Blog tagged as: NHS reform
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.
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?
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 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.
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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.
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.
Anna Dixon asks what lessons should the coalition government learn from New Labour's NHS reforms?
Chris Ham argues that as the NHS is facing growing demands from an ageing population, clinicians and organisations must work together to meet the needs of patients.
Chris Ham examines how to reconfigure hospital services to improve the quality and safety of health care.
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Sarah Jonas asks what effect will large scale cuts to local authority social care budgets have on child and adolescent mental health services.
Early indications show that while waiting times are still historically low, they are beginning to increase under the coalition government.
David Buck argues that the real question about NHS funding lies not in whether it increases, but in how it is allocated.
Will amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill affecting the role of the Co-operation and Competition Panel and Monitor truly affect competition in the NHS?
Rachael Addicott asks if social enterprises will be able to compete with the big players in health care in her blog.