Editor's Blog

Jul
15

Editorial Monday 15 July 2013: 'Bring out your dead' - the eve of Keogh and The Politician's Syllogism

Tomorrow, Health Secretary Jeremy 'Bellflinger' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19011788] Hunt will take the last session
2 min read
Jul
15

Editorial Monday 15 July 2013: Back to the future with 'hit squads' for many Keogh troubled trusts: rewarding failure?

The Guardian's Denis Campbell and Patrick Wintour have a plausible-looking leak about the Keogh report tomorrow [http://www.
1 min read
Jul
05

Editorial Friday 5th July 2013: The NHS at 65 - neither shy nor retiring

It's a happy accident of timing that the NHS's 65th birthday falls on a Friday -
2 min read
Jun
25

Editorial Tuesday 25 June 2013: Welcome to the blogosphere and The Age Of Noise, Comrade Sir David Nicholson

Don't worry: I have already alerted the Office of Fair Trading to the news that Comrade Sir David
5 min read
Jun
25

Editorial Tuesday 25 June 2013: Cynthia Bower & Jill Finney involved in major, unevidenced changes to CQC 'Take Care Now' report

Among the people probably feeling vindicated by the ongoing fall-out from regulation is former Healthcare Commission and CQC inspector Dr
4 min read
Jun
20

Editorial Wednesday 19 June 2013: Why redacting the name of the CQC cover-up leader for Data Protection Act reasons is bullshit

Oh dear. David Prior, Conservative MP for North Norfolk pre-Norman Lamb and now chair of the Care Quality Commission in
3 min read
Jun
20

Editorial Thursday 20 June 2013: Humpty Dumpty, J M Barrie and the art and the dirty little secret of the political cover-up

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses and all
5 min read
Jun
17

Editorial Monday 17 June 2013: The Patient's Charter rides again

There are a finite number of health policy moves, it would seem. Today, the CQC announced a Patient's
1 min read
Jun
12

Editorial Wednesday 12 June 2013: Hansard of the children's heart surgery statement in the Commons

Children’s Heart Surgery 12.35 pm The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Jeremy Hunt): With permission, Mr Speaker,
30 min read
Jun
11

Editorial Tuesday 11 June 2013: Comrade Sir David Nicholson's life in exile after abdication

In the words of Lenny Kravitz, "it ain't over till it's over" [http://www.
2 min read