Health Service Journal
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Michael White: More patient rights and provider responsibility
19-Jun-2013
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The ultimate squeeze of NHS funds
19-Jun-2013
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Your Humble Servant: Arise Agrippa
17-Jun-2013
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A chase with no thrill: in search of perfect healthcare
17-Jun-2013
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Michael White: viva la women's revolution!
13-Jun-2013
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Sally Gainsbury: The upside to write-down
12-Jun-2013
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Michael White: we're entitled to be sceptical of Labour's plans
5-Jun-2013
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Ask questions first, shoot later
5-Jun-2013
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Why specialist hospitals aren't like Hilton hotels
5-Jun-2013
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We must redefine the role of NHS England chief executive
3-Jun-2013
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Prepare for the workforce boom
29-May-2013
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Michael White: a bad week for GPs and MPs
29-May-2013
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The Care Bill ignores Francis' recommendations
23-May-2013
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Michael White: a gloomy picture of A&E
22-May-2013
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The NHS needs a more mature attitude to patient safety
20-May-2013
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Michael White: two cheers for the Queen's Speech
15-May-2013
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Sally Gainsbury: the mutating baseline
15-May-2013
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Local solutions are best for integrated care
14-May-2013
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Carol Black: The many benefits of healthy staff
9-May-2013
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Michael White: UKIP and the NHS
8-May-2013
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Public health must lead a public system
8-May-2013
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Our duty to comment and criticise
7-May-2013
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Will hospitals break under emergency demand?
2-May-2013
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Acute care is drowning in the rising tide of A&E demand
2-May-2013
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Where next for competition in the NHS?
2-May-2013
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Turnaround is everybody's problem
1-May-2013
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Medical leadership is vital for quality patient care
30-Apr-2013
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NHS dragged into cross-border care dispute
25-Apr-2013
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Michael White: Hunt picks a fight with the nurses
24-Apr-2013
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The NHS is in real danger of being unaffordable
24-Apr-2013
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Lansley adviser defends any qualified provider
19-Apr-2013
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Your Humble Servant: Real life drama
19-Apr-2013
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The ‘new’ NHS and the emergency care challenge
19 April 2013
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Reclaiming the NHS employment relationship
18-Apr-2013
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What happened to 'any qualified provider'?
18-Apr-2013
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Michael White: NHS reform hits home
17-Apr-2013
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Still no change in NHS finance after Francis
17-Apr-2013
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Are mergers a solution for failing trusts?
15-Apr-2013
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Private sector must face reality
12 April 2013
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The NHS must gear up to meet the challenge of workforce planning
10-Apr-2013
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Michael White: The NHS defeated Thatcher
9-Apr-2013
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Time for the NHS to import innovation
8-Apr-2013
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Trust leaders prepare to bear the Francis burden
4-Apr-2013
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The NHS needs calm heads, not panic headlines
2-Apr-2013
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Will the government’s response to Francis improve care?
2-Apr-2013
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Should we worry about the health of NHS staff?
2-Apr-2013
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The money drought is set to continue
27-Mar-2013
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Concerns about night time care
26-Mar-2013
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Your Humble Servant: smelly lasagne
21-Mar-2013
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Competition isn't always the best option
21-Mar-2013
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An idiots' guide to the NHS competition row
20-Mar-2013
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Nicholson scathed at Westminster
19-Mar-2013
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Reflections on care on the stroke ward
18-Mar-2013
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CCGs fall foul of the NHS abacus
14-Mar-2013
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Competition, conspiracy and cock-ups
12-Mar-2013
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Patients can stop trusts playing the ratings system
12-Mar-2013
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Reducing the bureaucracy burden on the NHS
7-Mar-2013
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Nicholson and Dacre are two of an autocratic kind
6-Mar-2013
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Patients and staff can both promote innovation
6-Mar-2013
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NHS productivity: more of the same or more for less?
5-Mar-2013
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London's commissioners get stuck in
28-Feb-2013
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Culture is the foundation of patient safety
27-Feb-2013
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The NHS needs to think long term about contracts
26-Feb-2013
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Should David Nicholson stay or should he go?
21-Feb-2013
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We should all join Burnham's debate on integrated care
21 February 2013
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Michael White: some hospitals are too big too fail
20-Feb-2013
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Whistleblowers and hospitals both need more protecting
19-Feb-2013
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Mid Staffs is too small to be a viable FT
15-Feb-2013
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Michael White: Life, fate and the Francis legacy
12-Feb-2013
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We must spend more on changing behaviour
11-Feb-2013
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We urgently need to reimagine healthcare
7-Feb-2013
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Michael White: new thinking on hospital closures
7-Feb-2013
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Mid Staffs' future now Francis has reported
7 February 2013
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Why using digital data will drive up care quality
7 February 2013
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Strong leadership is the right response to Francis
6-Feb-2013
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The latest in a long line of scandals
6-Feb-2013
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We can achieve a paperless NHS by 2018
5-Feb-2013
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We need to have belief in a paperless NHS
4-Feb-2013
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A vison for better mental healthcare
1-Feb-2013
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CCGs' financial fears resurface
31-Jan-2013
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Sally Gainsbury: putting a stopper on bungs
31-Jan-2013
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Cut the platitudes and get staff motivated
30-Jan-2013
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Michael White: Burnham's big leap
29-Jan-2013
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The NHS has forgotten the meaning of 'service'
29-Jan-2013
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We must back social investment pioneers
28-Jan-2013
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Burnham’s radicalism resets care debate
24 January 2013
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Can greater transparency expose future care failures?
24-Jan-2013
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The NHS cannot ignore DH underspends
24 January 2013
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Michael White: how former ministers keep busy
23-Jan-2013
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The dangers of marketisation
23-Jan-2013
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Shifting care closer to home: slogan or solution?
21-Jan-2013
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Size vs quality? Examining hospital mergers
17-Jan-2013
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Health and health services: the next 20 years
17-Jan-2013
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Your Humble Servant: family knows best
16-Jan-2013
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OFT may block basket case trust moves
16-Jan-2013
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Hunt's head is in the Risk Clouds
15-Jan-2013
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Free from the dead hand of Connecting for Health
15-Jan-2013
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Regulating managers is the wrong response to Mid Staffs
14-Jan-2013
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Community care should be the NHS's first option
10 January 2013
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Commissioning board makes its move
9-Jan-2013
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Staff should be protected from 'never events'
8-Jan-2013
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Transforming primary care: let's start with the basics
2-Jan-2013
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We must root out ageism in NHS cancer care
20-Dec-2012
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NHS managers' car metaphors belong on the scrapheap
18-Dec-2012
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Health leaders on Twitter have a public health responsibility
17-Dec-2012
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A timely strategy for hospitals to cope with demand
13 December 2012
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NHS must plan for a longer austerity than we imagined
13-Dec-2012
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Too big to fail: why PFI will get a helping hand in an emergency
13-Dec-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: Gilding the NHS settlement lily
12-Dec-2012
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Why the friends and family test won't work
7-Dec-2012
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CCG budgets: Challenging or naive?
5-Dec-2012
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Hunt picks out a worthy target
4-Dec-2012
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Commentary: Quality can be achieved while keeping costs low
3-Dec-2012
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How to make integration work
30-Nov-2012
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Hunt should remove workforce straitjackets
29 November 2012
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Is the government doing enough?
28-Nov-2012
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Labour's vision of 21st century care
28-Nov-2012
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History shows the health benefits of a smoking tax
23-Nov-2012
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A change is going to come
22-Nov-2012
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CCG managers must make sense of evidence
21-Nov-2012
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The NHS mandate: liberation or ligature?
19-Nov-2012
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Standards suffer when children's services are fragmented
16-Nov-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: calculating the cost of mental health
15-Nov-2012
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Society cannot afford rising negligence payouts
14-Nov-2012
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It's time to rethink payment by results
13-Nov-2012
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Doctors' discipline needs an overhaul
7-Nov-2012
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Our own cardiac arrest
1 November 2012
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Savile saga could leave health service in a fix
1 November 2012
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Michael White: never say never
31-Oct-2012
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A fair deal for older people
25 October 2012
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Whistle while you work - if you dare
25 October 2012
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Your Humble Servant: heroic failure
25 October 2012
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A perverse take on incentives
24-Oct-2012
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At last, a consumer-led NHS?
