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Media Watch: retire - then return
The NHS Confederation gained widespread coverage of its report into how much the health service was spending on care for older patients.
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Michael White: a quiet start
Two weeks into his new job and Jeremy Hunt has barely uttered a word in public that I have caught
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The God Delusion
The wellness drive hasn’t won public support because we view the NHS as a national religion
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Sally Gainsbury: conspiracy and coincidence
Could a compromise be in the offing over training budget allocation reforms?
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Lighten the checklist load
How changes to criminal record checks will affect the healthcare profession
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Media Watch: minister for laughs
Anna Soubry bolsters her reputation as the most entertaining new health minister
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Readers' letters - 20 September 2012
CCG authorisation conditions should be framed in a way that helps the new organisations focus on the areas they can reasonably influence, says Matthew Harker
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Talking dirty on healthcare waste
Gary Cohen is on a mission to make the health sector live up to its responsibilities
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'Justifying health priorities will not be easy'
CCGs face tough decisions to prioiritise the right patients
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Noel Plumridge: welcome to unpopularity
This is the world of James Reilly, former GP and now Ireland’s health minister
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Michael White: Hunt's ignorance
Jeremy Hunt’s known positions on health policy are best described as incoherent
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Unions are part of the solution
It’s easy to get drawn into the blame game when it comes to relations with unions
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'We are becoming averse to risk'
Sir Hugh Orde knows all about doing public service in the media spotlight. The former chief constable of Northern Ireland urges leaders to keep taking ‘sensible risks’
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Ali Parsa on risk and reward
Sir Hugh Orde’s analysis of risk aversion as a major challenge facing service providers is profound.
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Putting the quality back into QIPP
Pursuing value could be the right step towards transforming the NHS
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The healthcare arms race
It is blinkered to assume the best innovations come from developed nations