Privatisation and Care homes
Any attempt to improve care of the elderly in private care homes will be utterly …
NHS Groupthink
Dr David Oliver’s ten examples of solutions to the NHS’s problems which are widely accepted …
Community Meditation Centres
The crisis in mental health has been long foretold, as I heard these problems from …
Doctor And Nurse Ostrich
A study of 350 Florida nursing homes, conducted between 2000 and 2007, published in the …
Our Care System – Issues for Incoming Labour Government
There is a growing sense that our NHS is performing less well that it should, …
Clinical Research in the UK
Clinical research is a key part of evaluating new drugs or surgical techniques. In the …
Is Bevan’s NHS under threat?
This article is a revised and expanded version of written evidence submitted by Albert Persaud …
Charter for Community Development in Health
This charter is both a challenge and a solution to making it easier to improve …
Bad Summer for General Practice?
A bad few weeks for general practice. First came the MPIG scuffle in June, as …
Further Madness in Staffordshire
The procurement exercise in Staffordshire which outsources the commissioning of £1.2 bn of NHS …
National Policy Forum Report
Selected health amendments endorsed at Labour’s National Policy Forum in Milton Keynes 18-20 July 2014. This …
A social model of health
The current debate about the future of primary care and general practice seems to be …