Comment archive – Page 299
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CommentCompetition: waiting for that green light
We need to move the debate on from whether or not competition actually works
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CommentMichael White: the Savile fallout begins now
My tabloid friends insist Jimmy proved too cunning, too litigious, too famous to nail
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CommentReaders' letters - 18 October 2012
Private patient units will be an important contributor to NHS trusts’ balance sheets
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CommentSally Gainsbury: tariff twister
Everyone knows which NHS hospitals are the most powerful, right?
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LeaderEaston’s move stokes debate on private sector’s value to NHS
Should Jim Easton be censured for taking a job at Care UK?
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CommentFace the facts on closures
If we don’t share performance information with the public, it is hard to avoid “cuts” branding
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CommentIrresponsible, or a breath of fresh air?
Asda is making it easier to get a blue inhaler by cutting out the GP
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CommentThere is a Plan B after all
Public sector employment could be part of the solution to our economic woes, argues Noel Plumridge
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CommentStephen Eames: successful acquisitions
These laudable aims often act as a fig leaf for cost cutting - remember the old fable about Greeks bearing gifts
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LeaderMaking integration happen
Integration will be as important as competition, Jeremy Hunt has declared
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LeaderThe alternative to centralisation
In rural areas a different set of solutions to care delivery are being explored
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CommentMedia Watch: cuts, porridge and pigeons
There was a mixed bag of health stories across the nationals on Monday
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CommentReaders' letters - 11 October 2012
Critics of the Manchester maternity review are in denial, says Leila Williams of NHS Greater Manchester
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CommentHow Hunt stole the PM's thunder
Jeremy Hunt ‘s abortion row stymied Cameron’s soothing NHS words
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CommentWhat’s at the heart of integrated care?
We need to agree on what integration means to have any chance of actually providing it
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CommentSally Gainsbury: a new metaphor
Health service chief executives have been fond of likening the balancing of the NHS books to landing a jumbo jet on a postage stamp.
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CommentThe many shades of grey
Health evidence is often unclear, so decisions have to be made with a large degree of uncertainty
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CommentThe information revolution
Putting most statistics we hold in the NHS into the public domain will unquestionably drive change
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CommentMedia Watch: shocking states and landmark dates
Sir David declares a board focused on quality
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LeaderWe must resist the siren voices to achieve pay reform
Pay reform in the NHS requires the wisdom of Solomon