NHS

June 1, 2017

The Naylor Report: the danger that lies ahead

For many years I have been under the care of the Royal Brompton Hospital in London.
May 2, 2017

BMA launches A Vote For Health

The British Medical Association has launched a manifesto to put the NHS centre stage during the General Election campaign.
April 27, 2017

PAC reports on GP access, social care, and ambulance services

Public Accounts Committee says Better Care Fund is "little more than a complicated ruse"
April 27, 2017

Public Accounts Committee reports on GP access, social care, and ambulance services

Public Accounts Committee says Better Care Fund is "little more than a complicated ruse"
March 28, 2017

NHS prescribing restrictions and tax cuts for the rich

NHS prescribing may be further restricted, forcing yet more patients to buy medical products or, if they cannot afford this, to go without.
January 8, 2017

When government policies put people at risk

The Prime Minister, we are told, is going to talk about a shared society. It would be good if she could make it a safe society for those at the sharp end of government policy.
December 15, 2016

Blocking married gay chaplain probably lawful, though pointless

The Church of England did not break the law by blocking a hospital chaplain from a job for being gay and married, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has
November 11, 2016

Does Green Paper reveal government's lack of commitment to the welfare state?

Does a section of the government’s Green Paper on Work, Health and
April 26, 2016

The doctors' strike in context

We will hear a lot this week about who is to blame for the junior doctors' strike. Is it Jeremy Hunt, or the doctors who are being unreasonable?
March 25, 2016

Amnesty calls for reform of Northern Ireland abortion law

Amnesty International has said it will study new draft legal guidance on abortion to be published by Northern Ireland's Department of Health and has repeated its call for urgent reform of the region’s restrictive abortion law. It was announced yesterday that the Northern Ireland government will finally publish the long-awaited draft guidance.