Editor's Blog

Nov
24

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
3 min read
Nov
10

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
5 min read
Nov
08

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.
4 min read
Nov
06

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.
4 min read
Oct
21

Editor's blog Wednesday 21 October 2015: Andrew Lansley, management consultant

"Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Prize" - Tom Lehrer [http://www.avclub.
2 min read
Oct
15

Editorial Thursday 15 October 2015: A Twitter chat with Andrew Lansley

Well, that was interesting [https://twitter.com/HPIAndyCowper/status/654340194011844608]. Last night, Our Saviour And Liberator Andrew Lansley took exception
2 min read
Oct
14

Editorial Wednesday 14 October 2015: Sympathy for Jeremy Hunt

Since working out yesterday that Sun King Simon Stevens is now the de facto Secretary Of State For Health and
3 min read
Oct
12

Editorial Monday 12 October 2015: In character as Ralph from 'The Fast Show', Ben Gummer refutes an un-made allegation

Health Policy Insight has long had a a soft spot for junior health ministers in what passes for our hearts.
2 min read
Oct
02

Editorial Friday 2 October: What Sir David Nicholson said in his NHS Providers Annual Lecture (and what he may have meant)

The former NHS Comrade-In-Chief Sir David Nicholson gave the second NHS Providers Annual Lecture [”http://www.nhsproviders.org/blogs/sir-david-nicholson/
10 min read
Aug
15

Editorial Thursday 14 August 2015: Journey To The Foot Of Our Stairs - on the Tories' offshoring health policy to Simon Stevens

If it hasn't been done already, the socio-cultural impact of classic phrases from Lancashire is undoubtedly a PhD
4 min read