Editorial Tuesday 13 October 2015: Versailles, here we come; Sun King Simon Stevens is in charge
The current NHS landscape, polar ice sheets and tall buildings all have one
thing in common. When they start to
Editorial Thursday 17 December 2015: The FYFV funding pantomime and the new Amy Winehouse Fund
The NHS Commissioning Board met today, and unanimously passed its latest
tranche
of documents [https://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/
Editorial Wednesday 16 December 2015: The politics, philosophy and economics of the oncoming NHS financial car crash
The degree of choice for many of our political lords and masters is politics,
philosophy and economics. The university of
Editorial Tuesday 8 December 2015: Interview with Rob Webster and Stephen Dorrell, NHS Confederation (part two)
Rob Webster is chief executive and Stephen Dorrell is chair of the NHS
Confederation. Part One of this interview is
Editorial Friday 4 December 2015: Interview with Rob Webster and Stephen Dorrell, NHS Confederation
Stephen Dorrell and Rob Webster are the chair and chief executive of the NHS
Confederation. This is part one of
Editorial Tuesday 24 November 2015: Simon Stevens' Newtonian politics win front-loading of the NHS budget (objects in motion)
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" - Third Law Of
Motion, Sir Isaac Newton
The Maynard Doctrine: Some friendly advice from Dave to Jeremy
Health economist Professor Alan Maynard imagines the contents of a memo from the
Prime Minister to Jeremy Hunt
Dear Jeremy,
Editorial Thursday 8 October 2015: Toilets, party conferences, the memory of candour and not being TITs about busting the DEL
This latest dispatch from the health policy trenches begins with news of Jeremy
Hunt in the toilet.
Literally.
It is
Editorial Thursday 5 November 2015: Money, power and ownership in the NHS: the bonfire night of the vanities
Money, power and ownership are central to the politics and policy of the NHS.
They're also often misunderstood.
Editorial Tuesday 20 October 2015: NHS Improvement - how the NHS can avoid getting Netflix-and-chilled
The appointment of Northumbria Healthcare FT/ACO leader Jim Mackey as the debut
chief executive of NHS Improvement
[https://www.
