All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 39
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Blogs
Mugging for the audience
End Game is something of an NHS England board meeting groupie, and thoroughly enjoys travelling the length and breadth of the country so we can watch our heroes being all transparent and yet eerily in agreement about everything.But apart from total consensus on issues of policy, there is another constant ...
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Blogs
Your 18 week waits: July 2013 data
All the local detail on 18 weeks by provider, commissioner and specialty, with interactive maps
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CommentDavid Colin-Thomé: CCGs must exert sovereignty and diplomacy
Dual approach is the best way to achieve their aims
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English waiting list peaking just below 3 million
The English waiting list peaks just below 3 million: the largest reported list size since April 2008. But 18 weeks performance remains steady.
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CommentPredicted wave of tenders refuses to arrive
Lack of TCS tenders is one of many miseries facing commissioners
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CommentWhy independence for directors of public health is so important
The updated role is vital for patient safety
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True grit
End Game invites you to join us in celebrating UnitedHealth UK’s first decade of investment in our humble health sector.The British wing of the US health giant entered the UK market in 2003, probably riding a wave of Alan Milburn-inspired optimism that the time had finally come for efficient, forward ...
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Blogs
Families shouldn't have to do a hospital's job
A friend’s experience in a Spanish hopsital is a warning for the NHS
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Celebrating our glorious NHS
Getting the NHS to its 65th birthday without killing it completely would be a cause of celebration for any government, and joining in with the festivities is surely an easy public relations win for ministers.So End Game was delighted to read the response to a parliamentary question asking what exactly ...
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CommentMichael White: Conferences reveal NHS hopes and fears
Conference season highlights testing times for public sector policy
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Minister for modesty
Dan Poulter, the hirsute-is-too-small-a-word minister, doctor and model, has now been in office for a year.So what has he been up to? We went to his website to check on his achievement map (which regular readers might remember listed seven achievements a few months ago), but found the tool had ...
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CommentStaff equality and patient safety are intrinsically linked
Using lessons in safety to tackle prejudice
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Blogs
Letter from America
A hearty End Game standing ovation goes to former British Medical Journal editor Richard Smith for bringing incredible personal flair to that most mundane of communiques – the “out of office” email.Here’s what a recent automated response said:“Gone to Chicago that city of hammers, meat, graft, bull, and pork to ...
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CommentThe Keogh review holds up a mirror to the NHS
The report makes us reflect on NHS culture and values
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Comment'Care, care, care': a new mantra for the health service
Lessons from Essex’s Who Will Care? commission
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CommentMichael White: Telegraph sting reignites abortion debate
Investigation raises the divisive issue again
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Caroline Clarke: NHS must get better at measuring quality
The service needs to define quality and value
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Blogs
At last: transparency on NHS IT
David Cameron in October promised to free nurses from endless form-filling by giving them all iPads - £100m of iPads to be exact, which (bearing in mind the government’s success in previous health IT procurements) ought to buy at least 10.The PM’s involvement inevitably raised the interest of journalists who ...
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CommentBad plans - not competition rules - are the obstacle to improvement
Rules will keep mergers in check