Editor's Blog

Jan
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Editorial Wednesday 13 January 2016: On negotiating

Fingers crossed, yesterday's non-emergency junior doctors' strike has apparently passed without significant incident. There has clearly been
3 min read
Dec
31

Editorial Tuesday 10 November 2015: The punishment beatings will continue until morale improves

There is a bitter symmetry between the incidence and the prevalence of the punishment beating in NHS culture. The first
3 min read
Dec
30

Editorial Wednesday 9 September 2015: Jeremy Hunt goes Full Stevens with bid to abolish/universalise FT status

I have previously mentioned that NHS England Sun King Simon Stevens has a way with legislation that doesn't
2 min read
Dec
28

Editorial Monday 28 December 2015: Interview with Samantha Jones, director, New Care Models programme, NHS England

Samantha Jones is director of the New Care Models programme, which is part of the NHS Five-Year Forward View. Interview
16 min read
Dec
21

Editorial Monday 21 December 2015: 'Joshua's Story' by James Titcombe

It would be far, far better for James Titcombe and his family if this book hadn't had to
1 min read
Dec
21

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
3 min read
Dec
20

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/
4 min read
Dec
17

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
10 min read
Dec
11

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
13 min read
Dec
04

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
11 min read