Secretary’s Report
The investigation into the issues raised in the scrutineers’ report is ongoing. All aspects are …
Privatisation from the top-down: the corporate sector and decision-making
Recent months have seen three debates in parliament about NHS privatisation. The first in Westminster …
We need to talk about ‘national plans’ for dementia
The opening gambit for anyone criticising plans in health and social care was to mention …
Privatisation from the ground up: property sales and rich NHS Trusts
On 18 May, in its property section, the Guardian ran an article entitled ‘NHS privately …
A social policy on ageing
To reduce the costs of old age, we must improve the entire life course Far …
Chair’s report
My apologies for not providing a written report at the AGM in March. 2017-18 has …
Director’s Report
I’ve spent the last two months working on our contact lists so we can comply …
You’re joking! Not another re-organisation?
Oh no. In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and …
Proposed SHA policy on maternity services
This policy statement is intended to apply to all parts of the UK. The SHA …
I finally understood what was meant by #Socks4Docs and it made all the difference
Whilst the meanings of hashtags can be immediately obviously, such as #EndPJParalysis, some meanings are …
TINA? Institutional Parameters for a New Deal for the NHS.
The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old …
Disabled people’s independence
The underfunding and commodification of support Social policy has always distinguished between the ‘deserving’ and …