Blog: October 2011
As the NHS Commissioning Board commences a period of shadow running, Nick Goodwin asks whether changes to clinical commissioning are simply reinventing the wheel.
David Buck questions whether a 'fat tax' would help or hinder the government's attempts to curb obesity in England.
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.
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.
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After the CQC report on quality of care, Anna Dixon asks if acute hospitals are providing the right care for people with dementia.
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Anna Dixon asks if ever-increasing specialisation in acute care is benefitting patients in her new blog.
Using a personal experience of emergency surgery, Candace Imison makes the case for hospital reconfiguration in her blog.
Richard Humphries asks whether the political momentum can be found to carry through Dilnot's suggestions for social care funding in England.