Editor's Blog

Sep
23

Editorial Tuesday 23 September 2014: Labour leader Ed Miliband's health policy announcements today

Well, I have this from a very good source. "£2.5 bn fund (mansion tax, fags) to fund 20,
1 min read
Sep
23

Editorial Monday 22 September 2014: 'Let them eat mansions. And fags.' Labour edge towards reality on NHS spending

Labour have briefed the BBC's Nick Robinson to trail an announcement of increased NHS spending [http://www.bbc.
2 min read
Sep
19

Editorial Friday 19 September 2014: The NHS is Russia (and postmodernism), basically

Many people don't really understand the NHS, which might be OK if they didn't also try
2 min read
Sep
12

Editorial Friday 12 September 2014: Well done, Monitor

Well done, Monitor [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/monitor-takes-action-to-protect-services-for-patients-in-tameside-and-glossop] : nice work. Yes, you read that right. I typed it
1 min read
Jul
18

Editorial Friday 18 July 2014: Commissioning - Schrodinger's Cat bred with the Norwegian Blue

In a time of political choices to give the NHS no more money, commissioning has become the Schrodinger's
1 min read
Jul
18

Editorial Thursday 17 July 2014: Neil Young and the wabi-sabi NHS

The Japanese aesthetic concept of wabi-sabi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi] strikes me as a useful one for thinking
Jul
17

Editorial Wednesday 15 July 2014: Baudelaire, the Devil's finest trick and tax rises in the next Parliament

"The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist" - Charles Baudelaire,
3 min read
Jul
14

Editorial Friday 11 July 2014: The liberation of Jeremy Hunt

Jul
11

Editorial Tuesday 4 September 2012: The Hunting and downfall of Andrew Lansley

In the words of Glenn Hoddle, "I've never made predictions and I never will". Well, earlier
4 min read
Jul
01

Editorial Tuesday 1 July 2014: Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell speech to Reform integration event

Co-ordinated health and social care: What would it take to really make it happen? FACTS AND FABLES IN HEALTH “Things
10 min read