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Measuring accountability for outcomes: is transparency enough?

The NHS Commissioning Board, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and providers need to be held to account, with plaudits if they excel, and consequences if they fall short of expected standards.

By Veena Raleigh - 4 December 2012

Is the NHS entering treacherous waters?

Having spent the first half of the Parliament legislating for radical changes to the organisation of the NHS, the government now needs to focus on the mundane but much more important challenge of implementing and executing the service changes on which its record will ultimately depend.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 28 November 2012

Transforming health and social care: can the chrysalis become a butterfly?

Chris Ham argues that much bolder approach is needed to bring about innovative models of care that meet the population's needs.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 5 September 2012

Jumping the gun in the telehealth steeplechase?

Nick Goodwin looks at the barriers that are preventing the successful adoption of telehealth.

By Nick Goodwin - 26 July 2012

What every CCG leader should know about mental health

Chris Naylor asks what role CCGs can play to stop people with mental health losing out in the NHS.

By Chris Naylor - 20 June 2012

Public satisfaction with NHS plummets in 2011

Why has the British public's satisfaction with the way the NHS runs taken a nose dive in 2011 – falling from 70 per cent (its highest ever level) to 58 per cent?

By John Appleby - 12 June 2012

The Information Strategy: a transformation in health and social care information on the way?

Will the Department of Health’s long-awaited Information Strategy transform health and social care information as we know it today?

By Veena Raleigh - 21 May 2012

Will the Information Strategy start an information revolution?

Nearly two years ago the government consulted on its aim to achieve an ‘Information Revolution’. So what should the new strategy say if it is to start a revolution?

By Catherine Foot - 15 March 2012

Where next for telehealth? Reflections from our international congress

What did we learn during our second International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare?

By Nick Goodwin - 13 March 2012

Effective chronic care means recognising the importance of mental health

As policy-makers focus on how integrated care can become a reality in the UK, integration of mental and physical health care should be a key part of the debate.

By Chris Naylor - 9 February 2012

Do we need national outcomes strategies?

The variability in the quality of neurological services is clear. Catherine Foot asks if national strategies solve the problem.

By Catherine Foot - 2 February 2012

Running the NHS: if you get the small things right, will the big things follow?

Lara Sonola asks if clinicians used data to improve clinical practice and drive efficiency, could a little change help the NHS in a big way?

By Lara Sonola - 26 January 2012

The latest waiting times: targets and extra funding

James Thompson examines the data on median hospital waiting times and targets in our latest data briefing.

By James Thompson - 19 January 2012

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