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Editor's blog Thursday 28 July 2011: Health Policy Intelligence 17, 'Boyle’s Law proves that happiness is a warm Bill', out now

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07/28/2011 - 17:38

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The seventeenth issue, 'Boyle’s Law proves that happiness is a warm Bill. But how hot? Ambient, boiling or thermonuclear?', is now out.

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Editor's blog Monday 25 July 2011: EXCLUSIVE - Health Bill: five impact assessments officially risk-rated as unfit for purpose

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07/25/2011 - 15:08

A Health Policy Insight exclusive
 Impact assessment on policy on GP commissioning red-rated twice in succession as unfit for purpose
 Impact assessment on policy on 'provision - provider liberalisation, economic regulation and joint licensing' red-rated as unfit for purpose once; amber-rated after changes
 DH fails on almost 50% of policy impact assessments; a further 40% must be changed

Editor's blog Monday 18 July 2011: Health Policy Intelligence 16, 'Rope-a-dope policy: is OSAL Lansley Ali or Foreman?', out now

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07/18/2011 - 13:29

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The sixteenth issue, 'Rope-a-dope health policy - is SOS Lansley Muhammad Ali or George Foreman?', is now out.

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Editor's blog Friday 15 July 2011: Health Questions in the House Of Commons

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07/15/2011 - 06:40

Text of this week's health questions in the House Of Commons, from Hansard.

The Secretary of State was asked—

NHS Funding
Karl McCartney (Lincoln) (Con): What arrangements are in place to ensure increased funding for the NHS during the comprehensive spending review period. [65106]

Editor's blog Thursday 14 July 2011: The power of four - SHA clusters officially finalised

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07/14/2011 - 13:30

The turf wars have been won and lost, and the four SHA clusters finalised.

Lines have been drawn on maps.

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Editor's blog Tuesday 12 July 2011: Coalition Government bet on who can make most stupid intervention on NHS reform

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07/12/2011 - 07:25

It is as if someone is deliberately trying to make my swearing detox fail. A conspiracy theorist would see clear provocation.

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Editor's blog Monday 11 July 2011: Health Policy Intelligence 15, 'Is SOS Lansley a fool or a knave?', out now

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07/11/2011 - 14:51

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The fifteenth issue, 'Is SOS Lansley a fool or a knave? Manchester Care Pathway speech defines a career', is now out.

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Editor's blog Monday 11 July 2011: Monitor defers appointing a permanent chief executive

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07/11/2011 - 10:00

The below statement has just been released by Monitor. It seems no applicants made the grade.

The uncertain shadow of the Health And Social Care Bill looms on ...

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Editor's blog Friday 8 July 2011: Chaos of NHS reform is all my fault - NHS Confederation Conference 2011 review

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07/08/2011 - 13:25

It"s my fault, apparently. This system-wide, top-down reorganisation, bringing redundancies, confusion, the pausing of a Bill after its second reading - is all down to me.

Andrew Lansley said so in his speech to the NHS Confederation Conference, so it must be true.

Comrade Sir David also told the conference that "commentators and bloggers were telling the NHS it couldn't deliver", so I'm obviously guilty as charged of demotivating the NHS as well.

Shit. Sorry about that, the NHS. I'll buy you a pint.

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Editor's blog Thursday 7 July 2011: Translation of Andrew Lansley's speech to NHS Confederation Conference

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07/07/2011 - 14:14

This has been a busy year for the NHS.

Apparently I'm not allowed to use the word 'insane', so I have to say 'busy'. It's political correctness gone mad!

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