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Pathfinder consortia: a step in the right direction

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.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 8 December 2010
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The productivity gap Down Under

Reflecting on the journey back from Australia to England, Mark Jennings concludes that there are great similarities between these two health systems on opposite sides of the world.
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By Mark Jennings - 1 October 2010
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Improving NHS productivity: kicking the growth habit

The coalition government is promising real-terms growth for the NHS, but in practice this will be very small. So how should the NHS respond to this new world?
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By Mark Jennings - 22 July 2010
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Will reconfiguration improve quality and save money?

The coalition wants England to achieve the best health outcomes in Europe and deliver year-on-year productivity savings – could reconfiguration help to achieve this?
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By Candace Imison - 21 July 2010
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Who will deliver the productivity gains the NHS needs?

Much of the conversation at the NHS Confederation annual conference has been about productivity. How will the NHS cope with increasing demand?
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By Mark Jennings - 24 June 2010
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What will replace targets and terror?

The Secretary of State's revisions to the 2010/11 NHS Operating Framework have been published today and, as expected, the government is scaling back access targets.
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By Catherine Foot - 21 June 2010
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Improve NHS productivity, but to do what?

Patient demands and the desire to improve the quality of NHS services will outstrip NHS funding growth to the value of around £21 billion by 2013/14.
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By John Appleby - 14 May 2010
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How will the NHS really save money?

This week's Institute for Fiscal Studies' report drew attention to the political manifestos, but contained less information about how they would balance public finances.
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By Mark Jennings - 30 April 2010
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