Editor's Blog

Feb
01

Editorial Wednesday 1 February 2012: What Minister Who? meant to say to the Health Select Committee about social care

Dear old Minister Who? Paul Burstow did not have the most successful of appearances recently giving evidence to the Health
1 min read
Jan
31

Editorial Tuesday 31 January 2012: No monopoly on political syllogism? Questions for the troika editorial

Today saw the publication of ’The NHS deserves a better, more open debate over health reform’ [http://www.hsj.co.
5 min read
Jan
28

Editorial Friday 27 January 2012: Health Policy Intelligence 37 & 38 - 'Taking The Pith out Of the Health And Social Care Bill'

Taking the pith out of the Health & Social Care Bill - “Integrate my chutzpah”: Andrew ‘Not Looking For  A
1 min read
Jan
27

Editorial Wednesday 25 January 2012: 111 pilots saw 5-9% rise in unscheduled emergency hospital admissions

The recent discussion paper from the Clinical Commissioning Federation and Urgent Care Network of NHS Alliance (COI dec - I
1 min read
Jan
27

Editorial Tuesday 24 January 2012: Lord Owen email to Labour raises interesting questions

Hat off to Robert Winnett of the Telegraph for this story, based on an authentic-looking email from Lord Owen to
2 min read
Jan
27

Editorial Tuesday 24 January 2012: Why Andrew Lansley is absolutely right and his opponents are completely wrong

Westminster Village humour Q: What's the difference between Chris Huhne and Andrew Lansley? A: Chris Huhne can get
6 min read
Jan
27

Editorial Monday 23 January 2012: The politics of protest

It's been an interesting few days for the Health And Social Care Bill's tortuous progress through
4 min read
Jan
27

Guest editorial Thursday 26 January 2012: Risks? What risks? Reasons not to publish and be damned.

This guest editorial from Irwin Brown of the Socialist Health Association [http://www.sochealth.co.uk] raises an eyebrow laconically
4 min read
Jan
26

Editorial Wednesday 18 January 2012: Minister Who? And The Great Social Care Mystery

Fans of being underwhelmed who have some spare time should watch the recording of yesterday's evidence session to
4 min read
Jan
24

Editorial Thursday 19 January 2012: The great ratings agency fiasco

The Guardian splashes this morning on the proposals by Monitor to allow credit ratings agencies to assess the financial viability
4 min read