Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people – not just staff

Who says consultations don’t make a difference?  Going through the detail of Wednesday’s announcement about the way forward on the NHS reforms in England, reveals that Government has thought better of what was always a daft idea in the Liberating the NHS white paper about the regulation of healthcare... 
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Lansley confirms legal duty of patient and public involvement

A legal duty of patient and public involvement on GP-led commissioning consortia was confirmed by a bullish Secretary of State Andrew Lansley before the Health Select Committee on the 15th at the same time as Ministers published their response to the white paper Liberating the NHS consultation (MAC’s... 
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Healthy Lives, Healthy People: nudge or fudge?

Is it nudge or fudge? Your verdict on Andrew Lansley’s public health white paper Healthy Lives, Healthy People: our strategy for public health in England launched in Wandsworth on Tuesday, ultimately depends on your philosophical stance about what’s desirable  – and possible – when it... 
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Expanded Stafford Enquiry – Staff Must be Heard

“These patients were not simply numbers: they were husbands, wives, sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, grandparents. They were people who entered Stafford Hospital and rightly expected to be well cared for and treated. Instead, many suffered horrific experiences that will haunt them and their loved... 
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