Mid Staffs
David Nicholson should have no future in the NHS
When T.S Eliot spoke of the folly of trying to ‘Devise systems so perfect, that nobody will need to be good’, he effectively described a distinction between the left –… Continue reading
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Jeremy Hunt responds to the Francis Inquiry into Mid Staffs
‘The quality of patient care will be put at the heart of the NHS in an overhaul of the health and care system in response to the Francis Inquiry.’ This… Continue reading
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David Nicholson’s select committee session: five key points
Sir David Nicholson didn’t deliver the most confident performance before the Health Select Committee this morning, but he didn’t leave the session looking fatally wounded. Here are the key points… Continue reading
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How to be an anti-politics party in government: make the public sector accountable
One of the lessons from last week’s Eastleigh by-election – and indeed the Italian elections – is that voters don’t like politicians at the moment. It’s easy for those like… Continue reading
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Why David Nicholson must go
As the Mid-Staffs tragedy unfurls, it becomes more and more apparent that contrary to the insistence of former Labour Ministers and Prime Ministers, this was not an isolated case, but… Continue reading
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There’s normally no shortage of outrage in our politics. In Britain today, we specialise in working ourselves into a bate. This is what makes the lack of outrage at what… Continue reading
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