Editor's Blog

Dec
05

Editorial Wednesday 4 December 2019: The main parties' manifestos on health and care

Being asked to choose a Prime Minister between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn is like being asked whether you'
10 min read
Jun
20

Editorial Thursday 20 June 2019: Executive tendencies

Baroness Harding is the highly executive and very vocal chair of NHS Improvement. She is saying many of the right
2 min read
Dec
20

Editorial Wednesday 19 December 2018: The eyes have it - Matt Hancock, fridge magnate, and The Fear

I don’t lightly encourage people to watch interviews with ‘Appless Matt ‘Ancock, Secretary Of State For The Time Being.
1 min read
Sep
20

Editorial Thursday 20 September 2018: Towards integrated tech enthusiasm with Matt Hancock

[AUTHOR’S NOTE – Health Policy Insight's been on a hiatus for a while because, well, life. This column
5 min read
Jan
17

Editorial Wednesday 16 January 2018: The past is a foreign country: for Boris Johnson, the truth is too

L P Hartley's 'The Go-Between' opens with the magnificent line "The past is a foreign
1 min read
Jan
05

Editorial Thursday 4 January 2018: The Conquest of the NHS is in full swing

The historian Robert Conquest is famous for his 'three laws of politics' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_
2 min read
Nov
23

Editorial Monday 21 March 2016: NHS funding, Schrödinger's cash and refuting the gravity of Laws

Not only has Mark Britnell written a book [http://www.amazon.co.uk/In-Search-Perfect-Health-System/dp/1137496614], so too has the
6 min read
Nov
22

Editorial Wednesday 22 November 2017: A Budget to short-change the NHS

Budget Day rolls around fast: this year, the cacophony of requests for more funding for the NHS has been almost
3 min read
Nov
08

Editorial Wednesday 8 November 2017: Spreadsheet Phil will have to choose between the bus and the bust

Fireworks Night was three days ago, but you wouldn't know it from NHS Commissioning Board boss Simon Stevens&
1 min read
Oct
27

Guest editorial Thursday 26 October 2017: Why the NHS should be run by a US sports league, by CCG Cassander

Twitter legend CCG Cassander [https://twitter.com/CCGCassander] has welcomed me back to Health Policy Insight duties with this guest
3 min read