What Plan?
Those who listened to Andy Burnham’s Kings Fund speech can only have been encouraged and …
Public spending on Health
Graph showing public spending on health in the UK from 1949 to 2014 by Anita …
Breaking the Cycle
Making the case for radical prison reform Against a backdrop of persistently high reoffending rates …
A Quiet Revolution
All three main party leaders put the NHS at the heart of their conference speeches …
Using Information to Challenge Health Inequalities
Health and Social Care Community Profiles The more widespread availability of statistical data on the …
What does the public think of the NHS
Lord Ashcroft has conducted some interesting research into the views of the public on the …
Food crime—why should doctors care?
Food crime is big business. It is everywhere. It is international. The same organised crime …
The Care system in England
Policy summary 2014 This is not intended to be a new statement of policy. It …
Protecting Children, Empowering All
Labour’s New Approach to Public Health in the 21st Century Introduction When the NHS was created in …
What do international comparisons say about the NHS?
The NHS is a source of British pride. It is often described as “the envy …
Who is the Patients’ friend? CHCs or PALS?
I have to declare an interest. I once was a Community Health Council Chief Officer. …
Hunger and the election campaign
Since the coalition government came to power almost five years ago, child poverty has increased …