Health and Productivity
Theory: The healthier we are the more productive we will be; but increased productivity does …
Privatising the NHS
This post first appeared in International Socialism July 2013. and is reproduced by permission of …
Excess Deaths (Again)
I had hoped I had written enough about this but yet again we get the …
Frailty: a critical test in reversing a ‘Fragmented Illness Service’ to a ‘National Health Service”?
Professionals intuitively recognise “frail” older people as more shrinked, and slowly moving. This phenotype …
Director’s Report
There are two main areas of activity at the moment: Work around Labour Party policy …
3246 Needless Deaths
Guest Article by J Twunt I welcome the Keogh Review as a vindication of our …
Healthier Scotland: the Journal
April 2013 edition The Socialist Health Association was founded in 1930 to campaign for a …
News from Wales March 2013
NHS Wales, like other parts of the NHS, is facing major change as it struggles …
Policy Discussions on Health and Social Care
These notes are a summary of points which were raised when Andy Burnham visited Easington …
Prevention is better than cure
A five-point plan to prevent a repeat of the failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation …
National Health Action Party Ten Point Plan
It is good that the NHA party have moved beyond protest and onto the start …
The So-What issue
Shibley’s thought provoking post on communications touches on some serious issues. He asks why we …