My thoughts as a newly minted ‘wounded healer’
The thing I’ve learnt the most from my experience as a patient is that the …
When the shop is not enough
I am not sure it’s feasible just to use “length of stay” and “avoidable …
Patients are not ‘activated’ like washing machines, so shouldn’t we abolish the term ‘patent activation measure’?
It may not be actually necessary to abolish the term ‘patient activation measure’. It …
Fortune favours the brave
For a moment – guess who said this, and when? “We will be studying the …
Grenfell, Lessons Not Learned
Grenfell laid raw the harsh realities for many living in London today. Many stories unfolded …
How to find money to save the NHS
Tuesday morning was the launch of the Resolution Foundation report, Healthy finances? Options for funding an NHS spending …
3 things you need to know about the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s report into Integrated Care
On 11 June 2018 the Common’s Health and Social Care Committee published the result of …
Legislation, Privatisation and the NHS
Privatisation has been the economic policy of successive governments since the 1970s. All the major …
Labour’s Five Tests For The Government
Jeremy Hunt has considerably heightened expectations for the so called birthday present for the NHS …
Safe Births for Babies and Mothers
This has been written as a response to Baroness Julia Cumberlege’s Better Births in England: a Five …
Winning the fight for our NHS
Despite the legitimate protests against the continued fragmentation of the NHS in England and privatisation …
A sea-change in abortion politics:
Stella Creasy’s proposal and its significance for the entire UK The decisive victory of the …