Politics in the digital technology age
The transformative effects of the world-wide-web and the digital revolution are everywhere. Lives of citizens have …
From high street retailer to provider of community eyecare?
The future of the optical professions The General Optical Council – the national regulator for …
‘Dangerous’ new changes planned to force sick people into work – or into poverty
The government promised to help disabled people back into work. They’re failing – and now …
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE IN WALES — WILL IT BE A RUSHED JOB?
On November 1st 2016 the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Health, Well-being and Sport, …
Patient Transport Services and Damaging Privatisation
The rationale of the now discredited Health and Social Care Act embedded the idea that …
Minutes of SHA AGM 5th March 2016
At Manchester Quaker Meeting House Andrew Gwynne (Shadow Public Health Minister) Andrew gave a wide …
Why GPs should join the 4 March NHS protest
The NHS march on 4 March is an opportunity for us all to show our opposition …
Why we don’t need the alcohol industry for a strong economy
In 1850, the French economist Frederic Bastiat wrote the parable of a shopkeeper whose window …
Sustainability and transformation plans
STPs are loose coalitions of agencies without statutory powers, so they cannot implement change, only …
Reducing health inequalities locally
Councils can make a huge contribution to tackling health inequalities across Scotland. The interaction and …
‘LEGISLATION WATCH WALES’ – February 2017
Health and Social Care Briefing Acts None as yet in this current term of the …
Staffordshire Madness
Staffordshire was the last of the Sustainability and Transformation Plans to be published perhaps because …