24-Oct-2012
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Michael White: temperatures rise in Edinburgh
23-Oct-2012
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Competition: waiting for that green light
18 October 2012
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How competition can help community services
18 October 2012
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Michael White: the Savile fallout begins now
18-Oct-2012
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Face the facts on closures
11 October 2012
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Irresponsible, or a breath of fresh air?
11 October 2012
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How Hunt stole the PM's thunder
8-Oct-2012
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What’s at the heart of integrated care?
4 October 2012
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Clunky maths and unfair fines
27 September 2012
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In defence of small hospitals
27 September 2012
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Isn’t it time CCGs owned waiting lists?
27 September 2012
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Manchester maternity review: premature celebrations
27 September 2012
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Michael White: on Burstow's trail
27-Sep-2012
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Your Humble Servant: the Force is strong
27 September 2012
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Doing nothing is not an option
24-Sep-2012
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Lighten the checklist load
20 September 2012
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Michael White: a quiet start
20-Sep-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: conspiracy and coincidence
20 September 2012
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Steering a safe course to success
20 September 2012
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The God Delusion
20-Sep-2012
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The NHS has failed in efforts to improve health and reduce illness
19-Sep-2012
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'Justifying health priorities will not be easy'
13 September 2012
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Michael White: Hunt's ignorance
13-Sep-2012
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Talking dirty on healthcare waste
13 September 2012
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The healthcare arms race
6 September 2012
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What that extra year for QIPP means
6 September 2012
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Michael White: Punchbag Lansley knocked out
4-Sep-2012
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For the good of the nation
30 August 2012
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The care measurement evolution
24-Aug-2012
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Lessons from the world of payments
23 August 2012
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The new breed must listen to survive
23 August 2012
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In the new NHS, you are what you tweet
9 August 2012
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Social media for NHS dummies
9 August 2012
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Neil Churchill: living within our means locally
2 August 2012
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The hard data man’s soft spot
2 August 2012
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Beyond inspections
26-Jul-2012
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Media Watch: broken spending promises from the PM
26-Jul-2012
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Michael Rawlins: playing fair on treatments
26 July 2012
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'NHS must grasp a world of opportunity'
26-Jul-2012
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Why top-up fees are not the answer
23-Jul-2012
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David Stout: what did PCTs ever do for us?
19-Jul-2012
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Helping the NHS plan for positive patient experience
19 July 2012
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Media Watch: workforce woes go beyond Olympics
19-Jul-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: for Monitor, big acutes are beautiful
12-Jul-2012
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Nicholas Timmins: the aftermath of reform
12-Jul-2012
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Mark Britnell: in defence of our imperfect PFI
12-Jul-2012
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Nigel Crisp: the most precious commodity of all
11-Jul-2012
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Ciarán Devane: out with the old
5 July 2012
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John Deffenbaugh: why the NHS and local government jigsaw can fit together this time
5 July 2012
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Ruth Carnall: take the shakes out of the shake-ups
5 July 2012
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Mike Farrar: steps to success for commissioning board mandate
3-Jul-2012
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The NHS must address its blind spot on older people's services
28-Jun-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: the new plan for NHS deficits is academic
26-Jun-2012
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The brave new world of managed failure
21-Jun-2012
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'The secrecy of information in the NHS is absurd'
21-Jun-2012
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Why trusts should get behind NHS Hack Days and back 'geeks who love the NHS'
18-Jun-2012
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Trusts need to face up to the reality of mergers
14-Jun-2012
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'Reform could lead a transition to a non-hierarchical NHS'
14-Jun-2012
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The benefits of centralised emergency services are less than clear
14-Jun-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: CCG budgets face existential crisis
14-Jun-2012
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The age of information awaits the NHS and its patients
31-May-2012
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Patient preferences matter: another call for doctors to change
29-May-2012
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Wait control: a new system for better waiting list management
24-May-2012
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Commissioning outcomes framework will enable meaningful quality improvement
24-May-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: immigrants don't hurt the NHS; dentists do
23-May-2012
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'Lansley is right to say that age trumps poverty'
17-May-2012
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'A culture shift can help reduce prescription wastage'
17-May-2012
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Will economic problems finally fix London health care?
14-May-2012
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'Clinical engagement cannot be considered too expensive now'
10-May-2012
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David Worskett: implementing reforms requires collaborative open minds
10-May-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: new bailouts required for new deficits
9-May-2012
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Sue Slipman: there must be a line between management and regulation
3-May-2012
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'The reforms could be the coalition's poll tax'
3-May-2012
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Health charities can help rescue the innovation drive
3-May-2012
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Unemployment is bad for your health - now and in the future
1-May-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: acute hospitals are living in Monitor's 'downside'
26-Apr-2012
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Nigel Edwards: how Lansley's big vision got shredded
26-Apr-2012
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The duty of communicating information to patients
26-Apr-2012
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'The NHS could miss the next care revolution'
19-Apr-2012
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The budget laid bare: a bit less now, a lot less later?
19-Apr-2012
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Don Redding: give the public remote control
12 April 2012
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Paul Corrigan: the integration conundrum
12 April 2012
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Sally Gainsbury: quiet panic at the DH
12-Apr-2012
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Tim Wilson: thirty good men and true
12 April 2012
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'Technology could change the way medicine is practiced'
29-Mar-2012
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The relationship between pharma and the NHS is challenging, not cosy
29 March 2012
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Mike Farrar: eight immediate issues that are facing reform success
26-Mar-2012
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Ali Parsa on why collectively we are stronger
22 March 2012
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Ciarán Devane: patients must be able to join the conversation
22-Mar-2012
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Evaluating evidence from integrated care pilots
22-Mar-2012
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Matt Tee on closing the deal
22 March 2012
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Sally Gainsbury: saving £20bn is only half the story
21-Mar-2012
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'Mandating staffing levels is not the answer to reducing poor care'
15-Mar-2012
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Media Watch: former trust boss Heatly neatly defends position
15-Mar-2012
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'The NHS needs to be better at adopting innovation'
15-Mar-2012
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Trust mergers don't guarantee more for less
14-Mar-2012
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Yes, we do talk about you
13-Mar-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: an end to cross-subsidy?
8-Mar-2012
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'High volume surgery outcomes suggest there is safety in numbers'
8-Mar-2012
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Are GPs the right people for the job?
8-Mar-2012
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Collaboration with the private sector: a necessary evil?
4-Mar-2012
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'Patient choice should not force commissioners away from competition'
1-Mar-2012
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Charles Alessi: human, dodo or cockroach?
1-Mar-2012
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Stephen Dorrell: re-engineering the care model
1-Mar-2012
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Frank Field: how changing life chances will change the distribution of income
1 March 2012
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Julie Moore: a lot more for a lot less
1 March 2012
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Mike Farrar: the politics of decentralisation
1 March 2012
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Peter Carter: tomorrow's NHS
1 March 2012
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'We must look at today's challenges in terms of the NHS legacy'
27-Feb-2012
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John Appleby on risking failure
23-Feb-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: peculiar commissioning spend estimates could threaten surpluses
23-Feb-2012
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Taking up the Dorrell challenge? It's the money, stupid
23-Feb-2012
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'This business model lets us focus on quality services and safe staff'
20-Feb-2012
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'Hospitals should be hungry for quality patient meals'
13-Feb-2012
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Does the cost of private healthcare exceed the benefit?
10-Feb-2012
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'There is inherent value in high quality outcomes data'
9-Feb-2012
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David Kerr: the true value of reform must be defined by patient outcomes
9-Feb-2012
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Sally Gainsbury: PFI bailouts are a sign of things to come
9-Feb-2012
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Media Watch: the NHS money lost in translation
9-Feb-2012
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Can transparency be the most powerful driver of healthcare improvement?
8-Feb-2012
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'New insights could help CCGs be clear on population health services'
6-Feb-2012
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Ciarán Devane interview: 'There is a role for top-down control'
2-Feb-2012
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'Engaging GPs is the new year's resolution for clinical commissioning'
2-Feb-2012
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Redesigning hospital environments can help tackle infection
2 February 2012
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Sally Gainsbury: just how much will public health have?
26-Jan-2012
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'Don't rush through regulation at the expense of innovation'
26 January 2012
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Commissioning by any other name: will 'clinical' become 'world class'?
