External contributors – Page 311
-
Comment
Raj Persaud: Mind games
If we get too good at explaining away our failures then maybe there is little motivation to succeed
-
Comment
Your Humble Servant: grand theft NHS
Dear Don‘Bullies who threaten NHS staff will be shown the red card’ press release from the DoH finally confirms what we have suspected since February.
-
Comment
David Woodhead on public health
'Vicky was patronised by health professionals unwilling to listen to her views or take note of her experiences'
-
Comment
HSJ Barometer: PCT chief executives, August 2006
There were falls across all but one of the confidence indicators
-
Comment
Maternity services are everyone's baby
Labour's most recent election manifesto promised that by 2009 all women would have choice on where and how they have their baby.
-
Comment
Simon Stevens on the case for independence
It now seems likely that, regardless of political party, our next prime minister will toy with some version of 'independence' for the NHS. Independence for the Bank of England is seen as one of the government's more important reforms, so an NHS parallel could resonate. And shadow health secretary Andrew ...
-
Comment
Much-needed campaign brought cheer in the midst of gloom
'Andy Burnham makes some thoughtful points about how managers can improve their own publicity'
-
Comment
Petitions can a play role in local engagement
EM Forster famously gave democracy two cheers; the NHS seems rather less enthused.
-
Comment
Hilary Thomas on living with cancer
'Acupuncture and ginger beer have been as effective as any the anti-emetics I've been doling out for years'
-
Comment
Michael White on politics
'The charges problem boils down to a classic dilemma of democratic politics in a market-orientated society'
-
Comment
Media watch
The irony is that 'taking politics out of the NHS' is sure to be mired in political speculation
-
Comment
Data briefing: deficit forecasts, financial reality
The recent quarterly financial report from the Department of Health provides some encouraging signs as the NHS gets to grips with previous years' overspends. But the detail looks patchy.
-
Comment
Simon Stevens on a summer of discontent
'So as we head into TUC and party conference season, by comparison things actually look pretty tame here. Part of the problem is the way international health comparisons are used - and abused.'
-
Comment
Michael White on politics
'There's no point replacing meddling by national politicians with meddling by local ones.'
-
Comment
Media watch
Even if they do not come up with any new policy, they've got an awful lot of ammunition with which to bombard the government
-
Comment
Healthcheck ratings: tougher test means story must be retold
The Healthcare Commission said it would be a tougher test - and so it has proved. In the first national healthcheck ratings only two dozen organisations were rated excellent for service quality, and even fewer for their use of resources. Only half of NHS organisations met all the core standards, ...