Features

A gentlemen’s agreement, or a gentleman’s excuse-me?

AndyCowper — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:12:18 -0400

A gentlemen’s agreement, or a gentleman’s excuse-me?
Round 4,371 of the BMA-Government row over access to primary care. Seconds out.

Richard Vautrey, David Stout and Michael Dixon discuss what can be done to make progress between the Government and the BMA.

by Andy Cowper

What’s your take-up on technology?

admin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:40:41 -0400

What’s your take-up on technology?

by Paul Vousden, managing director, NHS THOTH

The UK has a poor record of adopting new technology when compared with other European countries. Such reluctance often owes less to a lack of money than a lack of adequate education and training.

Feature 21 July 2008 - Charles Clarke KPMG discussion paper discussed

AndyCowper — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:46:14 -0400

Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP and KPMG – full of shit when it comes to healthcare

by Andy Cowper, editor, Health Policy Insight

I would like to admit to a pair of biases before I write anything about Charles Clarke, the New Labour education minister who oversaw the introduction of tuition fees for university education in England.

Money, money, money in a surplus world

AndyCowper — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:33:15 -0400

Why do SHAs appear to average a 15% surplus on turnover, while 25% of community matron posts remain unfilled?

by Andy Cowper, editor, Health Policy Insight

Money is interesting stuff, and eloquent with it. In a great lyric by Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson’s hero Bob Dylan, “money doesn’t talk, it swears”. So what four-letter word would sum up a surplus of £1.658 billion – just over 2% of the NHS budget?

Time for better day and vocational services in mental health

AndyCowper — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:25:05 -0400

Preview: ‘About time: commissioning to transform day and vocational services’

by Helen Lockett, Linda Seymour and Adam Pozner, Sainsburys Centre for Mental Health

Franchising management (again) for failing trusts…

AndyCowper — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:57:10 -0400

except it’s not franchising and we don’t know what they mean by ‘failing’. Unsuccessful 2001 policy re-announced in motivational boost for NHS managers.

by Andy Cowper, editor, Health Policy Insight

The Department of Health has launched a new outline document ‘Developing The NHS Performance Regime’ (www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPoli...), to address consistently poor-performing NHS trusts.