Market Madness and Hospitals
According to the Regulators (Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and the Care Quality Commission) just under …
A week in parliament or a challenge to a weak Parliament?
Polly Toynbee in her Guardian column of 25th October draws attention to “an emergency extra …
In place of growth: The case for pursuing a steady state economy
A Manchester where all people can thrive without harming the planet? Mark Burton introduces the …
Redefining the Hippocratic Oath for 21st Century
Summary of the Patient Safety Conference Oration on October 23rd 2013 By Stephen Bolsin My …
Austerity kills – we must invest
First Published in the Health Service Journal NHS England has made it clear. An extra £30bn …
A One Nation Approach To Health And Social Care
Chapter 8 of The Socialist Way, edited by Roy Hattersley and Kevin Hickson For the …
Why being part of the European Union is good for our health
First published on the Euroblog There are shocking differences in the number of years Londoners …
Not Open or Transparent: Hiding Information
In the bright new open and transparent health service we are seeing the reality of …
Core Principles from NHS Plan 2000
Simon Stevens seems to get some of the credit for this. 1. The NHS will …
Keep it Simple: whole person care
If Labour is elected in 2015 it will inherit a demoralised and financially challenged NHS …
The north loses out yet again under NHS funding proposals
By Clare Bambra, Durham University and Alison Copeland, Durham University The north-south divide is a …
Dutch Reform; The tenets of free market healthcare
I saw that the Socialist Health Association were looking for blog posts on international health …