Partnership with private sector only way to tackle waiting lists properly
Government plans for five to ten years ahead tend to be affected by deep discounting and great uncertainty about future funding. Even a prime ministerial assurance may not be worth much against the global market place. Long term plans have their place, but should be thought of as a process with a series of steps. The key question is about the first phase: can we get momentum going in making a real difference to the problem?
Consuming health care
Another year winds itself up like a scroll. As the final few days stretch out before the festive season, managers throughout the country will be hoping that the seasonal flu remains as it is at present: mainly of the least virulent strain. The prayer must be that, if not ‘the season to be jolly’, this winter will not be the cause of misery for patients and for all the team of staff throughout the health service.
Departments of medical specialties. A solution for the divergent missions of internal medicine?
Between the 1960s and the early 1990s, the evolution of subspecialty divisions in academic departments of internal medicine was characterized by an impressive blend of research, clinical and techno...