Health Service Journal
David Kerr
David Kerr is professor of Cancer Medicine at Oxford University and was a member of the government’s NHS Future Forum.
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David Kerr: the true value of reform must be defined by patient outcomes
9-Feb-2012
Rather than distracting from the NHS efficiency challenge, the Health Bill could help achieve it, writes David Kerr. -
'The focus now for those who manage healthcare should be value'
18 August 2011
Now that the dust has settled somewhat on the furore surrounding the Health Bill, I find myself thinking about the domestic and truly international health agenda. -
Post-reform NHS is life, still, but not as we know it
10 February 2011
As the dust begins to settle a little on the furore that surrounded the introduction of the Health Bill last month, the wiser among us have started to think through what the new landscape might resemble. -
'The challenge is to get better average outcomes and reduce variation'
25 November 2010
Post-Blair Labour health “reforms” overemphasised a centrist, target driven culture that tended to distort how care might best be delivered. It marginalised clinical staff, leaving them often to adopt a stance of disgruntled passivity.
