Innovation needs competition
One of Lord Darzi’s key recommendations in his interim report released today is the creation of a Health Innovation Unit – with a budget of £100m ‘to help the NHS develop and deploy hi-tech health care...
View ArticleMisconceived market forces
The NEJM continues its focus on Obama’s health reforms this week by carrying an article on ‘market-orientated’ health policy. For me, though, it’s as misconceived as the Department of Health’s latest...
View ArticleNarayana Hrudayalaya: a lesson for the NHS
Long has this blog argued the benefits of increased specialism in the way health care is delivered; that is, for example, for focused centres for operating on particular conditions and disease-specific...
View ArticleHS2: The train to nowhere?
With an estimated £50bn price tag, HS2 is a very expensive version of Marmite. People either love it or hate it. The Institute of Directors has called it a ‘grand folly’ while John Kay says it is ‘high...
View ArticleIs the UK losing its innovative edge?
Innovation is at the heart of a healthy economy. The determination to create new technologies, to find an easier and more exciting way of living, led to the creation of the modern economy as we know...
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