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4th March 2011
Chris Ham visited Intermountain Healthcare to see what makes it one of the most admired health care systems in the US and to discover what the NHS could learn.
2nd March 2011 | Comments: 2
One of the biggest challenges to GP consortia is breaking out of the mindset that all private sector initiatives are to be avoided, says Paul Zollinger-Read.
28th February 2011
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.
24th February 2011 | Comments: 1
Public spending must be cut to create the right conditions to deliver growth and innovation in the private sector. But how will this affect health and wellbeing?
21st February 2011
Debate about competition in the NHS is often polarised between those who are opposed to private sector involvement in the NHS and those who think the NHS needs to be broken up.
17th February 2011 | Comments: 7
In light of the Health Service Ombudsman's recent report, Jocelyn Cornwell examines ways to improve NHS care, including intentional nurse rounds.
11th February 2011 | Comments: 8
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.
8th February 2011 | Comments: 8
After a bad experience of airline customer service, Bev Fitzsimons reflects on how similar an experience patients may face with health care providers.
2nd February 2011 | Comments: 8
At a time when the health service is under pressure to improve quality with fewer resources, new technologies are being carefully scrutinised.
31st January 2011 | Comments: 3
The NHS is already implementing radical changes to commissioning, but GP consortia are not commissioning services yet: what should health care providers do in the meantime?
28th January 2011
Andrew Lansley has invoked our relatively poor cancer outcomes as part of his justification for health reform. But just how bad are we at treating cancer?
26th January 2011 | Comments: 7
Anna Dixon asks if the reforms in the Health and Social Care Bill revolutionary or simply an evolution of the previous government's policy.
25th January 2011 | Comments: 5
How important is changing social norms to the success of health behaviour change? David Buck discusses his findings from the health and the Big Society event.
14th January 2011 | Comments: 4
The Point of Care team reflect on how the smallest actions on the part of staff can make a huge difference to patients’ experience of care.
12th January 2011 | Comments: 13
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.
6th January 2011
Catherine Foot asks if the new quality accounts will help the public and patients have a clearer view of the quality of care provided locally.
20th December 2010 | Comments: 5
An important issue in understanding trends in waiting times is seasonal variations. John Appleby looks at hospital waiting times in his data blog.
14th December 2010 | Comments: 3
Stephen Moss, Chair of Mid Staffordshire, spoke at our conference this week about the lessons he had learnt from the 'story of a hospital that lost its way'.
8th December 2010 | Comments: 5
Our health and the Big Society event provoked an interesting debate on balancing the reality of the financial situation with the vision in the health White Paper.
7th December 2010
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?

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