Editor's Blog

Jul
15

Editor's blog Friday 15 July 2011: Health Questions in the House Of Commons

Text of this week's health questions in the House Of Commons, from Hansard. The Secretary of State was
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Jul
14

Editor's blog Thursday 14 July 2011: The power of four - SHA clusters officially finalised

The turf wars have been won and lost, and the four SHA clusters finalised. Lines have been drawn on maps.
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Jul
13

The Maynard Doctrine: Killing patients is wrong!

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard outlines recent research into  changeovers of the new staff – the July effect – and suggests that
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Jul
12

Editor's blog Tuesday 12 July 2011: Coalition Government bet on who can make most stupid intervention on NHS reform

It is as if someone is deliberately trying to make my swearing detox fail. A conspiracy theorist would see clear
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Jul
11

Editor's blog Monday 11 July 2011: Monitor defers appointing a permanent chief executive

The below statement has just been released by Monitor. It seems no applicants made the grade. The uncertain shadow of
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Jul
11

Editor's blog Monday 11 July 2011: Health Policy Intelligence 15, 'Is SOS Lansley a fool or a knave?', out now

Health Policy Intelligence is our weekly subscription-based analysis service. The fifteenth issue, 'Is SOS Lansley a fool or a
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Jul
08

Editor's blog Thursday 7 July 2011: Translation of Andrew Lansley's speech to NHS Confederation Conference

This has been a busy year for the NHS. Apparently I'm not allowed to use the word '
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Jul
07

Editor's blog Thursday 7 July 2011: The (real) text of Andrew Lansley's speech to NHS Confederation Conference

This has been a busy year for the NHS. ...................................................................... Click here for details of 'Forward, the information-light brigade! In
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Jul
06

Editor's blog Wednesday 6 July 2011: Text of Mike Farrar's speech to NHS Confederation Conference

(Video footage of the speech will be available through this link [http://conference.nhsconfed.org/Pages/default.aspx?utm_source=
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Jul
05

Editor's blog Tuesday 5 July 2011: Will changing SOS's "duty to provide" permit sale of goodwill?

I forget about things, which is one way of making life more exciting. ...................................................................... Click here for details of 'Forward,
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