Welsh NHS : Cameron and Hunt – Apologise to the House and to Wales
A Retort from Tony Beddow The Welsh NHS has for weeks been attacked in the …
Labour policies to tackle the social determinants of health?
As the 2010 Marmot Review (and before that the 2008 WHO report on Closing the …
One Thousand Thank Yous
It was back in 2004, that the then Conservative shadow chancellor, Oliver Letwin, astonished his …
Marking Their Own Homework
What an outcry there was about MPs ‘marking their own homework’. Georgia Graham and Padraic …
Work Capability Assessment
I spent yesterday afternoon with the Labour Party Disabled Members Group discussing their ideas about …
The Welsh NHS has much to teach the English
The Welsh created the NHS, modelled on miners’ mutual aid schemes. They have so far …
Labour’s Health And Social Care Policy Consultation
The proposals in Labour’s policy document are too vague – full of the right words …
Why do all the forbidden words in the NHS begin with R: “Rationing”, “Reorganisation” and Rationalisation.
Over the next 40 minutes or so I will attempt to explore a serious problem …
Children’s Mental Health – a serious public health issue
We know that at least 1 in 10 children under the age of 15 experiences …
Could the Health Service Ombudsman be your knight in shining armour?
Ask the average man on the street about the NHS complaint system and they will …
Ideas for Labour Public Health Policy
These ideas have not been agreed by anyone at present. They could be part of …
Why paying people the Living Wage should be a Public Health priority
In this article, I argue that paying the Living Wage should be a public health …