24-Jan-2012
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The rise of the patient leader
20-Jan-2012
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'Can Public Health England improve the way we respond to pandemics?'
19-Jan-2012
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Independent assessment could reduce long-term sickness absence
19 January 2012
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'Local healthcare cannot be delivered by giant commissioning bodies'
19 January 2012
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A perfect opportunity to reform the education and training system
16-Jan-2012
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'Start planning the execution, instead of dreaming about the ambition'
16-Jan-2012
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Jeremy Taylor: the Future Forum's work is about changing culture
12-Jan-2012
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'Deal with productivity variation, or risk the long term future of the NHS'
12-Jan-2012
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'Patients and organisations still need an information revolution'
5 January 2012
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'Make change a mantra, and lead the patient centered revolution'
30-Dec-2011
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A day in the life: at the Mid Staffs inquiry
29-Dec-2011
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'It's time to remove the barriers to telehealth'
28-Dec-2011
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Can the NHS Pay Review Body still be regarded as independent?
15-Dec-2011
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'Delivering better community services requires equal relationships'
15 December 2011
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Sally Gainsbury: economic peace and goodwill, or Armageddon?
15 December 2011
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'There are real rewards to be reaped from recognising staff'
12-Dec-2011
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'Specialised commissioning gives the NHS Commissioning Board a chance to deliver'
8 December 2011
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Results business? The view from the HSJ Payments by Results conference 2011
6-Dec-2011
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Andrew Lansley: the NHS pension scheme - for a sustainable future
1-Dec-2011
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'Choosing the comfortable path is a route towards trouble'
1-Dec-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: shifting the goalposts on NHS spending
29-Nov-2011
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Does the NHS really believe information technology can improve healthcare?
25-Nov-2011
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From Tokyo to Torbay, integrating services will prove to be the future
24-Nov-2011
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'We have not found an area where improvement has not been possible'
21-Nov-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: just how much does the NHS cost?
17-Nov-2011
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'It's time for a one year maximum wait'
17-Nov-2011
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Protecting the public from public health professionals
17-Nov-2011
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Devloping new structures for improved service delivery
15-Nov-2011
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'Healing our finances needs a long term, not short term, strategy'
10 November 2011
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Is the GP contract a barrier to integrated care?
7-Nov-2011
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HSJ interview: Clayton M Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Prescription
3 November 2011
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Sally Gainsbury: pain for providers - and the poor
3 November 2011
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Leading the charge for change? An HSJ Summit review
28-Oct-2011
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Phil Hammond: the reforms remain more question than answer
27-Oct-2011
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'The success of integrated care depends upon our commitment to innovation'
24-Oct-2011
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Stephen Eames: there's no time like the present for planning
24-Oct-2011
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Managers need to face pensions dilemma with the service in mind
20 October 2011
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Sally Gainsbury: councils face a rude awakening
20 October 2011
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Media Watch: Lansley faces the flack after Question Time attack
19-Oct-2011
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'After destructive debate, the case for reform needs to be rebuilt'
13 October 2011
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Courage, leadership and public support are needed to avoid nightmare scenarios
13 October 2011
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'We all want integrated care - who will stand up and be accountable for it?'
13 October 2011
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Compete or collaborate? The policy dysphoria facing NHS organisations
10-Oct-2011
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The system needs fixing if we're to find the financiers
6-Oct-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: in theory, the reality could be even worse
6 October 2011
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'We cannot tolerate incompetence in the search for sustainability'
6-Oct-2011
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'Social enterprise is a real alternative to the big, bland offer'
3-Oct-2011
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'Healthcare without competition is financially unsustainable'
29-Sep-2011
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What the realities of competition mean for organisations' sustainability
26-Sep-2011
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Integrated care needs the clinical-managerial marriage to work
23-Sep-2011
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'The NHS needs to avoid the wrong kind of integration'
22-Sep-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: as if by magic... How the government conjured up a saving
22-Sep-2011
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Making clinicians effective leaders: guidance from success in the US
21-Sep-2011
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Can US models of care delivery inform how CCGs should work?
20-Sep-2011
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Transparency is central to the new NHS, and foundation trusts should not be exempt
15-Sep-2011
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'We need to build the proper foundations for clinically led commissioning'
12-Sep-2011
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Debate: is general practice pulling its weight in the efficiency challenge?
9-Sep-2011
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'If the reforms go wrong, the potential risk to public health huge'
9-Sep-2011
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'Real change in public health will be made more difficult if service transfers are delayed'
31-Aug-2011
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‘Inert’ or improving: the state of medical regulation
25 August 2011
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Sally Gainsbury: PROMs prove McKinsey right - nearly
25 August 2011
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Carving out a path for clinically led commissioning
22-Aug-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: the £2bn secret subsidy
4-Aug-2011
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The crucial role health charities have to play
1-Aug-2011
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Cynthia Bower interview: replacing the 'light touch' with a firm grip
28-Jul-2011
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Noel Plumridge: the price of reputation
28 July 2011
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Perfect placement: getting patients out of hospital and onto their preferred pathway
25-Jul-2011
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Local services need the backup of national support
21-Jul-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: what price public health?
21-Jul-2011
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How to lead NHS transformation
18-Jul-2011
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HealthWatch: local scrutiny and national tension
14 July 2011
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Progress in the community: how TCS has helped community providers
11-Jul-2011
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DH sweeps long-waits under the carpet
7-Jul-2011
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Power to the patients: promised improvements to patient choice need backing up
7 July 2011
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Andrew Lansley: the strength of feeling shows why we had to listen
6-Jul-2011
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Investment alone is not enough to solve the social care crisis
1-Jul-2011
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Nigel Edwards: NHS reform is nothing new, but it's about time leadership delivered
30-Jun-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: sitting duck surpluses
23 June 2011
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The right-to-request primary care trust: one year on
23 June 2011
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'We have to tackle government disagreement head on'
23 June 2011
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Provider trouble brewing in the East
16-Jun-2011
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The government shouldn't simply leave the past behind
16 June 2011
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Is enthusiasm the key skill to look for in public sector recruitment?
13-Jun-2011
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What happens when chief executives are slow to pick up on patient complaints?
10-Jun-2011
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Can local authorities step up as good providers of care?
9-Jun-2011
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'The independent sector has a track record of serving patients extremely well'
9-Jun-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: wistful thinking on PFI
9 June 2011
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Senior managers need to get 'hands on' with customers
8-Jun-2011
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Life after senior management: it's not over for the over 50s
6-Jun-2011
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The end of the start for personalisation in adult social care?
4-Jun-2011
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Media Watch: waiting for the pause to fast forward
2 June 2011
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'Proper funding of the NHS is the critical long term issue'
1-Jun-2011
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'Creating a culture of learning must never be overlooked'
30-May-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: flogging off the freehold
26 May 2011
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'I'm more excited than ever about the healthcare marketplace'
25-May-2011
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'Complex consortia issues will require a new style of leadership'
23-May-2011
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Among the structural turmoil, maintaining performance is a matter of life and death
19 May 2011
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Your humble servant: can you hear me, Andrew Lansley?
19 May 2011
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Fewer managers won't mean fewer problems
18-May-2011
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Britnell: the NHS performs amongst the best but it can be better
17-May-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: a cunning plot, outed
12 May 2011
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The listening exercise needs to reach grass roots voices
12 May 2011
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Mark Britnell: the NHS funding model is no longer 'resilient'
11-May-2011
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Ben Gowland: changing the minds of managers in a clinically led NHS
9-May-2011
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Michael White: despite distractions, the focus remains trained on reforms
5 May 2011
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The barriers to achieving cost effective interventions
28 April 2011
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Sally Gainsbury: balancing the books with creative 'fiddling'
27-Apr-2011
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Michael White: the Tory rhetoric is now bogged down in detail
27-Apr-2011
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Keeping safer service delivery at the forefront of the NHS
26-Apr-2011
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Why the reforms need to avoid penalising NHS and local government relationships
26-Apr-2011
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The debate on consortia governance requires sound principles, and hard evidence
21-Apr-2011
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Is the NHS constitution still relevant in the new NHS landscape?
