All McKinsey articles – Page 8
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Anna Donald on turning cogs in a blancmange
'Most doctors would struggle to conceive of a hospital in anything other than descriptive terms'
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The age of uncertainty: new Audit Commission chair speaks out
New Audit Commission chair Michael O'Higgins has a lot on his plate as he waits for the health regulatory review and oversees the transition to a new inspection era ushered in by the local government white paper
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Exclusive: PCT fitness bill hits £6.5m
The primary care trust fitness for purpose programme cost the Department of Health £6.5m, HSJhas learned.
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Nicolaus Henke on Michael Porter's partial answer
The Harvard Business School guru's book Redefining Healthcareis a fascinating but flawed study of reform from which the NHS could learn, says McKinsey's head of global health systems
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Power to close NHS organisations gives super-regulator super-teeth
A long delay can create its own sense of drama - such is the case with the regulatory review which has been promised for the best part of a year and gone through various drafts (including a complete overhaul by McKinsey). In the event, the result published this week makes ...
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Joint health and social care regulation body delayed as plans are left out of Queen's Speech
The merger of the health and social care inspectorates looks set to be delayed by at least six months following the absence of a bill to implement it in the Queen's Speech.
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The new economics
Treating individual services as profit-and-loss units promises to transform financial management and clinical engagement. With plans imminent for foundation trusts, Monitor chair Bill Moyes puts the case for a fresh approach
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Turnaround consultants
I am sure Malcolm Lowe-Lauri's opinion column on management consultants must have struck a chord with PCT colleagues who have been subjected to the turnaround process in recent months (page 17, 5 October). Although the consultants input has been valuable in some areas the benefits were not apparent in many ...
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Your Humble Servant: regime change
‘We need to start stockpiling resources for a long fight now. We have started buying up poster sites and newspaper advertising space to deny it to the opposition.’
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PCT chief questions value of competency assessments
A primary care trust chief executive has given a 'warts and all' account of the fitness for purpose programme now about to launch into its third wave, demanding to know whether it is value for money.
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Comment: Keeping afloat in a topsy-turvy market
'Central and Greater Derby primary care trust deserve congratulation for innovating in a way that promises to improve the quality of services.'
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McKinsey accused of unfair advantage on commissioning
Companies bidding to win a place on the government's list of approved commissioning support suppliers are questioning whether rival bidder McKinsey has been given an unfair advantage.
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McKinsey bid: controversy but no scandal
'The suspicion will be that the people who shaped the market will profit from its creation'
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McKinsey 'PCT support' bid sparks conflict-of-interest row
Management consultants McKinsey are bidding for a place on the government's controversial list of approved primary care trust commissioning support suppliers.
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Divide and rule plans for DoH
EXCLUSIVE Provision and commissioning to split as top civil servants' 'fitness' is reviewed
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Divide and rule plans for DoH
EXCLUSIVE Provision and commissioning to split as top civil servants' 'fitness' is reviewed
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Chelsea Clinton shows her independence at Monitor
MAGESHSJ EXCLUSIVE Two-thirds of the regulator's expenditure spent on consultants McKinsey