Blog tagged as: Productivity and finance
Richard Humphries asks whether the political momentum can be found to carry through Dilnot's suggestions for social care funding in England.
David Buck argues that the real question about NHS funding lies not in whether it increases, but in how it is allocated.
As the cost and quality of GP prescribing comes under media scrutiny, Nick Goodwin asks, are we spending too much money on drugs?
At this time of tight budgets and organisational restructure, Al Mulley explores the implications of practice variation for the NHS.
The recent public health Command Paper, Healthy lives, healthy people: Update & way forward, was underwhelming in its recommendations, according to David Buck.
John Appleby champions the need to keep improving NHS productivity, even if we decide to spend more on health care in his blog.
Richard Humphries sets out four challenges for changing social care funding that the Dilnot Commission must address.
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Paul Zollinger-Read considers the many similarities between American medical groups and the proposed GP consortia.
The environmental impact of everyday things can come as some surprise. Chris Naylor examines the environmental impact of the NHS.
John Appleby asks if the NHS will be getting a real increase each year, as promised, over the next four years of the Spending Review or not.
Lisa Weaks announces the ten winners of the 2011 GSK IMPACT Awards and explains why the awards are even more important as financial cuts bite.
If the government’s new mental health strategy is to have any force behind it, mental health needs to be fully reflected in the outcomes framework.
Anna Dixon asks if the reforms in the Health and Social Care Bill revolutionary or simply an evolution of the previous government's policy.
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As the Health and Social Care Bill is due to be published, we look ahead to see what key issues need to be resolved, including regulation and commissioning.
When the Spending Review was announced, the NHS budget got off lightly in comparison to other departments. But will inflation eat in to or even reverse this increase?
The term 'Big Society' has been used to cover all manner of ideas, but many of us find it hard to define. So what are the implications for health and social care?
As the dust settles after the Spending Review, the coalition government's determination to shift power away from central government is becoming clearer.
In the Spending Review, the coalition government has promised to ringfence the NHS budget and to provide real increases in funding each year for four years.
Reflecting on the journey back from Australia to England, Mark Jennings concludes that there are great similarities between these two health systems on opposite sides of the world.
The government has pledged to ring-fence the NHS budget from real-terms reductions, so in one sense the spending review is a done deal. Or is it?