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Thinking

From royal toilet duty to modern NHS chaos, some jobs seem cursed. Estates managers juggle collapsing hospitals, zero funds, and...
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Government

She always wore her RAF broach — a quiet reminder of wartime service — and the military staff, with their...
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Talking

In the meantime, in an NHS that is distracted by sackings, budget cuts, buildings collapsing, re-disorganisation and waiting lists growing…...
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Serious

triking doctors had lost a shedload of money… remember, the BMA didn’t pay strike pay. HMG pushed the big money...
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Management speak

Don’t reform it. Reassure it, rebuild it, restore it, renovate it, remake it, reconstruct it, refurbish it, recondition it. Don’t...
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Press releases

The headlines are reassuring. The NHS is getting 28 new linear accelerator, radiotherapy machines to treat cancer....
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Question mark

Expressed more clearly with a new punctuation mark... the ‘NHS Question Mark’....
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Gone

In politics and business the demand for leaders who can navigate complexity, foster trust and empower others is greater than...
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Politics

As far as I know, there was no overwhelming argument to bring in the demolition squad. It says to me,...
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Data shouldn’t be it

Data, once the golden thread of healthcare, is now on the chopping block. Performance indicators vanish, insight fades. In pursuit...
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Orphan

Social care is a political orphan. Behind closed doors, underfunded, and ignored—because grannies in care homes don’t vote, and families...
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Glory

They were polite and charming... but obviously worried. Their daughter has diabetes. They’d read the Guardian. I knew what was...
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Fairy Tale

Like Goldilocks, the NHS is trying to get the porridge of healthcare just right—balancing national standardisation and local nuance, all...
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Illusion

The rabbit came out of the hat and that’s that. A round of applause, please—while behind the curtain, the illusion...
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Numbers

Reform councils promise change, but legal duties, funding cuts, and central control leave little room for action. Social care, their...
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Runs

"The NHS is stalling. Activity continues, but direction is lost. Streeting confuses mission with motion—noise replaces purpose. Waiting lists grow,...
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Pollock

Radiology reveals hidden truths—like art, it needs interpreters. But NHS shortages and rising demand threaten delays. Tech may help, but...
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Thinking about

Think-tanks once shaped policy. Now they echo headlines. Research is rushed, impact diluted. Without bold, independent thinking, Streeting won’t fix...
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