Special Education – what should Labour do?
Proposals Labour should consider: Introduce a mandatory minimum level of training on high-incidence special educational …
Can We Democratise the NHS?
For all of its many strengths the NHS has one enduring weakness – it lacks …
Behind the Cost of NHS Prescriptions
Prescriptions in the UK have always come at a price. That is, unless you fit …
Evidence to the Labour Party Investigation into Health Service Organisation
The author is a member of BMA Council, a former (1987-97) President of the Medical …
Crisis? What Crisis?
Most of us would accept that at least in some parts of England the urgent/emergency …
Why the NHS (desperately) needs Local Authorities
In the context of whole person we need health services to be aligned with all …
Clinical Commissioning Board meeting
I am often told I need to get out more so I went along to …
Politics of healthcare in England and the USA
“The result will be that at the end of this Parliament we will once again …
Healthcare reform in the US: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2010
The principle changes in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law on …
Oregon Health Plan
In order to address the issue of where the NHS reforms may lead, and qualify …
Mid Staffordshire – the way forward
In October 2012, Monitor appointed a Contingency Planning Team (CPT) to assess the sustainability of …
This is not just care, this is NHS ‘Whole Person Care’!
You won’t often hear many good things coming from a socialist about the current healthcare …