21 April 2011
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This ‘natural break’ is an opportunity to develop a genuinely patient-centred NHS
14-Apr-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: scary care cuts
14 April 2011
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'Putting PCT staff into commissioning organisations could prove to be insanity'
12-Apr-2011
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Is there really room for localism in the Big Healthy Society?
7 April 2011
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Can consortia bear the burden?
3-Apr-2011
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Sally Gainsbury: welcome, belatedly, to austerity
31-Mar-2011
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Hakin rejects 'disappointing' reform criticisms
31 March 2011
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Health and wellbeing needs to remain a local responsibility
28-Mar-2011
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Uniting health and social care to give dementia patients improved services
25-Mar-2011
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Cally Bann: is life imitating art in La La land?
24-Mar-2011
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Community action in the NHS is quietly building the Big Society
24 March 2011
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Can GPs become agents of change, or will they remain gatekeepers?
18-Mar-2011
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What will the private sector do with failed hospitals?
17 March 2011
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Your humble servant: the spectre of Stalin looms over year end
17 March 2011
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What do we really care about in the NHS?
14-Mar-2011
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'There are no winners while there is 'them and us' tribalism in the NHS'
7-Mar-2011
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Michael White: Lansley's cloudy vision blurs the clear NHS reality
3-Mar-2011
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Effective regulation needs the right touch, at the right time
3 March 2011
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Noel Plumridge: feeling the squeeze
3 March 2011
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'Without a firm battle plan, consortia might find themselves neither here nor there'
3 March 2011
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Putting the trust in technology
28-Feb-2011
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'Will community services boil down to "any willing price"?'
28-Feb-2011
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Andrew Dillon: the new mission for NICE
24 February 2011
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Can value-based drug pricing deliver a 'postcode lottery' alternative?
24 February 2011
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Your Humble Servant: A twit tweets
24 February 2011
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Making changes to achieve savings - without disastrous consequences
21-Feb-2011
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Bill Moyes: the reform agenda presents a massive opportunity
17 February 2011
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Cally Bann
17 February 2011
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Competition can work, but only with the right tactics
17 February 2011
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Your Humble Servant: health mogul
10 February 2011
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The Health Bill - rising to the challenge
28-Jan-2011
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'Is the long stay trim a haircut too far?'
13 January 2011
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Nick Bosanquet: Five steps to security
13 January 2011
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'Through the lens of commissioning consortia the world seems quite different'
13 January 2011
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Michael White: It could have been worse
6 January 2011
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'The NHS is every health secretary's trainset'
6 January 2011
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Tim Riley on GP attitudes to commissioning consortia
30-Dec-2010
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Incentives for doctors: the big chill will hit medics too
28-Dec-2010
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A survival plan for non-foundation trusts
27-Dec-2010
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Waiting times tracker: analysis of seasonal effects
20-Dec-2010
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'People are skeptical of welfare spending'
17 December 2010
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Jenny Rogers: Dropping the defensiveness
15-Dec-2010
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Alan Maryon-Davis is dreaming of a white paper
2-Dec-2010
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Andrew Murrison on the military covenant
19-Nov-2010
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Our lives are in the cancer detectives’ hands
19-Nov-2010
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Local NHS pay negotiations: beware raiders of the lost cause
11 November 2010
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The NHS needs to re-invent itself to cope with funding cuts
4 November 2010
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Your Humble Servant: home front
4 November 2010
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NHS efficiency savings could get a rough ride
28 October 2010
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'La La is throwing his limited political capital into reshuffling bureaucracy'
21 October 2010
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Competition could change the face of healthcare
14 October 2010
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Mark Britnell: Have foundation trusts realised their potential?
7 October 2010
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Team survival in troubled times
4-Oct-2010
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Early cancer diagnosis could save lives
30 September 2010
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'Patient safety demands adequate resources, effectively applied'
30 September 2010
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Public health needs a long vigil
23 September 2010
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Why many hands make IT work
16 September 2010
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Anticipating the spending review
10-Sep-2010
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Chris J Hawkey: A new opening for transparency
9 September 2010
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'A couple of unproductive consultants can turn a viable specialty into a loss maker'
2 September 2010
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'Charities need to provide much more for the NHS'
2 September 2010
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'Primary care trusts? Send in the marines'
2 September 2010
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NHS reorganisation: don't leave the patients behind
26 August 2010
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'Remove the barriers to healthcare innovation'
26 August 2010
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Understanding how patients behave could help cut NHS waste
19 August 2010
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'La la Lansley has abolished the people who monitor us'
12 August 2010
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Cally Bann: the white paper
5 August 2010
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Is this the end of the road for PCTs?
5 August 2010
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The new healthcare revolution
29 July 2010
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Answering the NHS's £14bn productivity question
22 July 2010
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GPs and QIPP: is there a doctor on board?
15 July 2010
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Tories’ NHS vision poses a screening programme test
15 July 2010
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Should the irresponsible have a right to NHS care?
8 July 2010
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Jenny Rogers on facilitating meetings
5-Jul-2010
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Michael White on hospital reconfigurations
24 June 2010
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Why the NHS should devote 5 per cent of its budget to public health
24 June 2010
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Doctor numbers: all trained up, nowhere to go?
10 June 2010
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Your Humble Servant: Coabolition
10 June 2010
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John Deffenbaugh: let us exploit our canny GPs
3 June 2010
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Mark Britnell on increasing NHS productivity
3 June 2010
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John McGowan on service-user involvement
27 May 2010
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Coalition health policy: all action on the united front
20 May 2010
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Jeremy Taylor on involving patients in hospital closures
6 May 2010
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Your Humble Servant: electioneering
6 May 2010
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Judith Smith: commissioning needs to be reborn, not killed off
29 April 2010
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Norman Lamb on the NHS under the Lib Dems
23-Apr-2010
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Alan Maynard: axe must swing on NHS jobs and pay
22 April 2010
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Cally Bann: NHS manager bashing
22 April 2010
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Mark Britnell on keeping the wolf from the NHS door
22 April 2010
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Norman Warner: face up to NHS efficiencies
8 April 2010
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Michael White: Darling's Budget
1-Apr-2010
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David Kerr: health policy just got personal
31 March 2010
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Chris Ham on urgency for healthcare innovation
25 March 2010
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David Nicholson on NHS incentives and ideology
25 March 2010
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Nicky Spencer on facing NHS changes
25 March 2010
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Roger Taylor on the NHS safety debate
18 March 2010
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Pete Mason on NHS teamwork
15-Mar-2010
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Cally Bann: SHA Winter Olympic Cover Your Back Executive Director Pentathlon
11 March 2010
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Steve Preston on winning at interviews
8-Mar-2010
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Jenny Owen on a new solution to health and social care funding
4 March 2010
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Mark Britnell on the future of Agenda for Change
25 February 2010
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Alan Maynard: could the Tories give PCTs bite?
18 February 2010
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Cally Bann: funding gap
18 February 2010
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Sheila Williams on leading staff through tough times
15-Feb-2010
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Janice Stevens on same sex hospital accommodation
11 February 2010
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Nicky Spencer on building a high performing team
8-Feb-2010
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Stephen Thornton on interpreting NHS performance data
4 February 2010
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Thomas Hughes-Hallett on a better place to die
4 February 2010
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Pete Mason on avoiding staff conflict
1-Feb-2010
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Cally Bann: public health nightmare
28 January 2010
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Peter Reeves: a new deal for NHS non-executives
28 January 2010
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Steve Preston on using social networking to boost your career
25-Jan-2010
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Can healthcare spending thaw icy economies?
