Editor's Blog

May
21

Editorial Monday 21 May 2012: DH publishes information strategy. Long on hallucination; short on how.

The DH has published its latest, much-delayed information strategy [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/
9 min read
May
21

Guest editorial Monday 21 May 2012: Analysing a dozen key changes to Monitor’s long-term financial model

James Wilson, managing director of Assista Consultancy [”http://www.assista.co.uk”], assesses Monitor’s changes to the long-term financial
3 min read
May
15

Editorial Tuesday 15 May 2012: Imprisoning information

Patrick McGoohan's 'The Prisoner' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/prisoner/] was one of the
5 min read
May
11

Editorial Friday 11 May 2011: From perestrokia to glasnost? The NCB and the possibility of change

Many journalists and commentators are cynical, or become so. It can become dull as a default position. I've
2 min read
May
11

Editorial Thursday 10 May 2012: Health Policy Intelligence 45: Letters? Pray!

"If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change." (The Leopard, Giuseppe Tomasi
2 min read
May
10

Editorial Friday 4 May 2012: What the local election results do and don't tell us

Enough of the local election results are now in that it's possible to form a few thoughts about
2 min read
May
10

Editorial Thursday 10 May 2012: Today's risk register statement

Risk registers, eh? Gotta love 'em. Couldn't eat a whole one, though. ...................................................................... Click here for details of
22 min read
May
08

Editorial Tuesday 24 April 2012: Notes of NHS Clinical Commissioners conference

Notes from the main sessions of the NHS Clinial Commissioners conference Dr David Bennett, Monitor Dr David Bennett, executive chair
15 min read
May
08

Guest editorial Thursday 18 April 2012: Three unlikely commissioning support inspirations

About the author: Cassander Grey works for a PCT cluster somewhere in England. He is interested in health policy, the
5 min read
May
08

Editor's blog 3 June 2009: Welcome back, NHS Modernisation Agency. Say no to dogmatic fetishes!

It's a circular world. What goes around, comes around. In an intriguing piece in Health Service Journal, NHS
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