All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 45
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Blogs
Lights, camera, inaction
TV’s Undercover Boss is a lesson in management – for all the wrong reasons
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BlogsMy own experience of a report 'cover up'
I was told my report identifying serious concerns at one organisation could not be made public
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Blogs
Tredinnick's pet subject
When the health select committee member and pro-homeopathy campaigner David Tredinnick, prefaces a question with “this may sound a little bit odd”, you know you’re in for a treat.Mr Tredinnick somehow managed steer several minutes of a recent committee evidence session, which was supposed to be about the implementation of ...
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Comment'I'm not in favour of any radical new departures'
Stephen Dorrell assesses the NHS on its 65th anniversary
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CommentWe missed the best opportunity to reform the NHS
Throwing money at the NHS is not enough, says Lord Darzi
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CommentThe NHS and the public both need a culture change
Public health is the NHS’s biggest challenge now
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CommentCosmetic surgery is an ethical dilemma
The grey areas between cosmetic surgery and reconstruction
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Blogs
Incendiary reporting
“SEND FIREMEN ON 999 CALLS INSTEAD OF AMBULANCES,” bellowed a Daily Mail headline.It was in reference to NHS England chief executive Sir David Nicholson’s recent Commons health select committee appearance in which he said he had given thought to the idea of the fire service “supporting paramedics”.A very boring quote ...
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Blogs
There was a light...
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has revealed that he used to really like The Smiths, but has gone off them a bit in recent years.In a weirdly lengthy interview with the Independent (one would think his fomulation of a new top-down reorganisation of the health and care service would be ...
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CommentThe NHS must get serious about mental health
Ignore those who won’t change the service because it’s “too difficult”
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CommentThe NHS is our premier national social asset
The service is bruised but still facing up to many challenges
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CommentThe NHS at 65: not ready to retire
‘The NHS is one of the noblest social institutions any country has ever created’
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CommentMichael White: an end to health tourism?
The government is making hay from plans to charge foreign NHS visitors
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Blogs
Chirpy man
It seems the NHS has been freed from central control to such an extent that it now occupies a mythical realm beyond the constraints of rational thought.It is only natural, post liberation, that we all think carefully about what everyone’s job actually is these days.But health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s deliberations ...
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Blogs
Wicked whispers
End Game has been handed a set of emails showing how Department of Health flacks handled(ish) one of the more recent NHS crises.They made interesting reading, considering how divorced from each other NHS England and the Department of Health are supposed to be post-liberation of the NHS.In one, a Richmond ...
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Blogs
Grabbing the headlines
It was refreshing to see the Foundation Trust Network launching a staunch defence of the Care Quality Commission, amid allegations the regulator was not fit for purpose in the wake of the “cover up” scandal.Lesser interest groups might have reached for the popcorn, sat back and watched as the quality ...
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CommentWill publishing surgeon performance improve outcomes?
Public reporting of clinical performance can have unintended consequences
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Blogs
Collateral damage
Amid the cut and thrust of health policy debate on the internet, spare a thought for those who get caught in the middle. Foremost among the innocent victims must be long suffering Twitter user Mr Benjamin M. A’Lee.Why? Well, with the best will in the world, Mr A’Lee used his ...
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Blogs
The expert patient
Apparently it really is true what they say about the patient being the expert.A recent Care Quality Commission report into West Cumberland Hospital quoted one patient they spoke as saying it had been “marvellous to see a holistic and multi-disciplinary team approach.”End Game firmly condemns wags on Twitter who said ...
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CommentWe need to take better care of NHS staff
Ways to manage morale and distress in the workforce