21 January 2010
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Neil Churchill: advice for managers on giving criticism
21 January 2010
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Brian James: how to save NHS services in a recession
14 January 2010
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Your Humble Servant: manifest nonsense
14 January 2010
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Sheila Williams on communication and metaphors
11-Jan-2010
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John Deffenbaugh asks what next for foundation trusts
7 January 2010
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NHS Top Leaders: cream of the crop rises to the top
17 December 2009
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Pete Mason on multiple leadership styles
14-Dec-2009
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Angela Greatley: mental health services are moving on
10 December 2009
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How to develop professional networks
7-Dec-2009
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Target inequalities, beat cancer
3 December 2009
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Steve Preston on understanding your skills
30-Nov-2009
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Nick Bosanquet: history offers the NHS survival skills
26 November 2009
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Beyond practice based commissioning
25-Nov-2009
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Liz Kendall on urgent care efficiency
19 November 2009
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Cally Bann: Halloween and bonfire night bash
12 November 2009
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David Nicholson: ride the wave of NHS innovation
12 November 2009
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Sheila Williams on watching your language
9-Nov-2009
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Carmel Gibbons on NHS leadership in the recession
5 November 2009
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Nicky Spencer on the pitfalls of email
3-Nov-2009
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Steve Preston on personality profiling
26-Oct-2009
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Pete Mason on lessons for the NHS from hazardous industries
19-Oct-2009
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Clare Chapman on delivering a healthy and happy NHS workforce
15 October 2009
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Media Watch: working time menace
15 October 2009
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Andrew Lansley on a Conservative recipe for NHS reform
8 October 2009
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Cally Bann: no beating an annual general meeting
1 October 2009
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David Stout on the NHS public profile
1 October 2009
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Sheila Williams on work-life balance
30-Sep-2009
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The four hour A&E target: an accident waiting to happen?
29-Sep-2009
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Gary Belfield on world class commissioning
24 September 2009
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Nicky Spencer on handling NHS complaints
24 September 2009
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Chris Ham on increasing NHS co-operation
17 September 2009
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Pete Mason on covert NHS leadership
17 September 2009
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Mike Farrar on QIPP - quality, innovation, productivity and prevention
10 September 2009
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Steve Preston on NHS work survival skills
10 September 2009
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John Redwood on NHS efficiency
3 September 2009
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Moosa Patel on strong NHS boards
27 August 2009
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Cally Bann on winter pressures
20 August 2009
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Don Redding on patient experience
20 August 2009
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Sheila Williams on cognitive dissonance
20 August 2009
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Jo Webber on NHS care scandals
13 August 2009
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Nicky Spencer on NHS workforce health and wellbeing
13 August 2009
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Improving patient care through the Clinical Leaders Network
11-Aug-2009
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Alan Maryon-Davis on NHS carbon cutting
6-Aug-2009
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Your Humble Servant attends an NHS disciplinary appeal hearing
6-Aug-2009
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Pete Mason on open and closed doors
5-Aug-2009
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Ben Bridgewater on why funding clinical audit is essential
30 July 2009
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Cally Bann on sporting achievement
30 July 2009
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Steve Preston: Top tips to keep your career going
29-Jul-2009
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Joan Saddler on patient centred services
23 July 2009
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Survey: How do you think the NHS is coping with swine flu?
17-Jul-2009
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Your Humble Servant on private lessons
16 July 2009
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The social care green paper: What's in it for the NHS?
14-Jul-2009
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Sheila Williams on to coach or not to coach
8-Jul-2009
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Does my daughter have swine flu?
7-Jul-2009
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Nicky Spencer on aspiring to leadership
1-Jul-2009
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Lord Darzi on the first year of high quality care for all
25 June 2009
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Mediawatch: Salient advice for health managers
25 June 2009
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Your Humble Servant on the NHS reshuffle
25 June 2009
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Pete Mason on surviving change
24-Jun-2009
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How to use NHS leadership training to drive performance
23-Jun-2009
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Cally Bann on the vagaries of leadership
18 June 2009
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Philip DaSilva on preparing for a pandemic
18 June 2009
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Derek Campbell: There can be no progress without prevention
11 June 2009
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Jenny Rogers on the irritating whine of the complainant
11-Jun-2009
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Midwifery and the Clinical Leaders Network
10-Jun-2009
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Nigel Crisp on what a new Griffiths would bring
4 June 2009
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Pete Mason on managing Generation Y
3-Jun-2009
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Ali Parsa on the meaning of value
28 May 2009
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Cally Bann on fiddling expenses
28 May 2009
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Sheila Williams on changing your habits
28 May 2009
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Neil Goodwin on NHS boardroom relationships
26-May-2009
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Hilary Thomas on treating lymphoedema in the community
26-May-2009
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Developing an integrated falls prevention service
26-May-2009
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Andrew Craggs on safe thinking
21 May 2009
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David Furness: Keep local people in on the act
21 May 2009
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Media Watch: expenses and NHS prescriptions for sunshine
21 May 2009
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Nicky Spencer on the three dimensions of workload management
20-May-2009
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No time for complacency on European working time directive
14 May 2009
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Your Humble Servant on appropriate attire
14 May 2009
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Steve Preston on NHS career values
13-May-2009
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NHS clinical leaders: take a leaf from the military's book
12-May-2009
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Angela Greatley on health in the criminal justice system
8-May-2009
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Cally Bann on the swine flu outbreak
7 May 2009
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Matthew Winn on community health providers
7 May 2009
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Andy Black on hospital acquired thickness
30 April 2009
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Michael White on the Budget crisis
30 April 2009
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When communities pull together there is a big health benefit
30 April 2009
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Involving junior doctors in implementing the European working time directive
28-Apr-2009
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Kieran Walshe on evidence based decision making in the NHS
23 April 2009
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Media Watch: Margaret Haywood and NHS whistleblowing
23 April 2009
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Steve Onyett on leading the NHS for alignment
23 April 2009
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Improving patient care through the Clinical Leaders Network
19-Apr-2009
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Emma Dent says farewell
16 April 2009
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Michael Marmot on why health inequalities matter
16 April 2009
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Andy McKeon: 'Prepare to step back to the 80s'
15-Apr-2009
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Clinical mistakes: how to respond
13-Apr-2009
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Hilary Thomas: NHS branding vs NHS trust
5-Apr-2009
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What makes a good NHS non-executive director?
5-Apr-2009
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Sheila Williams: management coaching can stop problems escalating
5-Apr-2009
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Emma Dent on the NHS in the media
2 April 2009
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Noel Plumridge on foundation trusts
2 April 2009
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Clinical leadership meets The Apprentice
26 March 2009
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Nigel Edwards on winter pressures in the NHS
26 March 2009
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Dignity in health and social care
19 March 2009
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Emma Dent on medics vs managers
19 March 2009
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Safia Debar and David Colin-Thomé on the manager-clinician divide
19 March 2009
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Sophia Christie on the next stage review and quality
12-Mar-2009
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A new plan for cardiac and vascular disease
12-Mar-2009
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Media Watch: NHS recession depression
12-Mar-2009
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Michael White on statistics, choice and stem cells
12-Mar-2009
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Yi Mien Koh on a week in the life of an NHS manager
9-Mar-2009
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BME mental health: patchwork picture says volumes
5-Mar-2009
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Emma Dent on eating for two
5-Mar-2009
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Media Watch: NHS free lunch
5-Mar-2009
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Michael White on contaminated blood
5-Mar-2009
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Stephen Eames on the new NHS leadership
5-Mar-2009
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Mike Cooke on health research and innovation
2-Mar-2009
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Fight healthcare acquired infections with conviction
26-Feb-2009
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Media Watch: obesity threat to mankind
26-Feb-2009
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Michael White on the Health Bill
26-Feb-2009
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Noel Plumridge on the grim reality of NHS finance
