
Sally Gainsbury
Sally Gainsbury is senior policy analyst at the Nuffield Trust. She was previously news editor at HSJ.
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- sally.gainsbury@ft.com
CommentThe seemingly fair principle that is driving NHS inequality
Co-authors Sally Gainsbury and Polly Mitchell highlight the need to tackle the “first come, first served” reality in the health service.
CommentNot so fast: dealing with activity growth moderation
How can the NHS achieve last month’s order to slow the pace at which activity grows?
SupplementsThe use of temporary clinical staff in the NHS – HSJ workforce investigation main report
The NHS has an urgent need to reduce its £3bn plus dependency on temporary agency staff. This investigation explores the causes and looks for possible solutions
News'We'll struggle to meet pay caps on staff' say trust directors
The planned pay caps will be tough for us to meet, say half the trust directors in our survey
CommentKeep 'em peeled for the many dangers of the CCG surpluses
NHS England’s plan to ask CCGs to withhold funds from hospital providers has worrying ramifications

CommentSally Gainsbury: more financial creativity from the DH
Celebrating healthcare’s most imaginative financial minds

CommentPrepare for the workforce boom
The DH has to face up to 20,000 future unemployed hospital doctors


CommentThe dialectic of foundation trust finances
Why the next FT accounts will be true works of beauty
CommentSally Gainsbury: the disappearing surplus
Other government departments are eyeing the NHS’s “ringfence”

CommentLondon's commissioners get stuck in
Commissioners involved in major reconfiguration from the start
CommentMonitor’s future is in the balance sheet
Francis’ recommendations for Monitor and the CQC were unsurprising
CommentSally Gainsbury: putting a stopper on bungs
The DH and Monitor are in a quandry over EU competition rules
CommentOFT may block basket case trust moves
If there are flaws in the OFT’s arguments, will the DH be prepared to say so?
CommentSally Gainsbury: Gilding the NHS settlement lily
Paul Baumann may struggle to spread some seasonal cheer to CCGs
CommentSally Gainsbury: cold comfort from 'reassurance'
The government’s “assurances” need looking at closely












