External contributors – Page 200
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CommentMedia Watch: green fingers could help push figures into the red
Health policy in the media this week.
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CommentReaders' letters – 31 May 2012
Information strategy leaves a gap between rhetoric and reality; and a sore point on nurse registration.
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CommentPatient preferences matter: another call for doctors to change
Do clinicians really know what patients want?
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Comment'It is within leaders' power to make things better'
Professor Chris Ham on leadership for engagment.
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CommentMichael White: will information strategy deliver on its promise?
And will it bring healthcare IT into the 21st centrury?
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CommentWait control: a new system for better waiting list management
Waiting times expert Rob Findlay on better patient tracking lists.
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CommentCommissioning outcomes framework will enable meaningful quality improvement
The framework will help organisations prioritise performance issues.
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Comment'The NHS needs strong leadership at all levels'
Skilled and confident leaders are vital in helping the NHS overcome the challenges it faces, writes Institute of Leadership and Management chief executive Charles Elvin.
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CommentMedia Watch: rare agreement on good policy move
The Department of Health sold its NHS information strategy to the national press with the promise of patients being able to book GP appointments online.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: immigrants don't hurt the NHS; dentists do
Is NHS Protect targeting low-hanging fruit?
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CommentMichael White: gap between Lansley and nurses threatens to grow
Voting for extreme parties could happen here if patience runs out.
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Comment'Lansley is right to say that age trumps poverty'
Health secretary is bidding to meet the core prinicples of the NHS.
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CommentMedia Watch: RCN congress sparks raft of health warnings
Health policy in the news this week.
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Comment'A culture shift can help reduce prescription wastage'
Patient involvement is paramount to prescription policy.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: in the savings equation, the answer is always QIPP
Where will 2011-12 savings end up?
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CommentReaders' letters - 17 May 2012
How advoates can improve clinical engagement, and why the veto on publishing the risk register is a threat to patient safety
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CommentWill economic problems finally fix London health care?
And, can London focus on the future when the present is so tough?