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7th June 2011 | Comments: 9
With more reports on the care of elderly and vulnerable people Jocelyn Cornwell looks at the state of care in acute hospitals.
1st June 2011 | Comments: 7
Has the government really listened to opinion on the Health and Social Care Bill? And if so, how will any new system of commissioning be held accountable?
26th May 2011 | Comments: 4
With the Department of Health responding to the consultations on 'Healthy Lives, Healthy People' soon the Health Select Committee is looking at public health reforms
24th May 2011 | Comments: 3
NHS leaders, whether commissioners or providers, have to influence others as much as they lead heroically - a model requiring additional skills.
16th May 2011 | Comments: 4
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A year ago, few people would have guessed we would have a coalition of Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. So what has been the impact on reforming the NHS?
13th May 2011 | Comments: 4
NHS waiting times were once again the subject of heated exchanges in the Commons. But as our waiting times tracker shows, it all depends on how you measure it.
5th May 2011 | Comments: 11
One aspect of the Health and Social Care Bill that has attracted remarkably little controversy is the proposal for health and wellbeing boards. But are they really part of the solution?
21st April 2011 | Comments: 3
Good primary care is critical to public health and tackling inequalities. So how has the QOF incentivisation scheme in primary care impacted on public health?
15th April 2011 | Comments: 2
Paul Zollinger-Read considers the many similarities between American medical groups and the proposed GP consortia.
11th April 2011 | Comments: 1
How well will the transitional governance arrangements work at the local level?
8th April 2011 | Comments: 6
How similar is the Health Select Committee's report to a simulation exercise run by NHS Lincolnshire to illustrate commissioning NHS health services in 2013/14?
6th April 2011 | Comments: 9
The decision to conduct a listening exercise for the Health and Social Care Bill creates an opportunity to revisit the problems the Bill is intended to address.
4th April 2011
The environmental impact of everyday things can come as some surprise. Chris Naylor examines the environmental impact of the NHS.
31st March 2011
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.
28th March 2011 | Comments: 17
There has been much debate over GPs potentially making a profit out of health care budgets as result of GP commissioning. Are we ready to allow these profits?
24th March 2011 | Comments: 7
How good is the quality of general practice in England? An independent panel commissioned by the Fund provided an answer to this question this morning.
22nd March 2011 | Comments: 2
Is the nation being nudged or shoved into making better health choices? What can we learn from the government's Tobacco Control Plan and the Responsibility Deal?
18th March 2011 | Comments: 6
Are referral management centres in line with national policy on free choice of elective care and the principles of co-operation and competition?
15th March 2011 | Comments: 4
Is the Department of Health's large-scale evaluation necessary to support the need for telehealth and telecare?
7th March 2011 | Comments: 8
Could the situation in maternity care be improved if maternity services changed the way they use their current workforce? Natasha Curry explores in our blog.

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