26-Feb-2009
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Your Humble Servant on councillor counselling
26-Feb-2009
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Stephen Ramsden on seeing patient safety through
23-Feb-2009
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Emma Dent on reader feedback
19-Feb-2009
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Media Watch: complaints about NHS complaints
19-Feb-2009
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Michael White on the NHS cash crisis
19-Feb-2009
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Simon Stevens on NHS lessons from the circus
19-Feb-2009
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Ruth Thorlby on justice for all
16-Feb-2009
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Jon Restell on taking notice of European health directives
12-Feb-2009
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Media Watch: maternity services
12-Feb-2009
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Michael White on gambling with public health
12-Feb-2009
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Public health: a slim chance of healthier lives
12-Feb-2009
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Helen Bevan on NHS organisational culture
9-Feb-2009
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Emma Dent on counting calories
5-Feb-2009
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Media Watch: prayer dispute
5-Feb-2009
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Emma Dent on the mysteries of maternity care
29-Jan-2009
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Media Watch: South East Coast in the headlines
29-Jan-2009
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Michael White on the effects of the recession
29-Jan-2009
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Patient and public involvement: keys to success
29-Jan-2009
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Stephen Eames on managing the NHS
29-Jan-2009
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Yi Mien Koh on the world class commissioning story
26-Jan-2009
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Health inequalities in learning disabilities
22-Jan-2009
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Media Watch: social marketing
22-Jan-2009
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Michael White on the NHS and vested interests
22-Jan-2009
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Noel Plumridge on security under threat
22-Jan-2009
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Emma Dent on mobiles in hospitals
15-Jan-2009
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Media Watch: DH salaries
15-Jan-2009
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Michael White on public health nudges
15-Jan-2009
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Simon Stevens on an NHS game plan for 2009
15-Jan-2009
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Stephen Ramden on keeping failure in mind
12-Jan-2009
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Media Watch: NHS Blackpool
18-Dec-2008
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Michael White on NHS politics
18-Dec-2008
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Jon Restell on an NHS Christmas list for Santa
18-Dec-2008
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Your Humble Servant: an NHS Christmas
18-Dec-2008
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Maggie Rae on the role of GPs
15-Dec-2008
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Sophia Christie on becoming a world class commissioner
11-Dec-2008
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Your Humble Servant on NHS co-payments
11-Dec-2008
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Media Watch: public health budgets
11-Dec-2008
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Michael White on the NHS in recession
11-Dec-2008
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David Lee on the prison mental health dilemma
8-Dec-2008
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Emma Dent on using the NHS
4-Dec-2008
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Media Watch: Andrew Lansley's recession comments
4-Dec-2008
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Michael White on the public sector workforce
4-Dec-2008
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Noel Plumridge on commissioning for quality and innovation
4-Dec-2008
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David Amos on developing the NHS workforce
1-Dec-2008
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Lesley Wright on lean thinking and respecting NHS staff
1-Dec-2008
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Complex public health problems need social innovation
27-Nov-2008
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Mark Hackett on healthcare and customer confidence
27-Nov-2008
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Media Watch: public sector salaries
27-Nov-2008
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Michael White on the NHS budget
27-Nov-2008
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Your Humble Servant: clinician questions
27-Nov-2008
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Helen Bevan on NHS innovation
24-Nov-2008
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Emma Dent on the need for a national hygiene drive
20-Nov-2008
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Media Watch: healthy towns
20-Nov-2008
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Michael White on euthanasia
20-Nov-2008
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Simon Stevens on Barack Obama's first steps
20-Nov-2008
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Maggie Rae on NHS core competencies
17-Nov-2008
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Jon Restell on the NHS constitution
13-Nov-2008
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Media Watch: top-ups
13-Nov-2008
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Michael White on NHS bad news
13-Nov-2008
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Mike Hobbs on clinical leadership and mental health
11-Nov-2008
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David Lee on delayed transfers of care
10-Nov-2008
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Helen Bevan on the six lessons of success
6-Nov-2008
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Media Watch: food terror
6-Nov-2008
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Emma Dent on smoking
6-Nov-2008
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Michael White on IT in the NHS
6-Nov-2008
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Sophia Christie on the NHS and the credit crunch
6-Nov-2008
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Stephen Ramsden on patient safety's missing link
1-Nov-2008
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Media Watch: healthcare reviews
30-Oct-2008
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Michael Marmot on eliminating social injustice in health
30-Oct-2008
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Michael White on pharmaceutical price regulation
30-Oct-2008
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Your Humble Servant on foundation trusts
30-Oct-2008
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Ruth Thorlby on the price of healthcare in the US
27-Oct-2008
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Emma Dent on the credit crunch
23-Oct-2008
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Media Watch: patient referrals
23-Oct-2008
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Michael White on keeping patients out of hospital
23-Oct-2008
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Nigel Edwards on NHS exceptional case panels
23-Oct-2008
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David Amos on aiming for NHS perfection
20-Oct-2008
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Helen Bevan on large-scale change in the health service
20-Oct-2008
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Media Watch: binge drinking
16-Oct-2008
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Michael White on the financial crisis
16-Oct-2008
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Stephen Eames on managing by fear
16-Oct-2008
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Your Humble Servant on party conferences
16-Oct-2008
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Maggie Rae on giving blood and glory
13-Oct-2008
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Emma Dent on an early coughs and colds season
9-Oct-2008
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Jon Restell on party conferences
9-Oct-2008
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Media Watch: public health Jamie Oliver style
9-Oct-2008
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Michael White on the NHS and political miscalculations
9-Oct-2008
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David Lee on foundation trust constitutions
6-Oct-2008
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Media Watch: cabinet reshuffle
2-Oct-2008
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Simon Stevens on health policy trends
2-Oct-2008
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Your Humble Servant offers tips on avoiding meetings
2-Oct-2008
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Emma Dent on finding yet another GP
25-Sep-2008
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Media Watch: NHS complaints
25-Sep-2008
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Michael White on the global financial crisis
25-Sep-2008
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Noel Plumridge on a family's care crisis
25-Sep-2008
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Stephen Ramsden on harm to patients
22-Sep-2008
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Emma Dent is humbled by medical ingenuity
18-Sep-2008
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Media Watch: NHS in the headlines
18-Sep-2008
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Michael White on the Liberal Democrats' conference
18-Sep-2008
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Sophia Christie on management lessons from literature
18-Sep-2008
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Maggie Rae on world class efforts
15-Sep-2008
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on his last column
11-Sep-2008
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Media Watch: NHS branding
11-Sep-2008
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Michael White on economic populism
11-Sep-2008
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Your Humble Servant on the NHS Constitution
11-Sep-2008
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Helen Bevan on NHS finance directors
8-Sep-2008
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Emma Dent on the need for moving help
4-Sep-2008
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Media Watch: public health drive
4-Sep-2008
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Michael White on public health policy
4-Sep-2008
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Simon Stevens on the top-up payment maze
4-Sep-2008
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Paul Jennings on the commissioner-provider split
1-Sep-2008
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Media Watch: teenage time bomb
28-Aug-2008
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Michael White on the golden age of the NHS
28-Aug-2008
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Noel Plumridge on a family tragedy
28-Aug-2008
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Your Humble Servant on co-payments and co-operation
28-Aug-2008
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David Lee on integrating care
25-Aug-2008
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Emma Dent on extended opening hours
21-Aug-2008
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Jon Restell on keeping managers in the NHS
21-Aug-2008
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Media Watch: overweight children
21-Aug-2008
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Michael White on pandemic flu
21-Aug-2008
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Stephen Ramsden on minding your language
18-Aug-2008
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Media Watch: rats in hospitals
14-Aug-2008
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Michael White on relatonships with the media
14-Aug-2008
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Sophia Christie on the Naomi Campbell effect
14-Aug-2008
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Your Humble Servant on Chinese whispers
14-Aug-2008
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David Amos on staff engagement
11-Aug-2008
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Emma Dent on summer in the city
7-Aug-2008
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on following Darzi
7-Aug-2008
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Media Watch: Is Johnson leaving the DH?
