Editor's Blog

Mar
04

Guest editorial Monday 4 March 2013: What should Sir David Nicholson do?

This guest editorial by Professor Kieran Walshe, Professor of Health Policy and Management at Manchester Business School, looks at the
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Mar
01

Editorial Thursday 28 February 2013: The NHS Commissioning Board meeting in advance

HPI readers are nothing if not down with the NHS Commissioning Board, and love its live-streamed board meetings. In the
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Feb
28

Editorial Wednesday 27 February 2013: Welcome to Micturition Terrace

Sports fans of a certain age will remember the days of non-seated terraces. Cheap but crowded, terrace culture had a
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Feb
25

Editorial Thursday 21 February 2013 History repeating: David Nich-love, or how I learned to stop worrying & love the Daily Mail

Becoming the story, which Comrade Sir David Nicholson has rather comprehensively done over a poorly-hadled response to the Francis Public
5 min read
Feb
19

Editorial Tuesday 19 February 2013: From the archives - NPSA reply to my 2009 FOI on Mid-Staffs incident reporting

In today's Telegraph, there is a report that PM David Cameron feels someone should take the blame for
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Feb
17

Editor's blog Tuesday November 30 2010: Public health White Paper out ahead of schedule; not worth the abbreviated wait

Healthy Lives, Healthy People [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/@ps/documents/digitalasset/
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Feb
15

Editorial Friday 15 February 2013: Indirect pressure grows on Comrade Sir David

Today's BBC Radio 4 World At One interview with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt [http://audioboo.fm/boos/1214834-jeremy-hunt-on-nhs-whistleblower-gary-walker-the-world-at-one]
1 min read
Feb
14

Editorial Thursday 14 February 2013: A Valentine for Comrade Sir David - grip, heroism and talking Bellocs

Roses are red, Stalin is too. Love the NHS? Comrade Sir David's watching you! With a romantic'
3 min read
Feb
13

Editorial Wednesday 13 February 2013: Inspectors all round! NHS culture, leadership and the psychology of military incompetence

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's speech to the Reform conference yesterday [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1480] was
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Feb
13

Editorial Wednesday 13 February 2013: Text of shadow health minister Liz Kendall's speech to 'The New NHS' Reform conference

Shadow health minister Liz Kendall - speech to "The New NHS' Reform conference 12 February 2013 ...................................................................... Click here
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