Seventeen Ministers for Health!

Spain has 17 autonomous health services and 17 Ministers for Health, Mr. Santiago Delgado, Deputy Manager of the Ribera Salud Grupo, a private group which has been contracted by the state to run a number of hospitals in Spain, told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin. Spain has 17 autonomous health services and 17 Ministers for Health, Mr. Santiago Delgado, Deputy Manager of the Ribera Salud Grupo, a private group which has been contracted by... Read More

What does “money follows the patient” mean?

If “money following the patient” means patients are to be empowered to decide how their healthcare needs should be met, that would be revolutionary and I don’t anticipate that type of revolution being ignited anytime soon, writes Denis Doherty. What an interesting idea! In future, money will follow the patient. Why has that approach not been tried before now? Well, it’s not exactly a new idea. Indeed versions of it have been tried here and... Read More

The Abramovich Style of Management

The new approach being mooted to performance improvement in hospitals, including, it is understood, a white traffic light which will indicate that a change of management may be about to take place, suggests a liking for, what he terms, the Abramovich style of management, writes Denis Doherty. Performance improvement has become a feature of the public and private sectors and, understandably, our hospitals are expected to up their game too. There are... Read More