7-Aug-2008
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Michael White on feminism
7-Aug-2008
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Helen Bevan on paths to improvement
4-Aug-2008
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Media Watch: taking on obesity
31-Jul-2008
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Michael White on facing up to obesity
31-Jul-2008
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Noel Plumridge on problems with PFI accounting rules
31-Jul-2008
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Your Humble Servant on testing GPs
31-Jul-2008
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Maggie Rae on lunchtime networking
28-Jul-2008
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Emma Dent on the smoking ban
24-Jul-2008
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Media Watch: bonus scheme for surgeons
24-Jul-2008
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Michael White on palliative care
24-Jul-2008
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Sophia Christie on public health leadership
24-Jul-2008
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David Lee on board to board meetings
21-Jul-2008
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Paul Jennings on social marketing
18-Jul-2008
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Jon Restell on praise for the NHS
17-Jul-2008
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Media Watch: GP ratings
17-Jul-2008
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Michael White on rating doctors
17-Jul-2008
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Your Humble Servant takes a look at Tory targets
17-Jul-2008
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Stephen Ramsden on cultural revolutions
14-Jul-2008
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Emma Dent on celebrating the 60th
10-Jul-2008
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Media Watch: looking back on 60 years
10-Jul-2008
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Michael White on how Darzi looks from abroad
10-Jul-2008
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Simon Stevens on a good year for Darzi
10-Jul-2008
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Media Watch: response to Darzi
3-Jul-2008
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Michael White on Darzi politics
3-Jul-2008
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Nigel Edwards on Darzi's big ideas
3-Jul-2008
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Your Humble Servant in 1948
3-Jul-2008
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Helen Bevan on the NHS as a global leader
30-Jun-2008
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Emma Dent on Confed dilemmas
26-Jun-2008
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on NHS co-operation
26-Jun-2008
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Media Watch: the service's 60th anniversary
26-Jun-2008
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Michael White on public health
26-Jun-2008
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Maggie Rae on world class shopping
23-Jun-2008
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Media Watch: hygiene targets
19-Jun-2008
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Michael White on specialist trauma response
19-Jun-2008
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Noel Plumridge on community tariff appeal
19-Jun-2008
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Your Humble Servant on saying no
19-Jun-2008
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David Lee on handling a killing
16-Jun-2008
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Emma Dent on Scottish drinking habits
12-Jun-2008
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Media Watch: polyclinic plans
12-Jun-2008
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Michael White on dealing with the Treasury
12-Jun-2008
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NHS Diamond 60
12-Jun-2008
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Simon Stevens on on China's plans for healthcare
12-Jun-2008
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David Amos on NHS apprenticeships
9-Jun-2008
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Paul Jennings on listening to staff
6-Jun-2008
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Jon Restell on the NHS's 60th anniversary
5-Jun-2008
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Media Watch: co-payment 'madness'
5-Jun-2008
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Michael White on private vs public
5-Jun-2008
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Your Humble Servant: Confed blues
5-Jun-2008
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Lesley Wright on standardising work
2-Jun-2008
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Emma Dent on GPs and drinking habits
29-May-2008
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Media Watch: bets on Johnson
29-May-2008
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Michael White on dementia services
29-May-2008
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Sophia Christie on world class organisations
29-May-2008
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Media Watch: the IT programme
22-May-2008
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Michael White on the embryology bill
22-May-2008
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Noel Plumridge on why safety is just a ritual
22-May-2008
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Your Humble Servant: leaving the NHS
22-May-2008
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Emma Dent on finding a GP
15-May-2008
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on customer service
15-May-2008
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Media Watch: Darzi shake-up
15-May-2008
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Michael White on Darzi's plans
15-May-2008
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Maggie Rae on the NHS's 60th anniversary
12-May-2008
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Media Watch: election time
8-May-2008
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Michael White on NICE decisions
8-May-2008
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Simon Stevens on value for money in the NHS
8-May-2008
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Your Humble Servant on getting to grips with nurses
8-May-2008
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David Amos on workforce planning
6-May-2008
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David Lee on mental health heroes
6-May-2008
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Jon Restell on information overload
1-May-2008
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Media Watch: nurses' paperwork
1-May-2008
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Michael White on health policy attacks
1-May-2008
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Stephen Ramsden on prioritising patient safety
28-Apr-2008
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on acute trust challenges
24-Apr-2008
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Media Watch: polyclinic row
24-Apr-2008
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Michael White on disease politics
24-Apr-2008
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Your Humble Servant at the FT
24-Apr-2008
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Helen Bevan on workload liberation
21-Apr-2008
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Emma Dent looks for a GP again
17-Apr-2008
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Media Watch: health service jargon
17-Apr-2008
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Michael White on audit culture
17-Apr-2008
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Sophia Christie on tackling the digital divide
17-Apr-2008
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Maggie Rae on spending time in general practice
14-Apr-2008
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Media Watch: anti-infection alligators
10-Apr-2008
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Michael White on biosimilars and generics
10-Apr-2008
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Noel Plumridge on boardroom drama
10-Apr-2008
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Your Humble Servant celebrates a record profit for the NHS
10-Apr-2008
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Lesley Wright on visual control
7-Apr-2008
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Emma Dent on staying away from cigarettes
3-Apr-2008
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Media Watch: deep clean
3-Apr-2008
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Michael White on patient choice
3-Apr-2008
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Simon Stevens on improving payment by results
3-Apr-2008
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David Lee on foundation trust members
31-Mar-2008
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Jon Restell on valuing all frontline staff
27-Mar-2008
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Media Watch: cigarette sales
27-Mar-2008
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Michael White on service cuts
27-Mar-2008
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Your Humble Servant on Nicholson's blog
27-Mar-2008
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David Amos on directing talent
24-Mar-2008
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Paul Jennings on football-friendly marketing
24-Mar-2008
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Emma Dent calls for green spaces without the public urinating
20-Mar-2008
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Media Watch: Olympic health worries
20-Mar-2008
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Michael White: budget politics
20-Mar-2008
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Sophia Christie on fighting change
20-Mar-2008
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Stephen Ramsden on stability in leadership
17-Mar-2008
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on the role of FT governors
13-Mar-2008
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Media Watch: drug maker under scrutiny
13-Mar-2008
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Michael White on Darling's budget
13-Mar-2008
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Your Humble Servant: carry on nurses
13-Mar-2008
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Kate Silvester on lean or just mean
10-Mar-2008
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Andrew Castle on innovations in patient safety
7-Mar-2008
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Emma Dent on having a drink
6-Mar-2008
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Media Watch: nurses under attack
6-Mar-2008
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Michael White on health budgets
6-Mar-2008
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Noel Plumridge on topping up NHS care
6-Mar-2008
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Richard Gleave on healthcare wholesalers
3-Mar-2008
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Media Watch
28-Feb-2008
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Michael White on politics
28-Feb-2008
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Simon Stevens on local pay and national prices
28-Feb-2008
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Your Humble Servant: the Fresh Approach to Cash Alternatives Team
28-Feb-2008
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Emma Dent on the common cold
21-Feb-2008
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Jon Restell on looking after managers
21-Feb-2008
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Maggie Rae on Premier League performance
21-Feb-2008
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Media Watch: GP opening hours
14-Feb-2008
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Michael White on NHS reform
14-Feb-2008
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Sophie Christie on the Lucentis drug controversy
14-Feb-2008
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Your Humble Servant's NHS Diamond 60 suggestions
14-Feb-2008
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David Amos on the principles of equality
11-Feb-2008
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David Lee on foundation trust democracy
11-Feb-2008
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Paul Jennings on bringing the foundation trust model to PCTs
8-Feb-2008
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Paul Jennings on bringing the foundation trust model to PCTs
8-Feb-2008
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Emma Dent on NHS pride
7-Feb-2008
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on the need for evidence
7-Feb-2008
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Media Watch: agency nurses
7-Feb-2008
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Michael White on social care's big year
7-Feb-2008
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Stephen Ramsden on punitive processes
4-Feb-2008
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Media Watch: donations row
31-Jan-2008
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Noel Plumridge on resource allocation
31-Jan-2008
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Your Humble Servant: democratic ravings
31-Jan-2008
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Lesley Wright on making everyone a quality manager
28-Jan-2008
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Emma Dent: getting on the hospital ladder?
