Editor's Blog

Jan
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Editorial Monday 16 January 2012: The sharp end of healthcare

A friend of my wife's and mine is in intensive care in a London hospital, at the sharp
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Jan
16

Editor's blog 19th January 2009: Unhappy about Blue Monday, and personal budgets deferred

I am officially not happy about Blue Monday. Not the New Order song [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=niCfmQajoh0&
3 min read
Jan
02

Editorial 31 December 2011: The Curious Incident Of The Debate That Didn't Move On

So. If we were going to have a debate about priorities in the healthcare landscape, it might be a timely
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Dec
24

Editorial 24 December 2011: Health Policy Intelligence 36 "Be jolly, bottom-up style" Comrade Sir David tells NHS

Would you like to know what God's Christmas message to Andrew Lansley is? Why Mr Lansley (saviour, liberator)
2 min read
Dec
24

Editorial Tuesday 20 December 2011: No taste for accounting? Lords Constitution Committee report updated

The House Of Lords Constitution Committee's updated report on the Health And Social Care Bill [http://www.publications.
3 min read
Dec
24

Editorial Thursday 22 December 2011: Adam Smith, GOD, risk and failure in the Nicholson Health Service

A fascinating article by GOD - Sir Gus O'Donnell, outgoing head of the civil service, appears in today&
6 min read
Dec
24

Editorial Friday 23 December 2011: Lead your CCG!

A good friend of Health Policy Insight sent through this text of an advert for CCG leaders. ...................................................................... Click here for
1 min read
Dec
24

Editorial Friday 23 December 2011: Goodwill to all men? Not from BMI to BUPA

Goodwill to all men? Ahem. Not from private provider BMI to insurer BUPA, as the following letter sent yesterday from
3 min read
Dec
24

Editorial Wednesday 30 November 2011: NHS Alliance conference plenaries

Dr Michael Dixon’s speech can be found Click here for details of 'Flora Stalinism, leadership as partnership and
43 min read
Dec
22

Editor's blog 10 June 2009: NHS Confederation Conference – Day One

Who’s driving? I can never quite decide which is the worst mainline station in the country (the best is,
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