Hospital beds
The NHS has been closing hospital beds steadily since 1948. On the appointed day in England …
The new series of Dr Who
Debut of Tomas Northmore as political cartoonist with thanks to Aaron
Labour Party Conference Resolution on the NHS
COMPOSITE 6 – NHS Conference notes reports on August 15 that waiting lists for operations …
After Brighton – the Hard Work
In Brighton Ed Milliband and Andy Burnham (together with his excellent team) set out more …
Free School Meals
Vote for Motion on Free School Meals Conference is concerned that a study by Ipsos …
Making Equality Work – The NHS experience
Making equality work – a ‘huge’ little book to show you how A new book …
What can HS2 teach the NHS?
1 Introduction Although HS2 may at first seem unrelated, it possesses many of the features …
Safe Staffing
The Safe Staffing Alliance have made a valuable contribution to the debate about nurse staffing …
Brian Jarman’s statistics of hospital mortality
It is surprising that the Guardian gives any credence to the statistics of hospital mortality …
Why Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio May be Dangerous to Your Health
My interest in mortality goes back 40 years to when I trained as an actuary …
Austerity policies and Liverpool citizens
On a wall in Kirkby Unemployed Centre are contrasting photos of the estate at its …
Director’s Report
Since June my main activities have been the development of the website – the Editorial …