Avoidable Death
Anyone who has been at the sharp end long enough has had the experience of …
Keogh to be Congratulated
The Keogh Review turns out to one of the best documents produced for our NHS. Clear, …
Background to the Keogh Review
The review looked at 14 Acute (Hospital) Trusts, see Table 1, which had a significantly …
13,000 needless deaths?
Having written a widely-quoted systematic review on the (lack of) relationship between risk adjusted mortality …
Mortality Investigations
Our local DGH is one of the 14 somewhat arbitrarily singled out for investigation over …
Protect the inheritance!
In February 2013 the Government published the details of its plans to reform the state …
HEALTHWATCH & PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ASSOCIATION
HAPIA, the ‘Healthwatch and Public Involvement Association’ is launched today to continue the national campaign …
Standing Together to Defend the NHS
Again General Practitioners have been accused of being responsible for the difficulties in the NHS. …
Contextual Factors in the NHS in England which are likely to have influenced the Occurrence of the Serious Untoward Events in Mid Staffordshire
Note: This analysis is not applicable to the NHS in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where …
Crisis? What crisis? The A&E Crisis
Jeremy Hunt has sunk to the lowest common denominator playing party politics by blaming General …
Health Service Integration
I have followed recent discussions on health service integration with interest. It raises a wide …
Accident Waiting to happen
This is NHS Check report no 6 originally published by Labour’s Shadow Health Team in January 2013 Not …