NHS Reinstatement Bill – Back to the Future? Again?
The NHS Reinstatement Bill removes the market and the purchaser provider split from the NHS …
Devo All – The Role for Local Authorities (in England)
It has long been SHA policy that greater democratic accountability should be introduced into our …
Devo Manc – Don’t Panic
It’s a wow moment in NHS history. It’s the latest ‘this is the end of …
Plans, Views, and our policy
We now have Labour’s Ten Year Plan but also St. Stevens Vision in the 5 …
Cost of the Market in our NHS
Caution … this is a dated opinion piece – there is ongoing work in this …
Freedom to Hide Information
There has been a growing campaign to ensure that all organisations that accept our money …
Thoughts after the Kings Fund Epiphany
The Socialist Health Association was amongst the first to come out and resolutely oppose the …
What Plan?
Those who listened to Andy Burnham’s Kings Fund speech can only have been encouraged and …
History (as interpreted by Irwin) Repeats Itself?
In 1997 Labour was elected to save the NHS. It came into power after a …
Hinchingbrooke, George Eliot and Liars
In the summer of 2013 the trade unions led a major campaign to prevent the …
Keep the Split?
The purchaser/provider split for healthcare was introduced early in the 1990’s, tied into the ideas …
Fairy Story
When the post war boom ground to an end the initial response was to turn …