TripAdvisor helps us choose hotels and restaurants – so why not where we end our days?
My 91-year-old mother was deeply unhappy at the geriatric hospital in which she found herself …
BMA responds to UK position paper on Ireland border
Commenting on a paper published today which suggests that the UK government does not …
Breast cancer study in India shows how the country can avoid crisis
A new study examining breast cancer awareness in India has found that a lack of …
Let’s streamline NHS bureaucracy and then leave it well alone
The House of Lords’ recent report, The Long-Term Sustainability of the NHS and Adult Social …
UK expertise on health security could be a strong card in the Brexit negotiations – but few seem to realise
The decision to leave the EU, and the government’s commitment to leave the Single Market …
Driving GPs into industrial action
The BMA have begun to ballot GPs in response to the Tower Hamlets motion passed …
NHS Continuing Healthcare funding: anomalous, irregular, and often baffling
The National Audit Office (NAO) investigation into NHS continuing healthcare funding published on 5 July 2017 shines …
Speech on child health
Delivered to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 11 July 2017 Good morning and …
Free abortions in England will not remove the fundamental injustice Northern Irish women suffer
An announcement by Justine Greening, Minister for Women and Equalities, on 29 June indicated that …
Accountable Care Systems – Flavour of the Month
The always excellent ‘Health Service Journal’ (HSJ) analysed potential care reforms under a future Conservative …
“Why should the people wait any longer?”
How Labour built the NHS On the 5th July 1948, a young girl was admitted …