HSJ Columnists
Shifting care closer to home: slogan or solution?
We must reimagine the wider health and social care system
Health and health services: the next 20 years
The winning Finnamore F20 essay on the future of healthcare
New thinking about the future of maternity care
Old assumptions are stopping maternity services from improving
Size vs quality? Examining hospital mergers
Reviewing the evidence into the effectiveness of mergers
OFT may block basket case trust moves
If there are flaws in the OFT’s arguments, will the DH be prepared to say so?
Your Humble Servant: family knows best
“Everything is essential, dynamic and the answer, until it is replaced”
Hunt's head is in the Risk Clouds
The health secretary has a novel way of dealing with his daily crises
Regulating managers is the wrong response to Mid Staffs
Poor managers are a symptom of a poorly governed system
Clinical research can improve health and wealth
Research projects can improve hospitals’ finances and treatment
Community care should be the NHS's first option
Community FTs are crucial to the mandate’s aspirations
Commissioning board makes its move
Is the board’s rejection of the CCG funding formula a declaration of independence?
Michael White: escalation in healthcare's culture wars
The Francis inquiry has riled the public and private sectors
The profitable prize behind pension reform
Radical changes to pensions enable the government’s goal for the NHS
Staff should be protected from 'never events'
The safety of healthcare workers should also be a factor on the never events list
Transforming primary care: let's start with the basics
Improving primary care is key to meeting demand for better NHS services
Your Humble Servant
Your Humble Servant: family knows best
“Everything is essential, dynamic and the answer, until it is replaced”
Your Humble Servant: heroic failure
“We both know that the only way Monitor will pass us is if we treat a lot fewer patients, with even fewer staff and minimal kit”





