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Editorial Wednesday 7 November 2012: Health Policy Intelligence 51 - I'm A Health Secretary? Get Me Out Of Here!

Publish Date/Time: 
11/07/2012 - 02:11

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Health Policy Intelligence Issue 51 – 6 November 2012

I’m A Health Secretary? Get Me Out Of Here!

Welcome to the latest edition of Health Policy Intelligence, the analysis and summary of the key events in policy by Health Policy Insight editor Andy Cowper.
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Editorial Tuesday 23 October 2012: Jeremy 'Bellflinger' Hunt - the Norman Puddifoot of Health Secretaries

Publish Date/Time: 
10/23/2012 - 17:51

At the risk of making myself persona numquam grata among the elite of the health policy universe, I must confess that today, I felt slightly sorry for Jeremy 'Bellflinger' Hunt.

I am beginning to think that he may be the Norman Puddifoot of Health Secretaries.

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Editorial Tuesday 23 October 2012: Chatham House chat on customer service. Oh, and Tim Kelsey wants you to use the NHS Number

Publish Date/Time: 
10/23/2012 - 09:12

Last night, I went to a meeting about 'making the NHS a world-class customer service'.

Which was nice.

Unfortunately, it was only announced when I got there that the event was being held under the Chatham House Rule. So I can't tell you who the senior person there present was.

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Editorial Thursday 18 October 2012: More congratulations to the NHS on another excellent waiting times performance

Publish Date/Time: 
10/18/2012 - 14:53

It is worth recording that yet again, amid chaos, QIPP and the tragic loss of Simon Burns to transport, the NHS has performed brilliantly on waiting times, driving down very long waits even further.

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Editorial Thursday 18 October 2012: The Bellflinger gets an adviser - Sam Talbot Rice

Publish Date/Time: 
10/18/2012 - 12:24

Health Service Journal breaks the story that Health Secretary Jeremy 'Bellflinger' Hunt has appointed a policy and political special adviser, Sam Talbot Rice.

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Health Policy Intelligence 50: Lansleyshambles - game over, as Jeremy ‘Bellflinger’ Hunt does the reconfiguration hokey-cokey

Publish Date/Time: 
10/13/2012 - 08:44

Below are the first few paragraphs of the latest issue of our subscription-based publication Health Policy Intelligence.

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Editorial Thursday 11 October 2012: Do Comrade Sir David's contradictions look big in this?

Publish Date/Time: 
10/11/2012 - 13:39

I was amused by former Labour clinical adviser Dr David Kerr's piece in today's Guardian about why he agreed to become the Conservatives' clinical policy adviser, but fell out of love with Andrew Lansley's top-down redisorganisation.

(Kerr should advise the Lib Dems next, just to get the full set.)

In his piece, Kerr described the reforms as 'Heath Robinson'.

Which is a nice line.

Editorial Tuesday 9 October 2012: PM David Cameron's speech to the 2012 Conservative Party Conference

Publish Date/Time: 
10/10/2012 - 12:39

With thanks to Politics Home, here is the text of PM David Cameron's speech to the Conservative Party conference today.

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