Blog: December 2011
With the pressures on A&E, Richard Humphries explains that it's the frail elderly patients that remain in hospital beds that we should be more concerned about.
Joanna Goodrich considers the impact of NICE's aspirational guidance on the delivery of adult mental health care on patient-centred care.
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Candace Imison assesses what evidence is needed for NHS merger decisions.
The report of the National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2011 has put a sharp focus on the care of people with dementia in hospitals.
Francesca Frosini asks how a new measurement of patients treated in non-NHS hospitals will help to assess patient choice.
Chris Ham asks what can clinical commissioning groups learn from medical practices in California.
John Clark explains why doctors must become more engaged in NHS leadership as he introduces our new review into leadership.
John Appleby analyses the results of the British Social Attitudes survey to see why our satisfaction with the NHS is so high.
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Nick Goodwin asks if new government strategies and positive results from the Whole Systems Demonstrator trials will encourage new investment into telehealth.