Blog: November 2011
John Appleby's blog about how new inflation estimates affect real spending figures for the NHS.
Chris Ham's blog about the importance of good management and leadership in the NHS.
Bev Fitzsimons, asks whether a new patient and family-centred care programme can help improve patients' experience.
James Thompson explores the figures behind this year's NHS redundancies in his data blog.
As a new Commonwealth Fund survey reflects a positive light on the NHS, Chris Ham asks why we are still moving forward so quickly with health reforms?
While government ministers seem enthused by plans to allow patients to manage their own health budgets, Angela Coulter asks if we should be exploring other options.
Anna Dixon explains why it will only be possible to deliver productivity improvements in the NHS by using human as well as financial resources differently.
Anna Dixon discusses the need to rethink how we commission and contract with primary care if the ambitions of integrated care are to be realised.
As we await the results of the WSDAN project, Nick Goodwin considers what else is needed to support new technologies in telehealth and telecare.