Sally Gainsbury
HSJ's news editor
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Blog Posts (15)
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Spending Review conspiracies
Has the evil Treasury swiped £2.8bn from the NHS’s 2010-11 baseline?
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Will the bean counters kill PBC?
£1.2bn reasons to wonder if they’ve done so already
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In response to relatively popular demand
Why does it matter if GPs can earn interest from their “hard cash”?
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Bed pans and dangerous dogs
Loose talk on FT and SoS freedoms
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Lansley’s devil is in his detail
It’s a policy: real terms cuts to NHS pay
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Comments (11)
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Comment on: Sally Gainsbury: PROMs prove McKinsey right - nearly
Hi Piushkumar. I based my guestimate on the length of stay for a patient whose procedure (by definition?) had not gone well on the LoS data published in NHS reference costs and available here (see the TEI tab in the trust cost schedules): http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_123459 For hip and knee ELECTIVEs, the av LoS is between 4 and 16 days (for many procedure types, it is around the 6-8 day mark). Groin hernia and v veins slightly harder to distinguish from the ref costs, but NHS Info Centre tells me the trim point for electives is between 5 and 16 days. Thanks Sally
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Comment on: NHS underspends under the microscope
Anonymous 9:44 am: Pls do contact the news desk to tell us more: 07989 560637
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Comment on: Minimal funding increase for NHS in spending review
Hi, I've blogged why we DON'T think the Treasury has fiddled the baseline, this time: http://www.hsj.co.uk/spending-review-conspiracies/5020786.blog
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Comment on: London SHA chair resigns
Second NED just gone now: http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/policy/second-london-sha-board-member-resigns/5015295.article Watch for more, we're told...
