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February 2009

B12 - the case for treating rather than trying to research

Fri, 02/27/2009 - 00:18 — Hugo_Minney

A friend from Barcelona sent this, to illustrate just how much the establishment is against B12 treatment
From: Dr Ferran Gali
Sent: 25 February 2009 09:01

Subject: interesting article

I hope you all are well.
Several points:

I'm enclosing a very interesting article. Some comments:
1/ About allergic reactions page 2215, desensitivation, antihistamines and steroid have been useful- references 17, 18.
2/ "Controlled cobalamin trials... have called unethical by some investigators", page 2218, ref 42.

Joint Working in health and social care service improvement

Fri, 02/13/2009 - 12:08 — Hugo_Minney

For an individual service user, care can come from many directions, and it can be confusing to understand why one person gets you up at 8am for another to change a dressing at 10am. For staff, who may pursue a career in caring across both health and social care, the lack of coordination can be frustrating.
We established a strategic group to share best practice working across health and social care; developed a series of coaching workshops to help providers make the leap from development grant to sustainable funding, and have experience of setting up a Social Enterprise and GP Provider Consortium.

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More for your money? Private healthcare vs Publicly funded

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 23:26 — Hugo_Minney

Life expectancy vs %GDP health spend

Which is better - private funding or public? Which gives a better outcome for the individual (* clinical outcome, * user experience, * cost-effective, * sustainable) and is there a clear picture?

One way to examine this question is to look at different countries in the world and see what works for them.  I tackle this in the latest blog on Technorati.

UK Parties, Politics and Healthcare

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 07:29 — Hugo_Minney

Your politicians - listening to you?I ask you - if you were to design a new national health service from scratch, would you really design it with nobody to think ahead and make decisions on resources?

So why are the main political parties in UK engaging in their favourite sport of manager bashing?

Gossip - friend or foe?

Sat, 02/27/2010 - 23:39 — Hugo_Minney

How stuff works - Gossip

Do you see gossip as a waste of time? Do you suffer from spiteful or destructive rumours, disrupting the team and destroying team spirit? Do you find it impossible to control - chop off one head and two more appear somewhere else?

Read how Minney.org helps organisations to use this social glue for good ...

Winter Olympics - Downhill Skiing is like Management Consultancy

Fri, 02/19/2010 - 15:08 — Hugo_Minney

One chance, 100 seconds in 4 yearsYou only have one chance to make a first impression. 

In fact, you only have one chance each time, to make a first impression that sets the scene for that day, that job, that opportunity.

Capacity Planning - Flexibility

Sun, 02/14/2010 - 20:02 — Hugo_Minney

What of those toilet cubicles which allow for both sexes - they have a little notice on the outside saying "either"?