The Maynard Doctrine: Defining low-value care - free lunches and the absence thereof
Health economist Professor Alan Maynard reports not on Lib Dem education policy,
but on the latest outburst of magical policy
The Maynard Doctrine: “In God we trust. All others bring data”
Health economist Professor Alan Maynard reviews mainstream healthcare reform
strategies’ cyclical and unfocused nature, and suggests some potentially
effective approaches
Editorial Tuesday 10 June 2014: Tin hats on - Lord Ashcroft's national polling finds NHS a high priority for voters
News versus not-news can be defined very simply: 'dog bites man' is not news;
'man bites dog&
Editorial Wednesday 4 June 2014: Text of NHS England CE Simon Stevens' speech to NHS Confederation conference
THINKING LIKE A PATIENT, ACTING LIKE A TAXPAYER – FROM NHS CHALLENGES TO NEW
SOLUTIONS?
Simon Stevens, CEO, NHS England
A
Editor's blog Tuesday 3 June 2014: Norman Lamb: The Song
Unsurprisingly, The Simon Burns Song
[http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1140] provoked a Twitter request
for
a companion piece
Editorial Monday 2 June 2014: Evolve faster, NHS! On Ian Birrell's curious commentary.
'The NHS must evolve - or face a painful death' is the title of perhaps the
worst commentary
Editorial Wednesday 21 May 2014: Having a Field day on NHS funding ideas
Interesting to read in The Observer that moves are afoot by Conservative
ministers to bring Frank Field's plan
Editorial Wednesday 21 May 2014: Text of Simon Stevens' speech to Kings Fund leadership summit
I said on my first day in this new job that five years in to the longest period
of austerity
Editorial Wednesday 21 May 2014: Notes from Simon Stevens & Jeremy Hunt's speeches at NHS Clinical Commissioners
Below are my semi-finished notes from the NHS Clinical Commissioners conference
appearances by Simon Stevens and Jeremy Hunt. Drawn from
Editorial Monday 19 May 2014: Freaking out about Levitt and Dubner's hog-whimperingly silly health policy proposals
I bought, read and enjoyed the book 'Freakonomics' by Steven Levitt and Stephen
Dubner. Pithily-written, fun and with
