Posts Tagged vince cable
It’s growth, stupid
Posted by Stephen Clarke in Economics, Politics, Tax and Spend on 08/04/2011
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to attend the British Chambers of Commerce annual conference. It provided an opportunity to hear the views of the business community and what the Government is doing to stimulate and facilitate economic growth. It also provided an opportunity to hear from the opposition, courtesy of Ed Miliband MP, about Labour’s proposals for economic growth.
You’re hired!
Posted by Stephen Clarke in Economics, Education, Politics on 08/02/2011
Vince Cable yesterday marked the beginning of National Apprentice Week by announcing that the Government would increase annual funding for on-the-job training by £222 million to take the total to £1.4 billion. It was hoped that this, coupled with encouraging firms to take on more apprentices, would increase the total number of people enrolled on such schemes to 400,000 by 2014/15. Such a move may indicate that the Government wants to make apprenticeships a more important aspect of British education and employment. If this is the case, the Government would be advised to examine the German dual apprenticeship system which has been an integral part of that country’s education system and labour market since the 19th century.
Narayana Hrudayalaya: a lesson for the NHS
Posted by James Gubb in Health on 11/08/2010
Long has this blog argued the benefits of increased specialism in the way health care is delivered; that is, for example, for focused centres for operating on particular conditions and disease-specific networks that treat and help people manage chronic diseases. Evidence, contained particularly in Clayton Christensen’s brilliant book The Innovator’s Prescription, has long suggested such centres offer better and cheaper health care than the 19th century district general hospital model of every hospital trying to do everything. Senior clinicians also appear to agree.