Editor's Blog

May
06

Editor's blog Friday 6 May 2011: Health Policy Intelligence 6 'Plus ca change: the elections, health policy & politics' out now

Health Policy Intelligence is our new, weekly subscription-based analysis service. The sixth issue, 'Plus ca change - what these
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May
05

Editor's blog Thursday 5 May 2011: Reflecting on the HSJ reviews of Lansley's Year Of Living Dangerously

Andrew Lansley and I have something in common: we must both enjoy living dangerously. A very interesting piece in Health
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May
05

Editor's blog Thursday 5 May 2011: More speculation on Mr Lansley's political defenestration

The 'will he, won't he and how imminently?' debate on PM David Cameron's oncoming
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May
05

Interview - Stephen Dorrell MP, chair, Commons Health Select Committee

Stephen Dorrell, MP for Charnwood, chairs the influential health select committee of the House Of Commons. He was previously Health
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May
04

Editor's blog Wednesday 4 May 2011: The full glory of the listening exercise

There was great interest in the Future Forum's 119 listening events yesterday. Various Twitter health policy people started
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May
03

Editor's blog Tuesday 3 May 2011: Permanent secretaries bet on the impermanence of Mr Lansley at health

I'm not sure whether Health Policy Insight was the first to predict that Secretary Of State For The
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May
03

Editor's blog Tuesday 3 May 2011: New NHS advisory panel for PM Cameron. "Taxi for Mr Lansley ..."

Health Service Journal's Dave West reveals that Number 10 policy advisor Paul Bate [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=
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May
03

Editor's blog Tuesday 3 May 2011: Life on Marr's - PM Cameron on the NHS reform pause

So. That was a good holiday-type break for finance directors in foundation trusts, whose frantic applications for new jobs prompted
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Apr
29

Editor's blog Friday 29 April 2011: Health Policy Intelligence 5, 'Cameron the Winner; Lansley the Magnificent', out now

Health Policy Intelligence is our new, weekly subscription-based analysis service. The fifth issue, 'Cameron the Winner; Lansley the Magnificent&
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Apr
29

Editor's blog Friday 29 April 2011: Monitor letter means planning for an even tighter future

Copied below is the text of the Monitor letter to FTs and aspiring FTs (i.e.  every provider) [http://bit.
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