Leader – Page 18
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LeaderThe fairness debate will put health back on the front pages
The health sector’s low profile won’t last long.
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LeaderThe DH continues to dance around the issue of CCG freedoms
What will CCGs do with their “assumed liberty”?
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LeaderAgenda for Change was built for a feast. How will it cope with famine?
This year’s Budget puts the squeeze on pay.
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LeaderCommissioning board mandate must set out a clear vision
CCGs should be wary about what comes next.
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LeaderNew NHS system threatens a tsunami of hospital mergers
A wave of reconfiguration is on the horizon.
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LeaderLeaders must now give the NHS a sense of endeavour and purpose
Looking on the bright side of the bill can bring about positive change.
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LeaderHSJ…more for healthcare leaders
One thing unites HSJ readers, whether they have a clinical or non-clinical background, work in the NHS or provide services from the private sector: they are all leaders.
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LeaderExperienced GPs and managers can give CCGs the best start
Commissioning will, at first, need experience at the helm.
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LeaderOut of CSS failure will come a ready-made market
How important is it that CSSs are set up along commercial lines?
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LeaderThe fate of unsustainable services is back in the hands of the centre
Alastair McLellan’s editorial.
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LeaderFailure to limit expectations is blighting NHS regulation
Did Cynthia Bower fail to control the expectations of her commission?
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LeaderThe Health Bill plan B is dead, but plan C lives on
David Cameron has made passing the Health Bill a matter of confidence – making it close to impossible the legislation will fail. We now need to ask what kind of bill will be passed and what will happen afterwards.
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LeaderDoes the government really have a Plan B for NHS reform?
As the Health Bill staggers through the House of Lords and opposition grows to it in a daily basis, the question is reasonably asked whether the government has a Plan B.
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LeaderGovernment won't enjoy efficiency gained from public sector borrowing
Can efficiency be achieved through increased public spending?
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LeaderCameron's comparison to Blair only highlights the differences
Miliband uses HSJ’s joint editorial to challenge Cameron over reform.
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LeaderThe NHS deserves a better, more open debate over health reform
The Health Bill enters the crucial report stage in the House of Lords next week amid huge controversy. To mark this, the BMJ, HSJ and Nursing Times have, for the first time, cooperated to publish the same editorial.
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LeaderA weak private sector is bad news for the NHS
The future for the private hospital sector is not a pretty one, as our exclusive analysis of Laing and Buisson’s authoritative annual market review reveals, and this conclusion prompts two questions.
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LeaderThe complexity of competition rules creates confusion and risk
Those who worry about the commercialisation of services for NHS patients often point to problems created by privatised utilities or the unholy mess that is the West’s banking sector.