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How will Darzi deliver on public expectations of the NHS?
30.06.08Niall Dickson's BBC Radio 4 Today programme briefing on Darzi, 30 June 2008
Reference: Today ProgrammeData briefing: Maternity services at 60: the birth of a new era
05.06.08John Appleby and Ruth Thorlby look at how the birth of the NHS changed maternity care.
Reference: Health Service Journal, 5 June 2008What do Department of Health reform pledges mean for the NHS?
21.05.08King’s Fund Chief Economist John Appleby examines the latest pledges from the Department to ensure that patients' best interests will be at the heart of changes to local health services and argues that potential variations in services, following the SHA regional plans will need to be handled carefully by ministers and PCTs.
Reference: King's Fund bi-monthly update, May 2008Data briefing: Waiting times are just so...1950s
10.04.08John Appleby and Ruth Thorlby consider the issues surrounding waiting times in the NHS, from the 1950s up to the present day.
Reference: Health Service Journal, 10 April 2008If Whitehall is to relinquish its control of Primary Care Trusts, this must leave a democratic vacuum to be filled external site
08.04.08Richard Lewis looks at the wider politcal implications of increasing the local accountability of PCTs.
Reference: The Times, Public opinion, 8 April 2008How to score public accountability points
03.04.08Ruth Thorlby and Richard Lewis discuss the public accountability of primary care trusts.
Reference: Health Service Journal, 3 April 2008Identifying the impact of government targets on waiting times in the NHS external site
24.03.08An analysis of waiting times targets using survival analysis by John Appleby and colleagues at City University.
Reference: Health Care Management Science, 24 March 2008Data briefing: 1948: creation of a new workforce
13.03.08John Appleby and Ruth Thorlby explore the issues surrounding staff shortages in the early years of the NHS.
Reference: Health Service Journal, 13 March 2008Darzi review must avoid national blueprint to enable best local solutions
28.02.08The case for change in the health service is irrefutable, argues King’s Fund chief executive Niall Dickson, but strong managerial and clinical leadership, astute financial planning and significant changes in working practices will be needed to ensure Lord Darzi’s review is truly a ‘once in a generation opportunity’.
Reference: King's Fund bi-monthly update, March 2008How to spend less while doing more external site
28.02.08John Appleby looks at how the NHS improved productivity in 2006–7, with annual spending falling but an overall rise in activity.
Reference: Health Service Journal, 28 February 2008