health policy

U-turns and the future for NHS

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 09:47

31 years of Thatcherism What is the future for NHS, given all the U-turns?  Will we see Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), and what will they really be like?  What role does the House of Commons Parliamentary Health Select Committee have in all of this?  NHS has certain challenges . . .

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Lobbying Government

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 22:30

"We send our representatives to Washington so that they can work for us.  When they get there, they work for big business" - so said a Time Magazine reader shortly before Obama was elected.  It felt exactly the same under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - far far from the old Labour who represented the working class, these politicians enjoyed being wined and dined by bankers, owning many houses, picking up £30,000 for an after dinner speech.
So it is always interesting to see what's happening in USA.
Who’s really spending big in DC?

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UK Parties, Politics and Healthcare

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 06:29

Your politicians - listening to you?I ask you - if you were to design a new national health service from scratch, would you really design it with nobody to think ahead and make decisions on resources?
So why are the main political parties in UK engaging in their favourite sport of manager bashing?

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MPs call for a minimum alcohol pricing

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 17:29

So Scottish MP's are concerned we will lose an ancient Scottish tradition? Alcohol unit pricing at 40p per unit only hurts those who buy very cheap alcohol, the people who buy alcohol to get drunk. The tradition that MPs get misty eyed about is the Scottish whisky industry, and I for one, have never heard of whisky at less than 40p/ unit.

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A moral dimension to consulting

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Wed, 02/08/2012 - 22:11

Moral dilemmaIt's easy to assume that all of our decisions are purely rational, but they rarely if ever are rational.  And they always have consequences for others, usually consequences that we think we could not have predicted.

But consultants are not here to make decisions, only to provide information and advice.  Does this somehow absolve us from a moral responsibility?

 

The Ten Commandments in Professional Services (6-10)

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 02/05/2012 - 16:56

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Interpreting God's Commandments

I've written previously about applying the first five commandments to Professional Services.  Here I show how Do Not Murder, Do Not Steal and so on are just as relevant commandments in the nuance and subtlety of modern life as they ever were.

Read on - and there's an invitation to comment!

The 10 Commandments in Professional Services (1-5)

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 21:56

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Two greatest commandsThe Ten Commandments apply just as firmly in each aspect of our daily life as they apply to the whole of our lives.  I'm a management consultant, and on this page I explain how the first five of the Ten Commandments apply to management consulting and professional services.

Getting GPs involved in Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG)

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 23:26

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Life in the YearsMost healthcare providers, in UK the same as everywhere else, get paid for each activity they do.  If someone needs care, they get paid.  If someone is well, they don’t.  So there isn’t much incentive (for the healthcare provider) to keep people well, even though it is much better for the person, much better for the nation, and much lower cost.  Minney.org Ltd is working with one CCG to generate enthusiasm and involvement, and the results are fairly successful….

Clinical Commissioning Groups and the NHS

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 16:34

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Commissioning Innovation

As we race forwards into clinical commissioning, there are lessons to be learnt from other people.  The latest book “The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care” by Christensen, Grossman and Hwang points to some things we need to take account of. It makes good reading . . .

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