaugural NHS Confederation policy salon of the new season took its cue from Glenn Hoddle’s mantra “I’ve
8 min read
Sep
20

Editor’s blog Monday 20 September 2010: Deputy PM Clegg's masochism strategy

You know the old gag about the masochist and the sadist. Yes, you do. 'Beat me', begs the
1 min read
Sep
20

Editor’s blog Monday 20 September 2010: Sorting out the problem of NHS staff out-earning the Prime Minister

Tonight's BBC Panorama investigation, in collaboration with the Bureau For Investigative Journalism, has revealed that people who work
2 min read
Sep
19

Guest editorial Sunday 19 September 2010: Matthew Swindells on the future of the National Programme for IT

Professor Matthew Swindells, health chair of the British Computer Society, former DH chief information officer and soon to start work
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