Measuring child poverty: proposed changes will push families into unacceptable hardship
A recent study of poverty in the UK has revealed that parents in poverty are …
Public Health Grant allocations
Today’s announcement that Councils will receive £77m less from Government for public health in 2016/17 and £84m …
Taking the long view on the state of the NHS
All the gains and achievements following the boom years between 2002 and 2008, when the …
Heath Action Report
On behalf of the Aneurin Bevan Society. Recent events have placed our National Health Service in …
The Health Implications of Jeremy Corbyn’s UK Labour Party Leadership Victory
A Week Is a Long Time in Politics: by Alex Scott-Samuel, and Clare Bambra For …
Health and Social Care Commission debate
I, too, believe that the commission, although in principle a good idea, would be a …
Sharing patient records
This video from Liverpool vividly points out how essential it is for clinicians to share …
Royal College of Surgeons backs calls for increase in placebo surgery
A working party looking into the inclusion of placebos in surgical trials has led to a recommendation …
Tax avoidance and the NHS
Last week the Governing Body of Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group agreed a plan to remove from …
Mental health seminar in Durham
This is a report of discussions we held in Murton, in the Easington constituency in …
NHS and social care commission debate
Speech delivered in the House of Commons – 28/01/2016 Many Hon. Members have raised the …
Bristol meeting on devolution and integration
Report on the event we held in Bristol on 8th January: This was the first …