The Maynard Doctrine: What to do with “Big Pharma”?
Health economist Professor Alan Maynard examines the ills of Big Pharma, and
offers his own prescriptions for improvement.
Big Pharma
Guest editorial: Jeremy Twunt on the future of Conservative health policy
Parliament has risen for recess, but the satirical alter ego of the Secretary Of
State For Health, swear-word-loving Jeremy Twunt
Wednesday 17 July 2013: The Keogh Review process matters as much as the outcome, and a thought about the NHS England CEO job
Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has a well-earned reputation as nobody's fool. His
report into the 14 hospitals he
Editor’s blog Thursday 17 September 2009: Today’s policy speech by Andy Burnham at the Kings Fund
We are living through a sea-change of health policy. This much you will have
noticed. This much has been forced
Editorial Monday 15 July 2013: 'Bring out your dead' - the eve of Keogh and The Politician's Syllogism
Tomorrow, Health Secretary Jeremy 'Bellflinger'
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19011788] Hunt will take the last session
Editorial Monday 15 July 2013: Back to the future with 'hit squads' for many Keogh troubled trusts: rewarding failure?
The Guardian's Denis Campbell and Patrick Wintour have a plausible-looking leak
about the Keogh report tomorrow
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Editorial Friday 5th July 2013: The NHS at 65 - neither shy nor retiring
It's a happy accident of timing that the NHS's 65th birthday falls on a Friday -
The Maynard Doctrine: A leak from Lynton on policy and strategy
Health economist Professor Alan Maynard has received a wholly-authentic leak
from a well-known political strategist to a well-known Jeremy. We
Editorial Tuesday 25 June 2013: Welcome to the blogosphere and The Age Of Noise, Comrade Sir David Nicholson
Don't worry: I have already alerted the Office of Fair Trading to the news that
Comrade Sir David
Editorial Tuesday 25 June 2013: Cynthia Bower & Jill Finney involved in major, unevidenced changes to CQC 'Take Care Now' report
Among the people probably feeling vindicated by the ongoing fall-out from
regulation is former Healthcare Commission and CQC inspector Dr