Health Service Journal
Inside Out
As a regulatory worker and a sometimes-critical NHS patient, Inside Out knows the health sector, well, inside out.
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So much for patient involvement
27-Feb-2009
'Patients don't know what's good for them' - a recent quote from PCT land. Bodes well for genuine patient involvement doesn't it! And underlines just how far there is to go on the continuum. -
What's new in health for the new year?
5-Jan-2009
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. -
Keep the NHS data ball rolling
15-Dec-2008
General agreement all round then that scrutiny is a legitimate part of running a publicly funded service. -
NHS regulators under fire
1-Dec-2008
Is that the sound of cannon-fire I hear? Boom. There goes another one. It seems that regulators are under fire. -
What's the real story on waiting times?
10-Nov-2008
Well we've had a blog on PCTs' gaming on targets. Today we consider the activities within Acute Trusts. -
Lingering questions over GP access
3-Nov-2008
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. -
What's behind the jump in GP visits?
27-Oct-2008
So officials are mystified about the surge in the number of GP visits made this spring. -
Health service admin woes
20-Oct-2008
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. -
NHS regulators cramping your style?
13-Oct-2008
How much of your time was spent feeding the beast today? How much job satisfaction did it give you? -
Let's do away with nurses' stations
22-Sep-2008
When are ward nurses going to surgically remove themselves from the nurses' station and increase their time with the patients? -
Fully funded NHS policies? Fabulous
15-Sep-2008
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? -
The patient journey's not rocket science
8-Sep-2008
When is the health service going to manage the overall patient journey? And significantly reduce it? What makes it so eminently doable in private care? -
NHS patients are gaming's losers
1-Sep-2008
How long are PCTs going to get away with 'gaming' on targets? A popular tactic they like to use to buy a few months of time, keeping the patient in sometimes extreme pain for that much longer, is to refer via physio, and not directly to the specialist.
