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Readers' letters - 15 November 2012
The government needs to review many unresolved issues around NHS 111 before rushing through a national rollout, writes Ron McDaniel
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CommentMichael White: Sir David doesn't blink
The NHS chief executive sails on like Captain Ahab in pursuit of Moby Dick
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CommentIt's time to rethink payment by results
The landscape has changed, and with it so should the tariff system
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CommentCroydon's finance crisis is not incredible
The £22m black hole is less mysterious given prevailing cultures
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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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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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CommentDoctors' discipline needs an overhaul
Maintaining High Professional Standards is failing patients, doctors and employers
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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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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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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