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CommentMichael White: NHS spending pledges
Which is the more alarming spectacle: David Cameron and George Osborne promising real term cuts in public expenditure (but not “swingeing” ones) in the coming Parliament? Or Gordon Brown behaving as if he can carry on making new spending pledges for the NHS?
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CommentStephen Eames on NHS merger turkeys
Most evidence of the impact of mergers is mixed and suggests benefits do not always materialise.
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CommentMedia Watch: cancer care pledge
Gordon Brown’s pledge to provide free one-to-one homecare by specialist nurses for cancer patients divided the newspapers.
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CommentJanice Stevens on same sex hospital accommodation
Same sex facilities call for changed attitudes more than new buildings
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CommentNicky Spencer on building a high performing team
Attention on world class organisations, productive services and talent management, together with a natural inclination to safeguard our own roles and careers, could leave a crucial building block neglected: the team.
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CommentThomas Hughes-Hallett on a better place to die
Despite significant improvements in recent years, care of the dying is too often a lower priority than saving lives.
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CommentStephen Thornton on interpreting NHS performance data
Dr Foster’s Hospital Guide was no help to managers and patients - in fact it added to the confusion
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CommentYour Humble Servant: weapons of self-destruction
If GPs would not stop referring patients to hospital, we had to get rid of both.
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CommentMichael White: are the Tories ready?
The Labour government shows plenty of signs of being on its last legs.
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CommentMedia Watch: smoke free future
The promise of government proposals to create a “smoke free future” for the UK provoked a press battle over the nanny state.
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CommentPete Mason on avoiding staff conflict
Staff conflict will be an unavoidable by-product of what promises to be a testing 2010
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CommentPaul Corrigan on Tory policies vs Tory politics
Given what the opinion polls are saying, developing a close understanding of Conservative Party policy for the NHS looks like a worthwhile investment.
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CommentPeter Reeves: a new deal for NHS non-executives
Fresh thinking is needed to help NHS non-executive directors hold their boards to account - and find self-fulfilment
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CommentCally Bann: public health nightmare
Not long to go until February, thank God. The tension created by the last flicks of those New Year resolution scorpion tails is intolerable.
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CommentMMR: it doesn't stand for mild mannered reporting
At the end of this week, the General Medical Council’s case against Andrew Wakefield, the doctor whose Lancet article sparked unfounded fears over a link between the combined measles, mumps and rubella jab and autism, will make its preliminary verdicts on the “facts” of the case.
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CommentMichael White: the four nations of the NHS
The devolved regions have consistently had more money per head from central government but have drawn back from the more radical target driven and choice oriented agenda promoted in England.
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CommentSteve Preston on using social networking to boost your career
By getting yourself known on the web, you can develop key contacts and advance your career.
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CommentCan healthcare spending thaw icy economies?
Health spending represents great value both as a short term economic stimulus and for its long term economic benefits.
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CommentNeil Churchill: advice for managers on giving criticism
As a manager, you are meant to give three pieces of praise for every piece of criticism. That’s the minimum ratio experts believe is effective in encouraging good performance.
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CommentManagers' pay rises and cold weather costs
Managers in Scotland will have taken cover this week, especially from junior nurses, after their salary increases were revealed by the Scottish Liberal Democrats.