Editor's Blog

May
07

Editorial Wednesday 6 May 2015: Simon Stevens' 'Pet Sounds'

As some light relief after a heavy piece about NHS finances [”http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1591], I think
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May
06

Editorial Tuesday 5 May 2015: It's raining cash: hallelujah! Why the NHS needs a double-Steve Austin and The Builder’s Message

"And here I sit so patiently, [”http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/stuck-inside-mobile-memphis-blues-again] Waiting to find what price [”http:
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May
02

Editorial Monday 27 April 2015: RIP Professor Aidan Halligan

Some things you want to write much less than others; some you don't want to write at all.
3 min read
Feb
26

Editorial Thursday 27 February 2015: Four questions about the Greater Manchester SHA structural solutioneering

The revelation by the Manchester Evening News that there is to be a Greater Manchester health and care authority [http:
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Feb
18

Editorial Tuesday 17 February 2015: Market mechanisms in today's NHS: the highest-maintenance imaginary girl/boyfriend ever

There are five basic questions worth asking yourself when setting out to tackle a problem. They are as follows: 1.
4 min read
Feb
16

Editorial Thursday 20 June 2013: CQC releases names of the four at the table for Morecambe Bay cover-up report deletion

Health Service Journal has the CQC's letter to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt naming the four senior CQC staff
2 min read
Jan
31

Editorial Tuesday 15 October 2013: Hunt and Burnham dance to The Masochism Tango

‘Beat me!’ begged the masochist. ‘No’, replied the sadist. Longstanding readers may recall my observation that health policy is BDSM
4 min read
Jan
30

Editorial Thursday 29 January 2015: The future of tariff, the Corinthian spirit and the NHS as a political football

First, the good news: the 2014 British Social Attitudes survey found that satisfaction with the NHS has resumed its upwards
6 min read
Jan
28

Editorial Wednesday 28 January 2015: Text of NHS England's major incidence guidance

Here follows the short version of the text of NHS England West Midlands local area team's major incident
11 min read
Jan
22

Editorial Wednesday 21 January 2015: NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens interview

Simon Stevens interview – Health Policy Insight, January 2015 Interview by Andy Cowper Health Policy Insight: No healthcare system has yet
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