Public health must lead a public system
The NHS may have been designed by a Liberal, William Beveridge, but it remains the …
Basic principles of the German health care system
This explication of the German health care system is derived from presentations by Prof. Karl Lauterbach, …
Zero Hours Contracts in the NHS and Social Care
This is NHS Check report no 12 originally published by Labour’s Shadow Health Team in …
Honesty about the NHS
As widely predicted the Tory press launches yet another attack on the NHS based on …
Reconfiguration – Closing Services
Does closing hospitals save money? Does reconfiguring services save money and improve care? Do we …
Key issues concerning the country
Ipsos MORI’s Issues Index is conducted monthly and provides an overview of the key issues concerning …
Alas ATOS
(to the tune of Greensleeves) 1 Alas ATOS they do me wrong, To treat …
Urgent and Emergency Care
The spate of stories about how badly NHS 111 is performing are just another example …
Patient Voice?
Community Health Councils were set up in England and Wales in1974 when community health services …
Medical Practitioners Union Conference 2/3/13
A quote from the MPU website – “A keynote conference for doctors and medical students was …
No more crook’s tours to pick up UK benefits, Lilley pledges
Peter Lilley’s speech to the Conservative Party Conference as reported by the Guardian 7th October …