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4th November 2009 | Comments: 1
Richard Giordano discusses the leadership role that clinical and medical directors will play during the cold resource climate ahead.
28th October 2009 | Comments: 5
Measuring quality was put at the forefront of quality improvement by the NHS Next Stage Review. But we need to get better at thinking about why and how we use it.
6th October 2009 | Comments: 1
Niall Dickson comments on Stephen O'Brien's admission at the Conservative Party conference 2009 that far from being the source of evil, targets could be a good thing.
29th September 2009 | Comments: 1
Does the Health Secretary, Andy Burnham, know something we don't about future NHS spending? He seemed remarkably chipper at our debate at the Labour Conference.
23rd September 2009
Andy Burnham recently announced that hospital payments will be linked to patient experience at service level. Will this help to improve quality?
22nd September 2009
Faced with the squeeze on public spending it seems no politician is willing to suggest cuts in frontline staff, so it's quangos and regulators that get their focus.
1st September 2009 | Comments: 8
Much of the health care improvement over the past decade has been characterised by high levels of investment - how will the NHS cope with the new financial challenge?
19th August 2009 | Comments: 3
Ruth Thorlby considers the differences between the English and the American health system, as the NHS is used in the political debate over health reform in the US.
21st July 2009 | Comments: 5
This week The King's Fund and the Institute of Fiscal Studies has published its analysis of the likely economic environment for the NHS over the next decade.
17th July 2009
In his blog, Niall Dickson comments on the recently published social care Green Paper, Shaping the Future of Care Together'.
29th May 2009 | Comments: 2
John Appleby considers whether we really understand how complex and difficult managing a market for commissioning in the NHS.
28th April 2009
We are in a serious recession from which the NHS is not immune. The Budget signals that no matter who is in power from 2011, medium-term spending prospects are grim.
30th March 2009
Another month, another resignation. Karen Lynas reflects that the many departures of senior management in the NHS has made it a topic of debate
9th February 2009 | Comments: 4
The introduction of patient-reported outcome measures has the potential to transform health care. But NHS leaders must move quickly to engage staff and patients.
16th December 2008
Last week saw the publication of the NHS Operating Framework for 2009/10, with details of PCT allocations and a new formula for calculating those allocations.
19th November 2008
As PCTs face formal judgement of their commissioning skills, The King's Fund offers its views on the new world class commissioning assurance system.
24th October 2008 | Comments: 1
Deciding who does what will be vital if we're to get a quality service from the regulators. Niall Dickson reflects on the new role of the Care Quality Commission.
15th September 2008
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Prof. Mike Richards has a challenge to resolve the dilemmas surrounding top-ups; Anna Dixon argues that it needs to be set in a wider context of rationing.
17th July 2008
The NHS Next Stage Review outlines sensible measures to transform patient care, but Niall Dickson argues that real cultural change is needed in the health service.

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