External contributors – Page 196
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CommentCiarán Devane: patients must be able to join the conversation
Ensuring the patient voice is heard.
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CommentEvaluating evidence from integrated care pilots
Is integrated care ready for the mainstream?
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CommentAli Parsa on why collectively we are stronger
Sir Michael Lyons quite rightly picks up on the changing nature of NHS management. This is as much true of the NHS as it is of the wider public and private sectors.
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CommentMatt Tee on closing the deal
In the middle of October 2010, after negotiations stretching long into the night, and following weeks of speculation about how tough the government was going to be with the BBC, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport announced it had hammered out a settlement.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: saving £20bn is only half the story
It looks like “four per cent” is here to stay.
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Comment'The NHS needs to be better at adopting innovation'
Sir Michael Rawlins on the importance of innovating.
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CommentMedia Watch: former trust boss Heatly neatly defends position
Health policy in the news this week.
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Comment'Mandating staffing levels is not the answer to reducing poor care'
Does fewer staff equate to less quality?
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CommentNoel Plumridge: do not underestimate CCG support organisations
Could we see CSSs regulate CCGs?
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CommentMichael White: bill-bashing Lib Dems may take their own hits in the polls
Michael White’s politics column.
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CommentCould an NHS trust be allowed to go bankrupt?
Hospitals in the wrong place at the wrong time are in danger.
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CommentReaders' Letters - 15 March 2012
Taking responsibility, translation costs and correct toilet behaviour.
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CommentTrust mergers don't guarantee more for less
Mergering healthcare organisations should be viewed with caution, unless there are clear and demonstrable benefits to patient services, says Nuffield Trust chief economist Anita Charlesworth.
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CommentClare Gerada: just don't call me 'ballbreaker'
On why leadership is no longer a man’s domain.
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Comment'High volume surgery outcomes suggest there is safety in numbers'
Consultant surgeons Ross Naylor, Michael Wyatt and David Mitchell explain.
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CommentMedia Watch: Cameron dishing out the Gove love
The health headlines from across the British media.
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CommentMichael White: despite everything, the health secretary is going nowhere
Lansley the Indispensible?
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Pathology services a target for cost savings in the East
Pathology is not immune to the need for cost savings affecting all areas of the NHS - nor the pressure from GPs for a better service.