All articles by Richard Vize – Page 3
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LeaderPragmatism versus populism will prove a tough test for the Tories
Adjudicating on service reconfigurations will prove a tough test for an incoming Tory government.
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LeaderNHS boards are still not getting the message
The latest Dr Foster Intelligence analysis of trusts’ mortality rates contains both good and baffling news.
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Blogs
Why HSJ.co.uk is changing
The imminent move to make HSJ’s website “subscriber only” will help us expand our services.
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LeaderDon’t apologise for executive pay – but you must explain it
Managers’ pay is now under continual scrutiny. This week’s contribution comes from consultancy Hay Group, which has given HSJ an analysis of salary data which it says shows there is no link between pay rises and performance for foundation trust chief executives.
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LeaderOverspends are another reason to move care away from hospital
The revelation in HSJ this week of significant overspends in 33 primary care trusts is a worrying indicator of problems ahead.
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SupplementsHSJ50 2009 - Major Shifts of Power
This year’s HSJ50, the ranking of the 50 most powerful people in NHS management policy and practice in England, again reveals major shifts in who is wielding power.
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LeaderNHS managers are used to abuse but Mike O’Brien’s attack is a new low
The government is attempting to gag NHS managers, to hide from the electorate the true scale of cuts about to hit the health service.
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LeaderFT governance enthusiasm has given way to indifference
The boards of governors for foundation trusts are ailing. HSJ reveals this week that the turnout for governor elections has halved in five years - it started below 50 per cent - and many are uncontested.
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LeaderHospitals are blocking stroke care progress, and patients are bearing the cost
HSJ’s analysis of trusts’ performance on stroke care shows there is a long, long way to go.
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LeaderAndy Burnham’s flawed NHS regime will stifle commissioning ambitions
The row over NHS competition policy played out over the pages of this week’s HSJ goes to the heart of Labour’s leadership of the NHS.
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NewsAndy Burnham stands ground after taking fire on competition rules
Health secretary Andy Burnham has insisted to HSJ that his rewriting of the competition rules will accelerate, not slow, the pace of NHS reform.
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LeaderHard cash makes Tory policy a soft target
As the Conservatives’ policy of handing commissioning cash to GP consortia comes under closer scrutiny, the lack of detailed thinking about how it will work becomes increasingly apparent.
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LeaderTariff cap may limit some trusts’ ability to survive the recession
Concrete evidence of the impact of the collapse of public finances on the health service is beginning to emerge.
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LeaderGP commissioning is turning in its grave
Practice based commissioning is dead. Primary care tsar David Colin-Thomé, unable to find signs of life, has written its death certificate.
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LeaderStars of the health check ratings must not be eclipsed by failures
The annual health check reveals a stronger performance by primary care trusts, but provides worrying signs that improvement in acute trusts has stalled.
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LeaderAndrew Lansley and NHS managers must face hard truths about cuts
The policies which shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley outlined to this week’s Conservative conference are not the answer to the exam question he will be set - save £20bn.
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Blogs
Lansley steps up to bat
The health debate at the Conservative conference failed to hit the process target of starting on time. Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley came into a half full auditorium almost an hour late.
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Blogs
Enter the Tories
The opening to the Conservatives’ conference in Manchester this morning was a strangely diffident affair.
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LeaderSHAs face an uncertain destiny as political friends desert them
Are strategic health authorities staring into the abyss?
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NewsCan the Conservatives mix cutting and caring?
Editor Richard Vize discusses whether the health policies of a Conservative government would deliver the right improvements for the NHS long after the applause of the voters has faded away