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Editorial Wednesday 28 March 2012: The Health Bill transition risk register and business case

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03/28/2012 - 08:39

Awesome timing was on show by whoever leaked the NHS Bill transition risk register and the business case to Dr Phil Hammond, who put them up on his website.

The risk register was also sent to Roy Lilley, who published it at his NHS Managers website.

Editorial Monday 26 March 2012: Steve Collins RIP

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03/26/2012 - 10:06

I come late and very sadly to the news that Steve Collins died suddenly at the start of this month.

I found out thanks to this moving blog about Steve by the lovely Yvonne Coghill of the NHS Institute's Breaking Through programme, highlighted on Twitter by HSJ editor Alastair McLellan.

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Guest editorial Friday 23 March 2012: Valedictory

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03/23/2012 - 18:16

Irwin Brown of the Socialist Health Association signs off in the last of his series of guest editorials, looking at the skirmishes won in a lost war.

It has been a depressing time dealing with the hated H&SC Bill. We had the better arguments, better advice, and better lawyers - and at the end we had all the support - but it was never enough to overcome political expediency.

Editorial Friday 23 March 2012: Nick Clegg didn't refuse to kill Health Bill after PM threat to make a Lib Dem Health Secretary

Publish Date/Time: 
03/23/2012 - 13:01

Yesterday I read and retweeted this blog piece by the New Statesman's political editor Rafael Behr, which claims that Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was dissuaded by PM That Nice Mr Cameron from putting the Health Bill out of its misery during the 'pause'.

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Editorial Thursday 22 March 2012: DH integrated care pilots evaluation suggests mixed results

Publish Date/Time: 
03/22/2012 - 13:05

The DH has published the evaluation it commissioned from RAND / Ernst & Young of the integrated care projects pilots.

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Editorial Tuesday 20 March 2012: Health Policy Intelligence 43 and 44 - From Bill-Killing to blamestorming

Publish Date/Time: 
03/20/2012 - 20:24

The following extract is the first part of the new issue of our regular subscription-based product Health Policy Intelliegence. Subscription costs £69 for a year. To subscribe, email editorial AT healthpolicyinsight.com

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From Bill-Killing to blamestorming: how The Health And Social Care Act 2012 will define all three main Westminster parties for a decade

Editorial Monday 19 March 2012: #Winning!, with Andrew Lansley's Pelican Bill

Publish Date/Time: 
03/19/2012 - 20:43

The House of Lords today rejected both Lord Owen's motion to delay and Baroness Thornton's motion to dismiss. The Health And Social Care Bill thus passed back to the House of Commons from the House of Lords and (after a spot of potential ping-pong tomorrow) will become law.

Andrew Lansley (saviour, liberator) thus has his Bill.

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Guest editorial Monday 12 March 2012: Liberating the Risk Register - it's all about 'freedom, fairness and responsibility'

Publish Date/Time: 
03/12/2012 - 19:58

Today's guest editorial comes from health policy and strategy consultant Joe Farrington-Douglas, former health policy special advisor to shadow health secretary John Healey MP.

On Friday, the Courts dismissed the Government's attempt to keep the NHS reform risk register secret, but the Department of Health has already said it will delay its response until after the Health Bill has been passed by Parliament.

Editorial Thursday 8 March 2012: Gustav Mahler and the rival Lib Dem Spring Conference motions

Publish Date/Time: 
03/08/2012 - 14:53

The text of Baroness Williams' Liberal Democrat Spring Conference motion this weekend has been published by Lib Dem councillor Gareth Epps.

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Editorial Friday 2 March 2012: Archive hour

Publish Date/Time: 
03/02/2012 - 21:38

It is late

I am tired, and I have writer's block.

So here are a bunch of links to stuff I wrote about a year ago.

I am not the world's greatest self-publicist or self-praiser, but some of these are not at all bad.

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