Posts Tagged nhs reform
Updated: When outsiders are called in
Posted by Laura Brereton in Health on 03/11/2009
Back in May, we discussed the rampant use of management consultants within the NHS. It looks as though the DH is now cracking down on the same problem.
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NHS Alliance takes on reform
Posted by Laura Brereton in Health on 26/10/2009
The pre-election season seems to have ignited a raft of prescriptions for fixing the NHS, and this is a good thing. In a new report entitled ‘Rebalancing the market,’ the NHS Alliance echoes the recent DH endorsement of the NHS as the market’s ‘preferred provider’, but it presents a different rationale.
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The Conservatives and Practice-based Commissioning
Posted by Laura Brereton in Health on 08/10/2009
To anyone familiar with NHS policy of the 1990s, Conservative plans to reform PbC sound a lot like GP fundholding. Read the rest of this entry »
The Proposal: Abolish SHAs?
Posted by Laura Brereton in Health on 05/10/2009
As prescriptions for NHS cost-cutting abound, health minister Mike O’Brien has proposed a somewhat radical question: do we really need strategic health authorities? Read the rest of this entry »
More on Burnham’s recent politics
Posted by Laura Brereton in Health on 28/09/2009
The Health Service Journal has a thorough article explaining the further spread of confusion over the Government’s recent revelation of preference for NHS over independent healthcare providers. Could the Department of Health’s commitment to choice and competition truly be unravelling? Read the rest of this entry »
NHS providers as priority—a policy shift?
Posted by Laura Brereton in Health on 21/09/2009
The Financial Times is claiming health secretary Andy Burnham’s recent statements advocating NHS organisations over independent bodies as providers of state-funded health care backpeddle on current policy. Read the rest of this entry »