24-Jan-2008
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Jon Restell on big picture partnerships
24-Jan-2008
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Media Watch: compensation claims
24-Jan-2008
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Michael White on cutting costs
24-Jan-2008
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Andrew Alonzi on legal requirements of the Mental Health Act
21-Jan-2008
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Helen Bevan on the productive theatre
21-Jan-2008
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Media Watch: organ donors
17-Jan-2008
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Michael White on Brown's plans for health
17-Jan-2008
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Simon Stevens on Brown's first health speech
17-Jan-2008
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Maggie Rae on action for equality
14-Jan-2008
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Media Watch: winter bugs
11-Jan-2008
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Michael White on health in the new year
11-Jan-2008
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Sophia Christie on managing cultures in the health service
11-Jan-2008
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Emma Dent on the year ahead
10-Jan-2008
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Your Humble Servant: the operating framework
9-Jan-2008
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David Lee on managing risk
7-Jan-2008
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on an NHS Christmas
20-Dec-2007
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Media Watch: super-surgeries
20-Dec-2007
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Michael White on super-sizing the NHS
20-Dec-2007
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Your Humble Servant goes Christmas shopping
20-Dec-2007
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Stephen Ramsden on service co-design
17-Dec-2007
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Emma Dent on the Manchester doughnut
13-Dec-2007
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Media Watch: unhappy GPs
13-Dec-2007
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Michael White on healthcare rationing
13-Dec-2007
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Noel Plumridge on registering with a GP
13-Dec-2007
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Media Watch: cancer strategy
6-Dec-2007
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Michael White on Alan Johnson
6-Dec-2007
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Simon Stevens on the science of incentives
6-Dec-2007
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Your Humble Servant: a glimpse of the future NHS
6-Dec-2007
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Kate Silvester on repairing processes in the NHS
3-Dec-2007
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Emma Dent on Manchester's tale of two cities
29-Nov-2007
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Jon Restell on unravelling the pay-off era
29-Nov-2007
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Media Watch: £1.8bn underspend
29-Nov-2007
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Michael White on data security
29-Nov-2007
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David Amos on HR reform in the health service
26-Nov-2007
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Paul Jennings on personalised services
26-Nov-2007
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Andrew Castle on planning outpatient services
23-Nov-2007
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Media Watch: Gordon Brown under fire
22-Nov-2007
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Michael White: inside Gordon Brown's mind
22-Nov-2007
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Sophie Christie on the holy grail of NHS policy
22-Nov-2007
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Your Humble Servant: world class commissioning
22-Nov-2007
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Helen Bevan on world class commissioning
19-Nov-2007
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Mark Britnell on world class commissioning
16-Nov-2007
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Emma Dent on hospital phobia
15-Nov-2007
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on clinician-led management
15-Nov-2007
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Media Watch: waiting times
15-Nov-2007
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Michael White on Gordon Brown's health policy
15-Nov-2007
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Richard Gleave on Michael Moore's Sicko
12-Nov-2007
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Media Watch: transplant deaths at Papworth
8-Nov-2007
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Michael White on immigration and the NHS
8-Nov-2007
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Noel Plumridge on finding the right GP
8-Nov-2007
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Your Humble Servant on the annual health check ratings
8-Nov-2007
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Maggie Rae on how to foster organisational development
5-Nov-2007
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Emma Dent on getting recognition
1-Nov-2007
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Media Watch: out-of-hours and overseas
1-Nov-2007
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Michael White on nursing standards
1-Nov-2007
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Simon Stevens on choice and midwifery
1-Nov-2007
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Dave Lee on mental health stigma
29-Oct-2007
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Andrew Castle on improving procurement processes
26-Oct-2007
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Anna Donald on healthcare in Australia
25-Oct-2007
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Media Watch: Cornwall trust achieves YouTube fame
25-Oct-2007
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Michael White on getting tough on obesity
25-Oct-2007
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Your Humble Servant: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
25-Oct-2007
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David Amos on the Wanless report
22-Oct-2007
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Kate Silvester on managing staff, not parenting them
22-Oct-2007
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Sophia Christie on collective commissioning
22-Oct-2007
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Emma Dent goes round the houses
18-Oct-2007
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Junior doctors face a difficult job market
18-Oct-2007
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Media Watch: Rose Gibb special
18-Oct-2007
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Michael White on managers and motivation
18-Oct-2007
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Helen Bevan on personal assistant power
15-Oct-2007
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Media Watch: an odd week in politics
11-Oct-2007
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Michael White on Brown's bottler government
11-Oct-2007
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Simon Stevens on the spending review's hidden shallows
11-Oct-2007
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Your Humble Servant: the dreaded healthcheck
11-Oct-2007
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Paul Jennings on measuring clinicians
8-Oct-2007
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Emma Dent gets diagnosed
4-Oct-2007
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on connecting with the boss
4-Oct-2007
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Media Watch: GP contracts and doctored photos
4-Oct-2007
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Michael White on the shadow health secretary
4-Oct-2007
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Maggie Rae on local leadership
1-Oct-2007
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Andrew Castle on innovation in obstetrics
28-Sep-2007
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Media Watch: for and against healthcare privatisation
27-Sep-2007
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Michael White on this year's Labour conference
27-Sep-2007
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Noel Plumridge on lessons from Northern Rock
27-Sep-2007
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Your Humble Servant on nurses and news from planet Monitor
26-Sep-2007
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Dave Lee on Darzi's tour
24-Sep-2007
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Michael White on the conference season
24-Sep-2007
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Emma Dent at the dentist
20-Sep-2007
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Media Watch: breaking the habit
20-Sep-2007
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Michael White on panic politics
20-Sep-2007
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Sophia Christie on facing up to diversity
20-Sep-2007
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Your Humble Servant: do as I say
20-Sep-2007
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David Amos on the case for change
17-Sep-2007
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Your Humble Servant: Hamish Meldrum on the GP stall
13-Sep-2007
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Emma Dent gets wheels
6-Sep-2007
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Alan Maynard on medical safety
3-Sep-2007
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Frank Burns on championing the champions
3-Sep-2007
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Lyn Whitfield on information creep
3-Sep-2007
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Paul Robinson on double standards
3-Sep-2007
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Shak Gohir on new media
3-Sep-2007
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Your Humble Servant: The Darzi Ultimatum
31-Aug-2007
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Andrew Castle on the perfect process
28-Aug-2007
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Your Humble Servant: do as I say
16-Aug-2007
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David Lee on encouraging honesty
13-Aug-2007
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Emma Dent
9-Aug-2007
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Paul Walley on a common ritual
6-Aug-2007
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Andrew Castle on effective procurement
2-Jul-2007
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Ruth Hussey on improvement through inspection
2-Jul-2007
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Kate Silvester on tackling the 18-week target
25-Jun-2007
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Your Humble Servant: the Confed conference
21-Jun-2007
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Andrew Castle on questioning the status quo
21-May-2007
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Andrew Castle: Listening to ideas
12-Apr-2007
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Emma Dent
22-Feb-2007
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Will is the way to win the patient safety war
22-Feb-2007
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Andrew Castle on root causes
15-Jan-2007
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Come back, bowler brigade, all is forgiven
1-Jan-2007
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Gill Morgan on believing in the NHS
1-Jan-2007
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Helen Bevan on a life-saving campaign
1-Jan-2007
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Laura Donnelly on thoughts at last orders
1-Jan-2007
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Listen and learn: keys to good commissioning
1-Jan-2007
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Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on succession planning
1-Jan-2007
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Managers must dig deep for new skill set
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: all-night surgery
1-Jan-2007
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Media watch: C difficile in Norfolk
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: doctor MoTs
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: drug company's promise
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: earnings cap
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: earnings cap
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: Granger leaves
1-Jan-2007
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Media watch: hospital phone charges
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: junior doctors
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: NHS meddling
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: 'NHS penpushers'
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: nurses protest
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: Patricia Hewitt
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: pay-offs
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: public health pay-off
1-Jan-2007
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Media Watch: working for free
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on consultants
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on hospital infections
1-Jan-2007
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Michael white on patient involvement
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on policy leaks
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on the budget
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on the 'demise' of nursing
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on the IT programme
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on the Mental Health Bill
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on the pay round
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on the Welsh NHS
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White on YouTube politics
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White: change in the NHS
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White: junior doctors
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White: maternity woes
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White: media spin
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White: parliamentary deadlock
1-Jan-2007
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Michael White: the IT programme
1-Jan-2007
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Mike White on the Lords
1-Jan-2007
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Noel Plumridge on the cost of a day's work
1-Jan-2007
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Noel Plumridge on the future of PbR
1-Jan-2007
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Patients' big chance to call the shots
1-Jan-2007
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Simon Stevens on Brown's opening salvo
1-Jan-2007
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Simon Stevens on five ideas to innovate
1-Jan-2007
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Sophia Christie on lessons from Sweden
1-Jan-2007
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Gail Richards on local area agreements
4-Dec-2006
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Frank Burns on collective failure
4-Dec-2006
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Dave Lee on listening to complaints
6-Nov-2006
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Your Humble Servant: non-executive joy
6-Nov-2006
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Gail Richards on community cohesion
30-Oct-2006
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Emma Dent on warding off germs
30-Oct-2006
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Andrew Castle on measuring performance
25-Oct-2006
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Andrew Jones on financial influence
19-Oct-2006
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Deborah O'Dea on good employers
12-Oct-2006
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Emma Dent on slim pickings
5-Oct-2006
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Emma Dent on summer
10-Aug-2006
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Helen Bevan on US public health
6-Jan-2005
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Nick Summerton on clinical management
6-Jan-2005
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Succession in medical management
6-Jan-2005
