Editor's Blog

Mar
01

Editor's blog Monday 28 February 2011: Our Saviour - Trappist on price competition; reality issues; RIP commissioning

"I’m saving the NHS by giving it to patients and the staff of the NHS" Andrew Lansley,
3 min read
Feb
27

Editor's blog Friday 25 February 2011: Competition matters. Will the real David Bennett please stand up?

The New World is becoming clearer and the battle lines drawn even more sharply. Labour’s shadow health secretary John
4 min read
Feb
23

Guest editorial Wednesday 23 February 2011: U turn if you want to - towards consensus?

Irwin Brown of the Socialist Health Association suggests a strange consensus is emerging on the real way to deliver reform
3 min read
Feb
23

Editor's blog Friday 18 February 2011: Flory's 'Dear Comrades' letter on tariff

Here's the David Flory letter [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/
2 min read
Feb
22

Editor's blog Monday 21 February 2011: PM Cameron tries to sell reform a different way

For the first time, the Coalition Government appears to be under significant external pressure on NHS policy. They may come
6 min read
Feb
22

Editor's blog Tuesday 22 February 2011: The private sector - isn't it great?

Simon Bowers of The Guardian reports that SOS Lansley and the NHS's PCTs and SHAs have filed high
1 min read
Feb
21

Editor's blog Monday 21 February 2011: Ex-KPMG partner Paul Kirby new head of policy development on Team Cameron

PM David Cameron's new head of policy development Paul Kirby [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12506913], appointed
Feb
21

Editor’s blog 8 June 2010: Paying for success is KPMG’s answer

In the light of my recent comments about management consultants [”http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/547”], I turned with
4 min read
Feb
21

Editor's blog Monday 21 February 2011: DH publishes notes for Lords committee on Health And Social Care Bill

The DH has published its notes for the Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform [http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_
21 min read
Feb
21

Editor's blog Friday 18 February 2011: DH denies U-turn is a U-turn

They are definitely tempting me to swear. The DH have issued a statement denying the the price competition U-turn is
2 min read