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Andrew Haldenby

Posts by Andrew Haldenby

Andrew Haldenby is the co-founder of HW, a public services consultancy.

Andrew Haldenby: To clear the post-pandemic backlog, the NHS will need not yet more spending, but improved productivity

The first in a mini-series of articles on ConHome this week about healthcare after Covid.

Comment, Highlights | By Andrew Haldenby | 6 April 2021 at 6:30 am

Andrew Haldenby: Cameron was right to bury Labour’s targets regime. Johnson shouldn’t now seek to resurrect it.

If Ministers don’t trust the police to use the extra officers, why did they decide to recruit them in the first place?

Comment, Highlights | By Andrew Haldenby | 20 January 2021 at 11:30 am | 13 comments

Andrew Haldenby: The private sector has delivered in this crisis – creating the UK’s outstanding network of test centres

We have been so self-critical over NHS Test and Trace that we have failed to recognise an incredible public service achievement.

Comment, Highlights | By Andrew Haldenby | 1 December 2020 at 6:20 am | 6 comments

Andrew Haldenby: Even after austerity, shocking amounts of money are wasted by underperforming state bodies

Voters are more open to higher spending, but if they pay higher taxes for services that don’t improve then they won’t be happy.

Comment, Highlights | By Andrew Haldenby | 20 February 2020 at 6:45 am | 76 comments

Future of Education 1) Andrew Haldenby: Never, ever forget the importance of maintaining standards

The first writer in our mini-series is concerned that the Conservative education policy is at risk of neglecting the important lessons of the Gove years.

Comment, Highlights | By Andrew Haldenby | 19 February 2019 at 6:20 am | 4 comments

Andrew Haldenby: Ministers are winning the argument on NHS change – general practice should be next in line

Many GPs are stuck in an operational and technological Stone Age.

Comment | By Andrew Haldenby | 12 April 2016 at 10:00 am | 30 comments

Andrew Haldenby: Why now is the time to rally round Jeremy Hunt

Downing Street and Conservative MPs should not abandon this reforming Health Secretary under pressure from the BMA and the unions.

Comment, Highlights | By Andrew Haldenby | 10 February 2016 at 6:50 am | 61 comments

Andrew Haldenby: The election campaign mustn’t get in the way of public service reform

The cuts will carry on through 2015 and beyond. If services such as the police are to flourish, they must deliver more for less.

Comment | By Andrew Haldenby | 16 July 2014 at 6:30 am | 2 comments

Andrew Haldenby: How has the Coalition performed on public services? Five marks out of ten

The pace of public service change is swift – but does it extend as widely as it should?

Comment, Highlights | By Andrew Haldenby | 8 April 2014 at 6:30 am | 4 comments

Andrew Haldenby: It’s time for radical reform of the health service

A new report for Reform by Lord Warner, a Blair health Minister and recent Gove appointee, points a way forward.

Comment, Highlights | By Andrew Haldenby | 31 March 2014 at 6:30 am | 23 comments

Andrew Haldenby: The OBR should have powers to cut and raise tax

The scale of the national debt shows that politicians cannot be trusted to deal responsibly with the public finances.

Comment, Highlights | By Andrew Haldenby | 17 March 2014 at 6:30 am | 26 comments

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