Posts Tagged IT
All that glitters can’t be sold
Posted by Laura Brereton in Health on 06/07/2009
By Daniel Isenberg
Every policy has costs and benefits alike, and in today’s world of tight purse strings, worth is often determined on the basis of financial outcome. The political narrative is dominated by debates over ‘spend or cut’, ‘waste or value’. Whilst the Conservatives are placing themselves firmly in the corner of financial prudence with a policy of fiscal retrenchment, this raises two concurrent questions about the latest rumours escaping CCHQ about Tory policy on electronic health records:
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No jobs? Let them have prizes!
Posted by Nick Cowen in Health on 07/03/2007
The NHS remains in crisis. More catastrophes barely make an impression on the British public. They no longer seem to make a difference: the NHS limps on with the efforts of the doctors and nurses that still treat medicine as a vocation. Some targets are hit, others are missed, and amid the crushing burden of admin and the monthly crop of scandals, hospitals and surgeries force through some limited health provision.