Blog: October 2011

31st October 2011 | Comments: 5
As the NHS Commissioning Board commences a period of shadow running, Nick Goodwin asks whether changes to clinical commissioning are simply reinventing the wheel.
27th October 2011 | Comments: 1
David Buck questions whether a 'fat tax' would help or hinder the government's attempts to curb obesity in England.
26th October 2011 | Comments: 3
In her blog, Veena Raleigh is doubtful that the new hospital mortality rate indictor, SHMI, will provide the definitive measure of a hospital's quality.
20th October 2011 | Comments: 7
Drawing on experience from our Point of Care programme, Jocelyn Cornwell explores the options to improving the poor results on care shown in the CQC report.
18th October 2011 | Comments: 2
After the CQC report on quality of care, Anna Dixon asks if acute hospitals are providing the right care for people with dementia.
12th October 2011 | Comments: 2
Anna Dixon asks if ever-increasing specialisation in acute care is benefitting patients in her new blog.
6th October 2011
Using a personal experience of emergency surgery, Candace Imison makes the case for hospital reconfiguration in her blog.
5th October 2011 | Comments: 1
Richard Humphries asks whether the political momentum can be found to carry through Dilnot's suggestions for social care funding in England.