Andrew Jones
Dr Andrew Jones is group medical director of Nuffield Health and former adviser to the Conservative policy review.
CommentPredictions on the new government's next moves
The future of the largest departmental budget and the second biggest area of government spending after welfare initially boiled down to just 30 words in the government’s initial coalition agreement.
CommentAndrew Jones on the rise of the health consumer
Writing an HSJ opinion column in the last week before the election, should I be defending the policy of Her Majesty’s opposition, claiming interest in my small contribution; should I be defending the interest of the independent sector, which pays my salary; or should I be defending the vested interests ...
CommentAndy Jones on defining NHS quality
The health consumer gets it, Lord Darzi gets it and framed an entire review around it, Sir Bruce Keogh certainly got it during his time as president of the Cardiothoracic Society, and the outgoing chief medical officer has dedicated a working lifetime to it.
CommentAndrew Jones on the politics of wellbeing
Election season is upon us and the aspiring communicator can only watch in awe as the main protagonists wheel out their proven strategists and presenters.
CommentAndrew Jones on healthcare Darwinism
What is the most important book ever written? Most clinicians will refer you to On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
CommentThe credit crunch and public health
The UK economy officially entered recession in January with unemployment levels rapidly climbing to levels not seen since 1997. What no one can predict is where the bottom of this economic crisis resides and exactly what it will mean for public health, writes Andrew Jones
CommentAndrew Jones on a surgical safety innovation
Setting the quality objectives for a health and wellbeing organisation requires a focus on patient safety.
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Andrew Jones on a surgical safety innovation
Setting the quality objectives for a health and wellbeing organisation requires a focus on patient safety.
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Andrew Jones on keeping the NHS afloat
As a clinical leader, I have always known that some skill sets are more suited to following protocols than others - is it better to discover for oneself or accept collective, evidence-based practice? The credit crunch has undoubtedly been a wake-up call.
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Andrew Jones on healthcare in a recession
We might not officially be in recession, but few would doubt the inevitability of a second quarter of negative growth being confirmed by the Office for National Statistics.
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Andrew Jones on achieving quality care
Piloting the NHS towards quality requires robust regulation and inspection, and the DH has already set up overlapping organisations to provide this, presumably with a thinly spread budget. But if Lord Darzi's plan is to be accomplished, it will require action rather than rhetoric, and action requires funding.
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Andrew Jones on the next big shift in healthcare
I often wonder what will drive the next quantum shift in healthcare. If we ran a poll today, world class commissioning or the Darzi review would probably top the list. These ideas are fine, but it seems to me that they represent an incremental nudge rather than a quantum shift.
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Andrew Jones on extending primary care
As I opened the envelope from the British Medical Association, I found myself reflecting on a tumultuous few months. The envelope in question contained a justification of the GPs' committee's negotiating stance on extended hours and a form for voting on enhanced payments options.
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Andrew Jones on screening and strategy
The 60th birthday of the NHS has been talked about for so long that you could be forgiven if, like me, you thought it was going to be last year. 2008 was only a few days old when both party leaders flashed their health policy credentials.
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Andrew Jones on screening and strategy
The 60th birthday of the NHS has been talked about for so long that you could be forgiven if, like me, you thought it was going to be last year. 2008 was only a few days old when both party leaders flashed their health policy credentials.
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Managers could face prosecution without infection control
Healthcare-associated infections are a serious problem in the NHS. It can only be a matter of time before a prosecution is brought against managers and clinicians at a hospital trust, says Andrew Jones
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Andrew Jones on the Pandora's box of GP access
Improved access to family doctors may not be all it is cracked up to be.
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Commissioning: skills for the future
Since commissioning at primary care level offers an unrivalled opportunity to shore up the foundations of the NHS, pitching in is the way ahead, suggests Andrew Jones
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Andrew Jones on which way now?
'I assume in chess terms the ploy was to bewilder the electorate and most senior managers into second guessing the next steps. I have no hidden insights at this point but then I am told the Brown team didn't have many either'