External contributors – Page 183
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A research engine could drive the NHS to lead the world
Through more open data sharing and by driving clinical trials the NHS can again be the ‘envy of the world’
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Readers' letters - 6 December 2012
Support for Jeremy Hunt’s “technology revolution”, and an assertion that NHS providers are better placed than independent ones to provide integrated secure services
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We must beat our hospital addiction
Fresh thinking is needed to avoid a social care funding crisis, says Lord Warner
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CCG budgets: Challenging or naive?
Many CCG leaders are approaching important issues with a novel or naive attitude
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Hunt picks out a worthy target
The health secretary is modelling himself on Michael Gove and Einstein
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How to make integration work
Achieving the health secretary’s “holy grail” of integrated care requires big changes
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Hunt should remove workforce straitjackets
To improve quality we need transformational approaches
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Sally Gainsbury: cold comfort from 'reassurance'
The government’s “assurances” need looking at closely
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Michael White: what would Labour do?
Liz Kendall gave a glimpse of what the opposition would do in power
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Labour's vision of 21st century care
Liz Kendall outlines the approach Labour would take to NHS reform
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Is the government doing enough?
Experienced leaders will have to prevent cracks in the system as the NHS changes
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Local action can resolve concerns over doctors' behaviour
“Light touch” intervention can help manage concerns
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History shows the health benefits of a smoking tax
The chancellor could boost public health and finances
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A change is going to come
This is your chance to join the first ever NHS Change Day and make a difference
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Michael White: An old localism dilemma
How to square localism with the postcode lottery is a familiar problem
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How treatment centres have driven competition
An Institute for Fiscal Studies report makes interesting reading
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CCG managers must make sense of evidence
Getting to grips with evidence is a skill that will take time to develop
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The NHS mandate: liberation or ligature?
The freedom promised sounds good but how much is really on offer?
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Standards suffer when children's services are fragmented
Disparate children’s services need an urgent review
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Sally Gainsbury: calculating the cost of mental health
The answer is £334, not 42, according to new reference costs