All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 55
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Bunga-blunder
Twitter has provided a little nugget of proof that the old order of strategic health authorities – among other things – is now disintegrating in real time before our eyes.Tweeting from a Reform event on “healthy innovation”, Robert Harris said he had asked the chief executive of private provider and ...
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BlogsNHS leaders of the future: more Thatcher or Nyborg?
NHS leaders could do worse than taking notes from Borgen prime minister Birgitte Nyborg on building alliances with others and finding unlikely common causes, says Chris Ham
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CommentNicholson does not deserve the Mail's vilification
The paper is set on forcing the NHS chief out of his job
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The Soubry channel
It’s the Friday before the Oscars which can only mean one thing: another moving picture from those prolific film makers at Richmond House.Last week we were treated to a film about any qualified provider. This week health minister Anna Soubry shows off the skills which once landed her a gig ...
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Hospital inflicted virus
University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust have been so overwhelmed by the positive feedback they’ve had from patients that they felt moved to produce a video about it.“Viral video launch”, a press release proclaims. End Game humbly submits that might be a little presumptuous, since it’s not up to ...
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BlogsHarkness Fellows: expect the unexpected
In the first blog from the 2012-13 Harkness Fellows, Julia Murphy reflects on the first few months of her fellowship and her impressions of the US healthcare system
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CommentCollaboration will improve the ambulance service
NHS and private companies can together create a better service
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King's Fund 'boffin' in tabloid promotion shocker
Fame at last for the King’s Fund’s esteemed chief economist John Appleby.The Irish Sun has run a short piece based on Professor Appleby’s findings that 40 per cent of girls born in Ireland in 2013 would live to be 100. The figure will hit 60 per cent of girls born ...
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CommentShould David Nicholson stay or should he go?
Roger Kline examines both sides of the argument
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CommentWe should all join Burnham's debate on integrated care
Key decisions on fusing health and social care cannot wait
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CommentCompetition authorities take their positions
The CCP and OFT could have a major influence on NHS mergers
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The NHS should aim higher than "don't be evil"
“Do no evil” seems a very modest ambition, but it’s one banks and multinationals have struggled to live up to. Surely the NHS can be better than this?
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CommentMichael White: some hospitals are too big too fail
Peterborough’s financial shambles shouldn’t be forgotten
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CommentIn defence of David Nicholson
It is essential Sir David stays to handle the NHS’s current transition
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BlogsThe perfect storm for NHS management?
Events are bringing about a perfect storm for confidence, trust and leadership
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Putting on wait: English waiting list looking big
Some waiting times figures got a bit better in December, some a bit worse. But the size of the waiting list is starting to look worryingly big.
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CommentCo-payments undermine the NHS's claim to be 'free'
NHS care is not “free at the point of delivery” for patients’ relatives
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An NHS love story
In which the NHS is the woman, a man with the trousers on his head is the private sector and government policy is the magic spell designed to open up the NHS.
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Clearing up confusion on commissioning
Clearing up some confusion about commissioning, and a cautionary tale about public sector cooperation with the private sector.