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The importance of trust
If there’s one issue that will be the touchstone for success during 2010 it has to be trust.
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Mutual appreciation society
Mutualism is the latest public sector reform craze, with all three parties talking it up. Could it work in healthcare?
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Tantalos a l’americaine, wellness incentives and (no end to?) medical underwriting
wellness incentives can be a useful part of prevention strategies, but proposals in the current health reform bills threaten to undermine affordability of care
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'Spending on the health service was to rise to the European average'
On 16th January 2000 Tony Blair was interviewed by Sir David Frost. In what was described as the most expensive breakfast in British history, the PM announced that spending on the health service in the UK would rise, over five years, to the European average.
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The next NHS chief executive?
The list of potential candidates for the chief executive of an independent NHS board has just got longer
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BlogsPreparing to roar like lions
Preparing evidence for the DH’s Co-Operation and Competition Panel
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Targets are here to stay
The Tories have, inevitably, confirmed they would set central targets for health
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A royal pain in the bahooka!
I was going to write something witty and Christmassy in this blog but due to a temporary loss of wit on Monday this hasn’t been possible
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Good to Great
Andy Burnham’s vision for the NHS for the next 5 years - preventative, people-centred, productive. Oh, and computers….
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The reality of future challenges
A recent seminar with a group of non-executive directors to discuss dysfunctional boards and corporate failure demonstrated how grounded they are about future challenges facing the NHS and their organisations.
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Does the NHS need management consultants?
As NHS management expenditure tightens, management consultancy costs are in the spotlight. Over the past period, the NHS has been big business for the consultancy industry. Whilst management consultants have made a significant contribution to NHS transformation, there have been many situations where the NHS investment in consultancy has not ...
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On coaching and interference
I’m part way through a coaching qualification. I’m learning a lot about others, but a whole lot more about myself! I’m not going to get into definitions of coaching, counselling and mentoring (that’s another whole blog on its own) but one of the fundamentals is that the agenda needs to ...
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'Adams was convicted for prescription fraud'
John Bodkin Adams was responsible for a new concept in medical management - “doing a Bodkin”.
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Is the US ready for evidence based care?
What does the controversy about mammography screening tell us?
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Young's departure exposes cracks in the system
The rows in the last few days over regulation, death rates and patient safety, culminating in the resignation of Care Quality Commission chair Barbara Young, are a public display of dysfunction by some of the most powerful organisations in healthcare.
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Chickens come home to roost
Finally those of us tired of the tedious, high level, generic, tick box exercises that are averaged out into star ratings are vindicated.
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'Clark received the first total replacement of an artificial heart'
On 1 December 1982, a snowy night in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dr Barney Clark’s heart was giving out and he was moved up the operating list to receive the first total replacement of an artificial heart in an emergency all night operation.