Up to a third of UK social class differences in health was probably caused by work 50 years ago. Since then, many hazardous jobs have been exported but new types of unhealthy work have emerged. Work can be bad for health but so is unemployment. The most disadvantaged suffer unemployment in recessions and poor-quality work … Read more
Up to a third of UK social class differences in health was probably caused by work 50 years ago. Since then, many hazardous jobs have been exported but new types of unhealthy work have emerged.Work can be bad for health but so is unemployment. The most disadvantaged suffer unemployment in recessions and poor-quality work during … Read more
Socialist Health Association Constitution This document is as amended by the Special General Meeting in July 2021. 1. Name The name of the Organisation is the Socialist Health Association Limited. To the extent permitted by law, the Organisation may be referred to as the Socialist Health Association. 2. Objects The objects of the Organisation are: … Read more
Updated 06/02/2021 Authors: Liam Sunner, Maynooth and Tamara Hervey, Sheffield, in collaboration with Brian Fisher, Socialist Health Association 22 January 2021 The support of the ESRC’s Health Governance After Brexit grant ES/S00730X/1 is gratefully acknowledged. With grateful thanks to Elitsa Garnizova, LSE. Summary The NHS and other aspects of healthcare provision and planning are at … Read more
A recent study by the Bevan Foundation has called for the establishment of a “ Welsh Benefits System”. It found that over £400 million in welfare type payments are distributed by devolved bodies but that the system lacks coherence and does not operate in a strategically focused way. Just over half of all public expenditure … Read more
by Esther Giles, Former Director of Finance (Specialised Services) South Region of England, SHA member” This article tracks the extent and nature of marketisation and privatisation in the NHS up to the current proposed move to Integrated care systems (ICSs) and argues that the current ICS proposals are the logical conclusion of the marketisation reforms … Read more
This is SHA’s response to NHSE’s consultation on putting ICSs on a statutory footing. It is a curation of the generous and thoughtful comments of many members. Please forward to as many of your groups and networks as possible. THE SOCIALIST HEALTH ASSOCIATION’S RESPONSE TO “INTEGRATING CARE – Next steps to building strong and effective … Read more
Recently the Chancellor Rishi Sunak won widespread plaudits for altering the terms of his financial support for workers whose jobs are under threat because of the restrictions introduced in response to the pandemic. The furlough scheme is back, leaving the workers affected with just 80% of their wages, rather than 67%. This was simply a … Read more
At this stage a debate about the post-Brexit UK Internal / Single Market is unlikely to generate much heat or light – expect for possibly amongst a select band of constitutional lawyers and academics and the most committed of political anoraks. And yet the UK government’s July white paper on the subject has the potential … Read more
The Camden New Journal (CNJ) have published the sixth article about the NHS written by Susanna Mitchell and Roy Trevelion. You can see it on the CNJ website under ‘Forum’ published on 16 July 2020 here. Or you can read it below: Neglect and inadequate excuses lie at the heart of the government’s failures, argue … Read more
In this week’s blog we will look again at the emerging Blame Game which is attempting to divert attention away from the PM and Health Secretary, raise again the unbelievable issue of the national Test and Trace scheme not sharing information on test results with local Directors of Public Health, salute the letter to the … Read more
This paper was developed by a group of primary care clinicians for the Labour Shadow Health Team at their request. We hope it helps illuminate the next steps for primary care. WHAT ARE THE RISKS, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FACING PRIMARY CARE PROVISION DURING AND AFTER ITS RETURN TO A NORMAL STATE OF OPERATION? “We … Read more