All articles by Alastair McLellan – Page 31
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LeaderIs scrutiny of care poorer the further you are from London?
Scrutiny of care should not be impacted upon by geography.
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LeaderTough choices await CCGs hoping to reverse GP referral trend
Time is short for CCGs and practices to collaborate.
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LeaderStability trumps choice in the birth of commissioning support
Commissioning board is singing a different tune on CSSs.
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LeaderWhy so many vacancies? Time to stop the NHS talent drain
Is the NHS heading for a leadership crisis?
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LeaderSouth London’s ‘failure’ leaves the big questions unanswered
Govt has sent a warning shot to struggling trusts.
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LeaderLeaders can help detoxify the BMA strike
The strike’s real threat is to relationships in the NHS.
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NewsLansley expects 'nearly all' CCGs to be authorised by deadline
Andrew Lansley has declared that he expects to see close to 100 per cent of clinical commissioning groups fully authorised by next April.
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NewsGPs 'absurd' to walk away from CCGs over pensions
Andrew Lansley has claimed it would be “absurd” for GPs to walk away from clinical commissioning groups because they were angry over the government’s refusal to improve its pension offer.
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LeaderCan light-touch Lansley really avoid the toughest decisions?
Alastair McLellan interviews the health secretary.
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News'Budget for health' to set out future ambitions
Andrew Lansley hopes to establish an annual “budget for health” which will become the parliamentary set piece debate on the service.
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NewsLansley: management cuts to slow after 2012
Aggressive cost saving will mean new NHS organisations will not have to make further deep cuts in management and administration spending from next year, Andrew Lansley has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsMid Staffs recommendations unlikely to clash with policy
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has told HSJ that he is “confident” most of the recommendations of the inquiry into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust will be “delivered within the legislative framework we’ve got”.
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LeaderPublic engagement with service information is key test of choice
HSJ editor Alastair McLellan’s leader.
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LeaderWe should expect more questions than answers from good leaders
Health leaders will need to adopt a new style.
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LeaderThe data debate needs a dose of pragmatism
Things could quickly turn sour despite best intentions of data-sharing plans.
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LeaderGPs vs MPs: the ‘new’ battle ground for a redesigned NHS
Will reconfiguration be any different this time around?
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LeaderHow many care scandals are we missing as reform rolls on?
Reforms’ upheaval threatens care quality and safety.