We’ve been having this conversation since at least 1945, said a member of the audience at this week’s Cambridge Health Network meeting on partnerships between the NHS and the private […]
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David Zigmond: “Fixing the NHS is straightforward.” Really?
In an article in the Daily Telegraph, Gerry Robinson tells us that “fixing the NHS is straightforward.” He writes with optimistic alacrity of pragmatic, logistical, data-fuelled managerial devices to sharpen […]
Sam Fosker: The Francis report—applications for the leaders of tomorrow
The main focus of the recent Francis report has been on the implications it has on the clinical and economic management of the NHS, but there are many lessons that […]
Kailash Chand on Section 75 and competition for NHS services
NHS competition is back in the headlines, apparently the subject of more tension within the coalition: “Lib Dem pressure forces Hunt to rewrite NHS regulations,” and “New rules on competition […]
Peter Bailey on the change of culture needed after the Francis report
How could they have behaved like that? It’s inhuman! Reading the Francis report, I was appalled and shamed by the neglect and lack of care to which patients in the […]
Richard Smith: Will entrepreneurs save the NHS?
All the political parties and those at the top of the NHS see an important role for entrepreneurs in the latest version of the health service. Those labouring within the […]
Rob Hampton: Fit for work
In January the government announced the establishment of a new service that will be operational in 2014. While this news seems to have gone under the radar so far, I’m […]
Richard Vize: Can the recommendations of the Francis Inquiry be implemented?
The recommendations of the Francis Inquiry cannot simply be implemented. It is a complicated set of proposals that will create new difficulties and challenges for the medical profession. Doctors need […]
Richard Vize: Andy Burnham’s plans signify profound changes in the way the NHS is structured
With little media attention, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has proposed scrapping clinical commissioning as part of a new round of NHS upheaval if Labour is returned to office. In […]
Richard Smith: A paperless NHS by 2018?
Cognisant of the short time that ministers are in post, Jeremy Hunt, decided when he became Secretary of State of Health, that to make a difference he should have only […]