Editor's Blog

Jun
23

Editor's blog Thursday 23 June 2011: Health Bill amendments seek to piss down our backs and then tell us it's raining

The government's Health And Social Care Bill will be recommitted to the Commons on Tuesday, and they have
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Jun
23

Editor's blog Monday 20 June 2011: EXCLUSIVE PM Cameron misled House of Commons; he met and heard Mark Britnell on NHS funding

A Health Policy Insight exclusive by Andy Cowper Freedom Of Information research by Health Policy Insight reveals that Prime Minister
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Jun
23

Editor’s blog Thursday 10 June 2010: Stephen "Sunlight" Dorrell to chair Health Select Committee

Former Conservative Health Secretary 1995-97 Stephen Dorrell MP [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/stephen-dorrell/25769] is the new chair of
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Jun
20

Editor's blog Monday 20 June 2011: NHS staff survey finds big concerns over NHS reform

 Almost half of NHS staff (49%) feel that the care the NHS delivers to patients will get worse over the
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Jun
20

Editor's blog Monday 20 June 2011: Full, 66-page DH response to NHS Future Forum

The document can be downloaded here [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_
Jun
20

Editor's blog Monday 20 June 2011: Andrew 'Capability' Lansley's Newsnight interview - transcript and Wordle

With thanks again to a Health Policy Insight reader for their work, here is the transcript of Health Secretary Andrew
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Jun
17

Editor's blog Friday 17 June 2011: Health Policy Intelligence 12, 'What's the difference between a PCT and a CCG?', out now

Health Policy Intelligence is our weekly subscription-based analysis service. The twelfth issue, 'What's the difference between a
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Jun
17

Editor's blog Thursday 16 June 2011 EXCLUSIVE: 10 SHAs clustering to 4 by October. And 8 commissioning support units?

- Current 10 SHAs will cluster to four 'super'-SHAs by October 2011 - These four bodies set
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Jun
17

Editor's blog Friday 17 June 2011 'Pausing' the Guardian LiveBlog

After today, The Guardian's NHS reform LiveBlog is to take a well-earned 'pause' in its near-minute-by-minute
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Jun
16

Editor's blog Thursday 16 June 2011: Dr Milburn, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The J-Turn

I occasionally think, 'I quite miss Alan Milburn'. Perhaps it was the character-forming near-vomiting-on-him experience at my very
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