External contributors – Page 189
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CommentSocial media for NHS dummies
Be yourself - but never post under the influence. Lisa Rodrigues offers her tips for tweeters
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CommentMichael White: Lansley's pragmatism
Even local Tory MPs prefer a local NHS trust to take over
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CommentPeter Carter: CCGs need nurses’ talents
Nurses are ideally placed to provide a strategic focus on high-quality care
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CommentMedia Watch: Olympic NHS pride dissipates
The admiration following the Olympic opening ceremony has faded rapidly
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CommentSally Gainsbury: designated fallout
CRSs mean a juggling of hot potatoes and the avoidance of avalanches
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CommentThe hard data man’s soft spot
The executive medical director of the NHS Information Centre is an information evangelist but says patients’ stories are as relevant as numbers.
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CommentNeil Churchill: living within our means locally
It’s predicted the NHS will have to learn to live on half its long-term growth rate
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the business of mental health
Delays to the planned mental health tariff will not surprise anyone in the field
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CommentMichael White: Oh, Danny Boyle...
Does global sanctification help the NHS ‘effectiveness’ debate?
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CommentMedia Watch: NHS in the Olympics
Papers have been fervently discussing the Olympic opening ceremony
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CommentReaders' letters - 26 July 2012
Supply and demandYour article, New workforce chief promises staff flexibility, wrongly suggests there has in the past been an “oversupply” of physiotherapists.This is not the case. Short term NHS financial freezes restricted opportunities for new physio graduates for a brief time, prompting cuts of around a third in training places ...
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CommentMichael Rawlins: playing fair on treatments
A few weeks ago, Steve Winyard, head of policy and campaigns at the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), asked to see me.
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CommentMichael White: the ever-shifting 'responsibility' of drink
Action is stifled by a failure to grasp the economics or morality of alcohol.
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CommentThe argument over NHS competition isn't settled yet
How strong is the evidence in support of increased competition in the NHS? The question was raised again last week, with the publication of a paper by the NHS Co-operation and Competition Panel.
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CommentWhy top-up fees are not the answer
Gleeful insurers are rubbing their hands at the prospects opened up by the Health Act.
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CommentReaders' letters – 19 July 2012
The information strategy has put data centre stage – but it is missing vital details on how it will be used; plus, why the voluntary sector is a hidden role
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CommentMichael White: much ado about almost nothing - 0.02pc
The economics of NHS funding are out of joint.