2023 end of year SHA Officers’ report
Warmest greetings to all members from Mark, Judith and Esther, the officers of the SHA. …
If Medics Treated Patients As Governments Treat the NHS
We’d All Be Dead Another Secretary of State pushes determinedly, blindly on with NHS …
NHS: A long game comes to a close?
It had to come sooner or later, and it has come sooner. Christopher Smallwood, chair …
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 …
Beyond austerity: the National Care Service and a new social settlement
If Labour wants to go beyond opposing austerity and thereby appeal beyond the 25% of …
Be prepared for a less ‘national’ health service
The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill, slowly making its way through Parliament, feels like a …
Losing political office
Representative democracy depends on politicians exiting office. It is part and parcel of our democratic system. …
True History of the Coalition Gang
The Coalition agreement promised no top down reorganisation of the NHS and the White Paper …
The state and the profession: the politics of the double bed
In retrospect it is clear that those who fought Nye Bevan’s plans for setting up …
Reforming the NHS from within
These are the key points taken from Chris Ham’s very interesting Reforming the NHS from within Beyond …
This May Hurt a Bit
I went to see an interesting play, This May Hurt a Bit, about the NHS in …
An honest debate about rationing medicine?
The excellent Clare Gerada, Chair of the Royal College of GPs is calling for a …