Editor's Blog

Jan
24

Editorial Thursday 24 January 2013: Text of Andy Burnham's speech at Labour health policy review launch, Kings Fund

From the Labour Party website [http://www.labour.org.uk/andy-burnhams-speech-to-the-kings-fund-whole-person-care,2013-01-24] 'Whole-Person Care' A One Nation approach
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Jan
24

Editorial Thursday 24 January 2013: Before thoughts on Labour's health policy review launch

The Mascara Kid, also known as Labour’s shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, will give details of his party’s
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Jan
15

Editorial Tuesday 15 January 2013: Fixing low nurse staffing with the old 'one-two'

There has been considerable debate about nurse staffing levels, with the Telegraph story from the weekend drawing together CQC assessments
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Jan
09

Editorial Wednesday 9 January 2013: A modest proposal following the Health Select Committee's new CQC report

The Health Select Committee's new report on the Care Quality Commission [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/
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Jan
08

Editorial Tuesday 8 January 2013: Football's the winner at Mid-Staffs, circa 2009

Reading through the Mid Staffs Public Inquiry's leading council Tom Kark's summing up [http://www.midstaffspublicinquiry.
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Jan
08

Editorial Thursday 15 November 2012: Notes on a Comrade

In the finest tradition of Russian Matryoshka dolls [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll], NHS Commissioning Board chief executive
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Jan
07

Editorial Monday 7 January 2013: Waiting for Dilnot, or "Doctor! Doctor! I think I'm running the country!"

So, after a weekend of speculation about what the Francis Public Inquiry Report will say (which brought us precisely no
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Jan
07

Editorial Wednesday 5 October 2011: Fact me! Andrew Lansley is doing the right thing

At the Conservative Party Conference, the hall was considerably less that half-full for Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's speech
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Jan
06

Editor’s blog 26th March 2009: On blame for Mid-Staffordshire, and the Second Horseman of the NHS Apocalypse

Good morning, and apologies for the short interruption in normal service. I have been “out in the field” (see Edge
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Jan
04

Editorial Friday 4 January 2013: The Politician's Syllogism and healthcare quality

Happy new year to all Health Policy Insight readers: best wishes for 2013. We return from our festive shenanigans to
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