All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 54
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Blogs
Too many chiefs
At the excellent health policy wonkathon (TM: Dr Phil Hammond) that is the Nuffield Trust summit, talk turned to the impending arrival of a chief inspector of hospitals.As night follows day, the delegates then began debating what other areas of the service needed a chief inspector and which members of ...
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Blogs
Double fantasy
End Game has come across a rather confusing account of subversive activity on the site of Lewisham Hospital.The hospital has been the subject of intense debate this year due to plans to downgrade its facilities to help solve financial troubles at neighbouring South London Healthcare Trust.Weirdly named local paper the ...
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Blogs
How PR works
It feels like a long time since we had a horrendously opportunistic press release to marvel at.Maybe the public relations industry is getting the hang of judging the boundaries of taste, or perhaps we’re getting better at hitting “block sender”.Anyway, the drought is over. Within a couple of hours of ...
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Blogs
Scotland's treatment time guarantee shows results
Scotland’s inpatient and daycase waits, which are subject to a legally binding target, improved. Outpatient waits, which aren’t, didn’t.
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CommentCould free Wi-Fi change hospital management?
Social media can provide trusts with valuable real-time data from the public
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CommentNicholson and Dacre are two of an autocratic kind
Sir David was more persuasive on organisational issues than personal ones
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CommentPatients and staff can both promote innovation
Pushing ideas through the NHS from the top hasn’t worked
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Blogs
A Shakespearian story at the top of the NHS
Sir David Nicholson will no doubt be wondering who his friends are and who he can trust as the press clamours for his resignation.
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BlogsInterim NHS managers can relate to Rafael Benitez
Senior NHS managers are now considered like football coaches, no one expects them to be around for very long.
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Comment
NHS productivity: more of the same or more for less?
More thought and action is required to improve
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Blogs
Little known FoI exemptions, from CSU Cassander
This is the latest installment in End Game’s occasional series, in which the ever-resourceful CSU Cassander identifies some little known exemptions to the pesky Freedom of Information Act.Section 66: Archives hauntedSection 71: Information eaten by catsSection 75: NHS will be privatised from 1 AprilSection 84: We’ve always been at war ...
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Blogs
Tory press caught napping
A special End Game hat tip goes to Jayne Morris today, for causing a media ruckus with some harmlessly irrelevant workplace tips.Both the Daily Mail and theDaily Telegraph carried a story this morning referring to Ms Morris as an “NHS ‘life coach’”, and quoting her as saying workers should have ...
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BlogsIs the NHS safe in the hands of the Competition Commission?
The competition authorities must give due consideration to the interests of patients and taxpayers when considering NHS trust mergers.
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CommentThe benefits of taking the NHS brand overseas
We have a golden opportunity to improve care abroad and at home
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BlogsPassion runneth over in the job search
Employers have devalued passion as a word for describing how we feel about work.
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LeaderRewards for CCG leads must be credible
Failing to address the issue of GPs’ pay is not an option
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CommentLondon's commissioners get stuck in
Commissioners involved in major reconfiguration from the start
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Blogs
Little known FoI exemptions, from CSU Cassander
Fed up answering troublesome Freedom of Information requests? Worried that the old “commercial confidentiality” excuse is wearing a bit thin? Don’t worry - help is at hand. In this new occasional series, CSU Cassander points you towards some little known exemptions that can help you get on with your job ...