Alun Rees

The Monday Morning Quote #54

“The last of human freedoms – the ability to chose one’s attitude in a given set of circumstances.” Viktor E. Frankl

Why ‘Quality Care’ is dangerous

Interesting piece from The Wall Street Journal Why ‘Quality’ Care Is Dangerous The growing number of rigid protocols meant to guide doctors have perverse consequences. By JEROME GROOPMAN and PAMELA HARTZBAND The Obama administration is working with Congress to mandate that all Medicare payments be tied to “quality metrics.” But an analysis of this driveContinue reading “Why ‘Quality Care’ is dangerous”

The Monday Morning Quote #53

Slipped to Tuesday but that’s what West Cork does to me. “Aim to enjoy your work instead of going the long way around! Sacrificing happiness at work, to earn money, to buy back happiness in your personal life … is a very inefficient process!” Paddi Lund Don’t miss Paddi on his visit to the UKContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #53”

How to Regain Your Life Balance in 15 Minutes

Here’s a blog posting from my client and friend Joanna Taylor on the value of self-hypnosis. Do take her up on her offer of the free CD it’ll do you no end of good. The technique of self-hypnosis can help you to regain your life balance, using as little as 15 minutes a day. HypnosisContinue reading “How to Regain Your Life Balance in 15 Minutes”

Resources – Fresh Business Thinking

Fresh Business Thinking is a useful website full of links to all sorts of information for the small business. They produce newsletters on a regular basis that are usually an interesting read. Here’s the link http://www.freshbusinessthinking.com and here’s a recent article on making the most of your existing customers.

How To Lose Your Job On Facebook

From the ever excellent John Naughton memex.naughtons.org How to lose your job on FaceBook

The Monday Morning Quote #52

If you could actually stand in someone else’s shoes, to hear what they hear, see what they see, and feel what they feel, you would honestly wonder what planet they live on, and be totally blown away by how different their “reality” is from yours. You’d also never, in a million years, be quick toContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #52”

PFI interest rates by bailed-out banks unjustified

NEWS FROM THE CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY PFI interest rates by bailed-out banks unjustified http://bit.ly/Qtbe5 http://www.health.ed.ac.uk/CIPHP/ The UK government is allowing banks to restore their profits by charging unjustifiably high interest rates for health service private finance initiative (PFI) projects, a study claims. An opportunity to negotiate better interest rates is being missed,Continue reading “PFI interest rates by bailed-out banks unjustified”

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

Good piece from Harvard Business Review by Jim Heskett. I particularly enjoyed the reasoned and balanced opinions that follow. Read it here: hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6245.html

Oral Cancer Rates Up – but is the real truth hard to swallow?

There have been a lot of mentions in the media over the past 10 days that the rates of Oral Cancer have risen in individuals in their 40s. When I was a student & during my hospital career we were told that Oral & Lip Cancers were related to the “5Ss”: Smoking, Spirits, Sepsis, SunshineContinue reading “Oral Cancer Rates Up – but is the real truth hard to swallow?”