Comment archive – Page 328
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CommentWhy wait for the Francis report? Here are 10 things to do now
The key points from an alternative report
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CommentHas payment by results had its day?
King’s Fund report says tariff system is not fit for purpose
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LeaderCCGs face old fears with desire for change
Leaders believe they can make significant improvements in a year
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CommentLet's find the political will to integrate care
The NHS should focus on integration not more fragmentation
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CommentReaders' letters - 8 November 2012
It’s not perfect, by the personal medical services contract offers the flexibility that is eential to delivering tailor-made services. Plus, are mothers and midwives being moved around like pieces in a board game?
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CommentMichael White: MPs anxious to right a wrong
Ed Miliband made a rare leader’s speech on mental health
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CommentDoctors' discipline needs an overhaul
Maintaining High Professional Standards is failing patients, doctors and employers
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CommentRobert Naylor on research
Over the past century, the UK has punched well above its weight in biomedical scientific discovery. Many of these achievements have been driven by leading hospital and university collaborations through a tripartite mission – top quality patient care, excellent education and world class research.The unique nature of the NHS and ...
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CommentReaders' letters - 1 November
Checks in place ensure over-the-counter inhalers are safe; and why is no one holding commissioners to account over abuse in care homes?
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CommentSavile saga could leave health service in a fix
Do hospitals have legal liability for Jimmy Savile’s actions?
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CommentSally Gainsbury: to have and have not
Commissioners dream of stockings bulging with giant recurring uplifts
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LeaderJeremy Hunt: More a Dorrell than a Lansley
The need to assure and reassure is behind the commissioning board’s £12bn budget
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CommentOur own cardiac arrest
Emergency medicine in the UK is facing its biggest challenge since its inception
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CommentMichael White: never say never
We have heard a lot this week about “never events”, which aren’t supposed to happen in the NHS.
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Comment‘The Health Act is a car crash and that’s a shame’
‘Red Tory’ Phillip Blond, the thinker behind the Big Society, talks about how to put it right
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CommentWhistle while you work - if you dare
Whisteblowing is publicly encouraged but privately still a dangerous business
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CommentThe board's first challenges
The commissioning board face difficult times ahead with the weight of expectation heavy
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CommentA fair deal for older people
One of the clearest signs of medical and social progress in the post-NHS era is the leap in life expectancy
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CommentAli Parsa on the big society
Why sell the Big Society when there’s a big crash to deal with?