NHS reforms 6 - banning GPs from having conflicts of interest
Monday, April 11th, 2011The NHS reforms promoted by Andrew Lansley are inherently flawed. One of the most blatant flaws is that GPs are not only given control of
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NHS Reform 5 - what is the meaning of the delay?
Sunday, April 10th, 2011I spent some time in the company of doctors at the weekend, as is often my habit. Several asked me why the government has announced
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Key US tax facts as the right wing tries to shut down the government
Friday, April 8th, 2011I thought these comparisons pretty telling from the US Institute for Policy Studies: Key USTax Facts 15,753: The number of households in 1961 with $1
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NHS Reforms – 4 – add the most basic of IT
Thursday, April 7th, 2011When discussing NHS reforms big issues like markets, accounting, accountability and so on come to the fore. But it’s important to remember that the vast
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NHS reforms - 3 - stop GPs dispensing
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011After a couple of rather long blogs on NHS reforms it’s time for some simpler ones. One glaringly obvious reform that the NHS must undertake
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NHS Reforms - 2 - Get rid of the market
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011The biggest criticism of the NHS is that it is riddled with bureaucracy. The criticism is based on fact. The NHS is riddled with bureaucracy.
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Why current NHS reforms will fail
Monday, April 4th, 2011This map – from Spinwatch – shows why current NHS reforms will fail. They’re all about private interests, not the NATIONAL Health Service: Note who’s
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The NHS reform we need - 1
Monday, April 4th, 2011For twenty years NHS reforms have made the NHS less efficient, more bureaucratic, less patient focussed and more costly. There has been one explanation for
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What did the States do to deserve its politicians?
Monday, April 4th, 2011I loved this that arrived in my inbox from the FT this morning: In a democracy people are supposed to get the politicians they deserve.
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