Editor's Blog

Feb
12

Editorial Wednesday 5 June 2013: On Andy Cowper and his financial conflicts of interest

Editor's note: this post has been updated on several occasions since its original publication in 2013. I also
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Feb
11

Editorial Thursday 11 February 2016: Dung, bungs and autodidacts

First, the dung: to the considerable surprise of absolutely nobody, the latest waiting time data shows that 18 weeks has
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Feb
05

Editor's blog Tuesday 10 May 2011: Schrödinger's Bill

I have used this analogy before, but more than ever before, the Health Bill reminds me of Schrödinger's
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Feb
05

Editor's blog Tuesday 12 October 2010: FT Network issues statement on NHS Confederation's suspension of Sue Slipman

Health Service Journal has obtained a statement from FT network chair Peter Griffiths [http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/
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Feb
05

Editor's blog Tuesday 12 October 2010: RIP Claire Rayner, a patient champion

The Guardiancarries the sad news of the death of former nurse, midwife, agony aunt and patient movement champion Claire Rayner
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Feb
05

Editor’s blog Monday 20 September 2010: Cuts, nuts and sledgehammers

Good morning. Welcome to another week of health policy mayhem. Cuts in public services – what the state does nationally and
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Feb
05

Editorial Friday 9 October 2015: NHS in 'on course for widely predicted £2 billion overspend' shock

Monitor [http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1610>Whoever could have predicted it</a>? Data just released
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Feb
03

Editorial Tuesday 2 February 2016: What do we do if the goodwill runs out before the money?

Dogs bark. Bears shit in the woods. And hogs whimper at some system leaders’ silliness as the money doesn’t
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Jan
28

Editor's blog Friday 8 October 2010: Integrating care – what Leutz can teach Lansley

Health Service Journal editor Alastair McLellan tweets that Health Secretary Andrew Lansley told an event at his party conference this
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Jan
18

Editorial Tuesday 12 January 2016: Why a cross-party health and care funding commission probably won't happen or work

NHS funding arguments fall into three broad categories. In ascending order of usefulness, these are: how to fund; how much
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