If you were a cynical person, which of course I am not, you might think that today's plethora of media stories about the unaffordability of PFI was a prelude to some kind of announcement about what the Government (which is continuing to support such schemes) intends to do about the affordability issue.

Another psalter is inscribed in The Book Of Things That Are Not Surprising, with the news that BMA Council has today given its full backing to its chair Dr Hamish Meldrum.

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The good news for the Lib Dems is that they are now a party of government. You might not think it, if you've followed the coverage of their party conference this week as regards their health policy.

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Below is a transcript of SOS Andrew Lansley's speech this afternoon to the NHS Alliance / NAPC commissioning conference.

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The Commons health select committee continues its good work with the publication of the reports of its first annual accountability hearings with the Care Quality Commission and Monitor.

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This piece in today's Guardian by Denis Campbell prompted me to wonder what exactly is happening to the private sector. It outlines a study by private industry trade paper HealthInvestor.

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As predicted by the Daily Telegraph among others, Secretary Of State For Health Andrew Lansley (saviour, liberator) has backed the recommendation of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel that the A&E and maternity services of Chase Farm should relocate to the No

Health economist Professor Alan Maynard suggests that PbR has outlived its usefulness, and that management has failed to act meaningfully on variation.

The initial purpose of PbR was sensible. Is the system now past its sell-by date?

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The DH has published the revised Health Bill impact assessment.

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