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Tag: NHS reforms

Martin McShane: One small step

July 29, 2011

Back in May 2010 the professional executive committee and NHS Lincolnshire board agreed to delegate the management of the minor surgery local enhanced service to the practice based commissioning (PBC) […]

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Martin McShane: Nietzsche and commissioning

July 25, 2011

As part of the development of our Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) the seven GP CCG chairs now have a place at the NHS Lincolnshire Board meetings.  The agenda was not […]

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Kailash Chand: The Health and Social Care Bill remains flawed and unpopular

June 22, 2011

The government has set out its stall in detail on the changes it will make to the Health and Social Care Bill. Many of the BMA’s concerns were addressed by […]

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Douglas Noble on reforming the reforms

June 21, 2011

The pause ended in dramatic fashion last week with the publication of the NHS Future Forum’s recommendations.  Most interesting was the orthopaedic surgeon at Guys Hospital who confronted the prime […]

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Richard Smith: The NHS debate – missing most of what matters

June 21, 2011

I’ve stayed out of the NHS debate. These days I spend lots of time in countries like Bangladesh, Kenya, and Guatemala, and viewed from those countries – where health workers and […]

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Martin McShane: Appeasement

June 16, 2011

The changes the government is proposing in response to the NHS Future Forum might satisfy most of the people for some of the time but their implementation immediately struck me […]

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Edward Davies: NHS Reforms – be careful what you wish for

June 9, 2011

David Cameron’s speech on NHS reform this week should have marked a substantial victory for doctors’ leaders. In recent months they have been even more outspoken than usual in their […]

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Peter Davies: Is it time to scrap the primary-secondary care divide?

June 7, 2011

Suppose a pathologist was to say, “Because I am not a GP I do not belong here.” Or a GP was to say, “Because I am not a cardio-thoracic surgeon […]

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Martin McShane: No rules

May 31, 2011

I read the King’s fund paper on management in the NHS. It should be read widely. Some politicians and professionals understand that successful organisations have good management. Some even understand […]

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Annabel Ferriman: What a way to decide the future of the NHS

May 20, 2011

Suddenly Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s proposals to “reform” the NHS look safe. For more than nine months, since the publication of Liberating the NHS last July, doctors, nurses, think tanks, […]

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