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Chickens come home to roost
Finally those of us tired of the tedious, high level, generic, tick box exercises that are averaged out into star ratings are vindicated.
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The regulation game
Learning to play the regulators is an essential part of the induction for senior managers.
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BlogsWhat went wrong at Mid Staffs?
Yet again we have a badly under-performing hospital, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of, mainly elderly, patients.
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What's new in health for the new year?
The allocation of the vast NHS budget - £164bn over two years - using a more technically robust formula must bring such comfort to patients who previously waited overly long.
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Keep the NHS data ball rolling
General agreement all round then that scrutiny is a legitimate part of running a publicly funded service.
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NHS regulators under fire
Is that the sound of cannon-fire I hear? Boom. There goes another one. It seems that regulators are under fire.
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What's the real story on waiting times?
Well we've had a blog on PCTs' gaming on targets. Today we consider the activities within Acute Trusts.
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Lingering questions over GP access
In answer to questions from my last blog, yes, dear lady from Kingston, I am saying that people go back for a second appointment because GPs 'do such a poor job of putting them off' as you so caringly put it.
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What's behind the jump in GP visits?
So officials are mystified about the surge in the number of GP visits made this spring.
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Health service admin woes
Having ascertained in my last blog that your form-filling is a frustrating hindrance, let me interrupt it for just a moment with another thought on all that horrible admin.
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NHS regulators cramping your style?
How much of your time was spent feeding the beast today? How much job satisfaction did it give you?
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Let's do away with nurses' stations
When are ward nurses going to surgically remove themselves from the nurses' station and increase their time with the patients?
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Fully funded NHS policies? Fabulous
Can anyone recall a cross-departmental policy launched some time ago with the laudable aim of ensuring that policies would not be announced without the full funding attached? Wot? Teamworking with the Treasury?