All Opinion and blogs articles – Page 65
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the hidden cost of foundation status
“Working capital arrangement” can be a £20m trap.
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Patients must embrace telehealth too
Embrace innovation, embrace telehealth – is it really that simple? Patients must be on board with their treatment too.
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CommentMichael White: is handy Andy Burnham playing the long game?
Michael White’s health politics column.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: saving £20bn is only half the story
It looks like “four per cent” is here to stay.
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CommentMichael White: bill-bashing Lib Dems may take their own hits in the polls
Michael White’s politics column.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: do not underestimate CCG support organisations
Could we see CSSs regulate CCGs?
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CommentTrust mergers don't guarantee more for less
Mergering healthcare organisations should be viewed with caution, unless there are clear and demonstrable benefits to patient services, says Nuffield Trust chief economist Anita Charlesworth.
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'I've seen how innovation makes a difference from top to bottom'
Forcing through innovative service changes might be met with resistance, but it worked for London’s stroke services, as Pamela Garside can testify first hand.
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CommentMedia Watch: Cameron dishing out the Gove love
The health headlines from across the British media.
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CommentMichael White: despite everything, the health secretary is going nowhere
Lansley the Indispensible?
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Motivation is needed to see clinical commissioning succeed
Many aspects of the Health and Social Care Bill have given rise to heated debate, but one of the most controversial has been the question of whether GPs should have formal statutory responsibility for commissioning.
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CommentMichael White: these are dispiriting and dark days in NHS politics
David Cameron is unlikely to placate all Lib Dem competition concerns.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: forget hospitals, competition will thrive in non-acute services
“There are rich commercial pickings in non-acute care.”
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Charles Alessi: human, dodo or cockroach?
The NHS needs space to grow, not boundaries within which it must stay, says Charles Alessi.
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Norman Warner: will a new Beveridge emerge?
What are the “giant” challenges facing Britain today, and will a new Beveridge emerge to tackle them, asks Norman Warner.
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Stephen Dorrell: re-engineering the care model
The health service has changed but, in comparison to other services and sectors, not enough. There is plenty of room for improvement, says Stephen Dorrell.
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Mark Britnell: open for business
There is still time for the NHS to regain its status as the best health system in the world, argues Mark Britnell.
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Matthew Taylor: mind the gap
We need to close the social aspiration gap, says Matthew Taylor.