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CommentDoes the cost of private healthcare exceed the benefit?
There is little doubt that private sector involvement in the NHS can bring benefits to the service, but, argues Ian Greener, the costs of the NHS supporting private healthcare could outweigh the return.
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CommentCommissioning for Social Value: a vision for people, practices and communities
The Public Services Bill 2010 could help healthcare commissioning and procurement deliver wider social benefits to the community than population health, as David Maher and colleagues explain.
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Comment'There is inherent value in high quality outcomes data'
Patient outcomes can provide value no matter what the NHS looks like.
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CommentDavid Kerr: the true value of reform must be defined by patient outcomes
Rather than distracting from the NHS efficiency challenge, the Health Bill could help achieve it, writes David Kerr.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: PFI bailouts are a sign of things to come
Those who are worried that the current top-down reconfiguration of the NHS will be the last of its kind received some good cheer last week, when the seven lucky recipients of its £1.5bn private finance initiative bailout scheme were announced.
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CommentMedia Watch: the NHS money lost in translation
Health took a back seat this week as the news was dominated by atrocities in Syria, the resignation of Chris Huhne and the snow that Media Watch was so sceptical about last week.
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CommentSurrey backs reforms ahead of public health push
Issues of public health past and present have emerged in Surrey and its surrounding area.
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Stroke care in the East of England proving problematic
Providing first class stroke care is problematic in the East of England.
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CommentCan transparency be the most powerful driver of healthcare improvement?
Transparency about performance may be a key precondition for improving service delivery and productivity in healthcare, write Tim Kelsey, Nicolaus Henke and Helen Whately.
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Comment'New insights could help CCGs be clear on population health services'
Learning from medical groups in the US could show the way for CCGs to develop practices that deliver better quality services for their population’s health, suggests Tim Riley.
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CommentMichael White: humility is in short supply despite Lansley's 'climbdown'
It would be good to detect signs of humility and contrition in the healthcare community when the editors of three of the leading trade publications (including this one) launch a “never again” plea for more discussion and less prescriptive dogmatism next time there’s an NHS reorganisation.
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CommentCiarán Devane interview: 'There is a role for top-down control'
As the chief executive of cancer charity MacMillan starts work at the NHS Commissioning Board, he tells HSJ’s news editor Nick Golding that his motivation is to champion the patient.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: tariff reductions aren't the one-size-fits-all solution
Timely as they are, the Commons health committee’s warnings about the NHS’s approach to saving £20bn are nothing new.
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Comment'Engaging GPs is the new year's resolution for clinical commissioning'
Although many CCGs are now up and running, they face a number of challenges that show no sign of abating. Ben Gowland discusses a key priority for his commissioning group.
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CommentMedia Watch: it's beginning to look a lot like winter
Freezing temperatures kept most of the press preoccupied this week. By the time you read this, Britain will probably have entered a mini ice age with Siberian blasts immobilising the country - or at least the readers of the Express.
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CommentOpposition likely for Yorkshire reconfiguration plans
Major service change is not getting any easier in North Yorkshire: plans to close inpatient children’s services at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton are back on the agenda, a press release reveals.
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CommentLondon ambulance service facing new investigation on performance
Difficult times for the London Ambulance Service as it faces a fresh investigation into its performance.
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CommentRedesigning hospital environments can help tackle infection
Controlling healthcare acquired infection requires intelligent hospital design and practices, write Nigel Klein and Vanya Gant.
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Comment'Reconfiguration may do more harm than good'
History warns us that reconfiguration is not the panacea it’s cracked up to be, says Andy McKeon.