Editor's Blog

Jan
11

Editorial Friday 9 January 2015: Circling the plughole ends, as the Hinchingbrooke contract goes down the drain

To the enormous surprise of absolutely no-one with a hint of knowledge of what's happening in the NHS,
3 min read
Dec
19

Editorial Friday 19 December 2014: Thoughts on A&E pressure from 2006

In 2006, I wrote up a conference report of an event on urgent and emergency care for my friend Rick
6 min read
Dec
05

Editorial Thursday 13 February 2014: Chain reaction and the Comrade-In-Chief on change

Health policy via 18th-century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau]? Why not? Yesterday, Health Service Journal
5 min read
Dec
01

The Maynard Doctrine: NHS England And The Holy Grail (of NHS productivity gains)

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard gives a masterclass in the taxonomy of knights and productivity ruses Sir Galahad (also known
5 min read
Nov
28

Editorial Friday 28 March 2014: A quick thought about Simon Stevens

Next week sees the arrival of Simon Stevens as NHS England's new chief executive. HPI reisdent economics-and-everything guru
1 min read
Nov
20

Editorial Tuesday 18 November 2014: Filling the gulf between The Reid Code and the Five-Year Forward View

Denial is much more than a river running through Cairo. It's an understandable, if unhelpful, response to a
9 min read
Oct
27

Editorial Thursday 23 October 2014: A subtle subversion – NHS England’s Five-Year Forward View

‘Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.’ – Proverbs 29:18
4 min read
Oct
13

Editorial Monday 13 October 2014: Tory NHS reform mea culpa - 'what Lynton entertainment the players shall receive'

Today's Times leads with a well-briefed story about how senior Tories (no names, obviously) now regard having gone
2 min read
Oct
02

Editorial Wednesday 24 September 2014: Some reflections on Labour's election health policy

Mascara Kid Andy Burnham's speech to the Labour Party conference today [http://www.labour.org.uk/blog/entry/
3 min read
Oct
01

Editorial Wednesday 1 October 2014: The Curious Case Of Conservative Health Policy

With the delivery of Secretary Of State Jeremy 'Bellflinger' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19011788] Hunt'
3 min read