How socio-economic circumstances in childhood can influence your midlife health
How do early circumstances influence us later in life? Previous studies have found that socio-economic factors in …
Data-sharing MoU between NHS Digital and Home Office: call for evidence by 30 March
NHS England are seeking views on the impact of data-sharing arrangements under the memorandum of …
Have NHS leaders failed to “speak truth unto power”?
This is blog is not a rant—well not too much of a rant. It is …
50 years of failed NHS reorganisations?
2018 marks the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the NHS, but also the fiftieth …
Equality Act 2010 (disability) and the Labour Party
“It’s about including people – as simple as that. Let’s be a shining example of …
Adult social care: is privatisation irreversible?
The outsourcing of public services to private companies is a model in disarray. The impetus …
Policy options from North East SHA Seminar Jan 19th 2018
There is wide agreement that it would be beneficial to integrate social services and …
What can Councillors do about health?
A video of this presentation is available The Health and Well-Being Board A forum for discussion …
Paying for over the counter items
In 1948 the leaflet distributed to every household about the forthcoming NHS said “Your doctor …
Urgent appeal for donations for NHS judicial review
As many of you may know, NHS England’s latest project is to establish Accountable Care …
What can councillors do about health?
Our meeting yesterday at the Labour Local Government Conference captured on video Labour Local Government …
Taking on The Legal Loan Sharks Of The Public Sector: The Fight For A Pfi Windfall Tax
WHAT IS PFI? Since 1992 and to the present day the Private Finance Initiative (“PFI”) …