Editor's Blog

Sep
19

Editor’s blog Friday 17 September 2010: Lansley on GP commissioning consortia: bureaucracy, inherited debt, NHS pensions

Good evening. You may have already seen the new instalment of Maynard Doctrine [”http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/738]
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Sep
19

Editor’s blog Sunday 19 September 2010: Closing down The Ministry

Today's Observerdepicts a bleak-looking future for Jamie Oliver's Ministry Of Food project in Rotherham [http://www.
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Sep
16

Editor’s blog Thursday 16 September 2010: The Proms are over: long live PROMs

The Proms [http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2010/] - the Promenade Concerts - are one of the UK'
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Sep
16

Guest editorial Thurssday 16 September 2010: The strange case of the Bristol Histopathology Mystery

Editor’s note: - Today’s guest editorial is by Daphne Havercroft, who has been campaigning to ensure that the
20 min read
Sep
15

Guest editorial Wednesday 15 September 2010: The drawbacks and pitfalls GPs will face in commissioning

Irwin Brown of the Socialist Health Association looks at GPs’ risks under the proposed new system. We like our GPs
5 min read
Sep
14

Editor’s blog Tuesday 14 September 2010: Lansley's White Paper - timeline and vagueness criticised by RCGP; others defend it

The Charge Of The Light Brigade: cavalry call for strategic sharpening-up and tactical slowdown GPs seem to have woken up
7 min read
Sep
13

Editor’s blog Monday 13 September 2010: NHS CE Sir David Nicholson's 'Equity And Excellence' - managing the transition letter

This letter and all the related documents can be downloaded here [http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/Dearcolleagueletters/
15 min read
Sep
11

Editor’s blog Saturday 11 September 2010: Free hospital parking pledge clamped

The Sunday Telegraph gets its NHS news priorities right, emphasising the core issue of car parking [http://www.telegraph.co.
Sep
09

Editor’s blog Thurs 9 Sept 2010: EXCLUSIVE – Dr Foster’s DFI shareholding ‘put option’ can make DH buy its stake at market value

You may remember my previous exclusive about the £8 million sale of the Information Centre’s stake in Dr Foster
6 min read
Sep
09

Editor’s blog Monday 9 August 2010: EXCLUSIVE - Health Secretary bought IC's Dr Foster Intelligence shares for £8M in early July

The cloudy future of Dr Foster Intelligence? A Health Policy Insight exclusive - Health Secretary bought the NHS Information Centre&
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