OPINION

Halt the mass murder of doctors' motivation

by Chris Lancelot

20-Aug-08 00:00

Motivation is central to human behaviour. Yet although doctors and nurses begin as some of the most ... Read more

Chris Lancelot: The government must admit to its mistakes

by Chris Lancelot

07-Aug-08 00:00

Why won't this government admit its mistakes? MPIG is a classic example. Read more

When it comes to IT, the NHS is in the Stone Age

by Chris Lancelot

24-Jul-08 09:00

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is now four years behind schedule and will cost £300 million m... Read more

Shredding the administrative paper trail

by Chris Lancelot

26-Jun-08 00:00

In all the doom and gloom of our chaotic NHS, it really is good once in a while to be able to report... Read more

Save the NHS from decay with a simple KISS

by Chris Lancelot

20-Jun-08 00:00

Parkinson's third law says 'Growth leads to complexity, complexity to decay'. It couldn't describe t... Read more

How so little improvement costs us so much

13-Jun-08 00:00

The NHS is approaching its 60th birthday and Lord Darzi is about to publish his review, so I thought... Read more

Desperate measurers fear a truly free market

by Chris Lancelot

28-May-08 00:00

One of the least-recognised attributes of a truly free market is that it contains a lot of informati... Read more

The NHS can learn a lot from Milton Friedman

by Chris Lancelot

21-May-08 00:00

The economist Milton Friedman made a telling observation: the care with which we spend money depends... Read more

I'm not navigating the cross-referral maze

by Chris Lancelot

14-May-08 00:00

One of the less attractive aspects of the purchaser-provider split is the ham-fisted way in which pr... Read more

'Lord Darzi, you have wrecked UK primary care'

09-May-08 00:00

I was delighted to hear that NHS managers have been taken aback by the strength of feeling against t... Read more