Health Service Journal
Mark Britnell
Mark Britnell is partner and head of health for Europe, KPMG LLP.
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Mark Britnell: open for business
1-Mar-2012
There is still time for the NHS to regain its status as the best health system in the world, argues Mark Britnell. -
From Tokyo to Torbay, integrating services will prove to be the future
24-Nov-2011
Healthcare services in Torbay, England and in Tokyo, Japan both provide valuable insight into how the health service in the UK might look in the future. In getting ready, there are some stark lessons to learn, writes Mark Britnell. -
Integrated care needs the clinical-managerial marriage to work
23-Sep-2011
Integrated care is the new Holy Grail but it won’t happen without some bold new relationships, says Mark Britnell. -
Britnell: the NHS performs amongst the best but it can be better
17-May-2011
Just over two years ago, as some people knew, the NHS saved my life. My family and I shall always be grateful to it and will always support it. -
Mark Britnell: the NHS funding model is no longer 'resilient'
11-May-2011
A sophisticated discussion on how – and how much – the health service should be funded is badly needed to avoid undoing two decades worth of progress. -
'Without a firm battle plan, consortia might find themselves neither here nor there'
3 March 2011
The grand old health secretary risks getting the new consortia stuck on the hill, unless a change in strategy to push them higher up the slope of success is attempted. -
Successful healthcare mergers, like marriages, need a lot of hard work
3-Feb-2011
Mergers and acquisitions of healthcare organisations in the developed world have become much more commonplace over the last decade. -
Mark Britnell: quick fixes for making efficiency gains
25 November 2010
Some people think more cash is coming for the NHS, but just in case it isn’t, here are some instant gains we can make in the meantime -
Mark Britnell: Have foundation trusts realised their potential?
7 October 2010
Australian interest in foundation trusts has thrown their achievements into stark relief -
Mark Britnell: PCTs can carve out a new role
22 July 2010
Judging from the anxious reaction to the white paper this is not a time for the faint-hearted. It is time for bold leadership. For those who relish disruptive innovation, this is the time to seize the opportunities presented by discontinuity. -
Mark Britnell on increasing NHS productivity
3 June 2010
The new health secretary, Andrew Lansley, has already gone on public record to suggest that £15-20bn in efficiency savings may be needed. -
Mark Britnell on keeping the wolf from the NHS door
22 April 2010
The annual deficit in public expenditure is 13 per cent of GDP. This cannot continue, but what should the next government do? It will have three main levers: increase revenues; reduce spending commitments; and achieve more for less current spending. -
Mark Britnell on the future of Agenda for Change
25 February 2010
Agenda for Change does not need to be scrapped and renegotiated - just applied properly -
Mark Britnell on world class commissioning so far
1-Nov-2008
Morituri te salutamus, as the gladiators said in Roman amphitheatres: We who are about to die salute you. -
Future of commissioning: progress report
9-Jun-2008
In December 2007, the Department of Health and the NHS launched the vision for world class commissioning. -
Mark Britnell on world class commissioning
16-Nov-2007
PCTs are not obliged to use this framework - it is simply there to help them if they need it -
World class commissioning: NHS sets out to lead the world
8-Nov-2007
The world class commissioning programme aims to extend and improve lives while giving patients real power. NHS commissioning director general Mark Britnell sets out the government's ambitious vision -
Mark Britnell on starting life as an SHA chief exec
1-Jan-2007
'I recently chaired a conference where it was put to me that I would be neither a poacher nor a gamekeeper but rather the pheasant!' -
OPINION
1-Dec-2005
MARK BRITNELL ON CHAMPIONING REGENERATION -
OPINION
27-Oct-2005
MARK BRITNELL ON COMPETING FOR YOUR MEDICS -
MARK BRITNELL ON CHANGING LIFESTYLE CHOICES
22-Sep-2005
OPINION -
MARK BRITNELL ON THE IT PROGRAMME
25-Aug-2005
OPINION -
OPINION
21-Jul-2005
MARK BRITNELL ON THE ON-CALL CONUNDRUM -
OPINION
16-Jun-2005
MARK BRITNELL ON CANCER TARGETS -
MARK BRITNELL ON PAYMENT BY RESULTS
12-May-2005
OPINION -
OPINION
3-Mar-2005
MARK BRITNELL ON REWARDING CONSULTANTS -
MARK BRITNELL ON PAYMENT BY RESULTS AND A&E
20-Jan-2005
OPINION -
the columnist
14-Oct-2004
Mark Britnell On a new role for non-executives -
'An alarming desire to control'
19-Aug-2004
POWER IDEAS -
the columnist
8-Jul-2004
Mark Britnell On foundation trusts -
the columnist
27-May-2004
Mark Britnell On South African insights -
the columnist
8-Apr-2004
Mark Britnell On the NHS national staff survey -
the columnist
19-Feb-2004
Mark Britnell On foundation finances -
Contract will cost us dear
27-Nov-2003
the columnist -
The feeling is mutual
20-Mar-2003
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