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  • 18 Feb 2013
    Bishops say marketisation of NHS has gone too far

    The marketisation of the health service "has gone too far", two Church of England bishops have suggested, following the latest scandal.

  • 7 Feb 2013
    Mid Staffordshire – change culture, don’t just scapegoat or restructure

    A report on why Mid Staffordshire hospital failings went unchecked for so long makes important points. Robert Francis QC, who led the inquiry, avoided the temptation to blame all that went wrong on a few people who could then be punished, or call for yet another round of reorganisation. Instead he revealed disturbing flaws in the culture of the NHS and other agencies linked with health and social care.

  • 26 Sep 2012
    Regional pay plans damaging and unfair says TUC poll

    Government plans for regional pay in the public sector are unfair and would be bad for NHS patients and pupils in poorer areas, according to polling published by the TUC.

  • 10 Apr 2009
    NHS chaplaincies ‘bring added value and resources’

    Chaplaincy teams in the National Health Service are good value and bring added benefits and resources to clinical treatment, say health specialists responding to a call to stop their official funding.

  • 9 Apr 2009
    How much does health chaplaincy cost?

    The National Secular Society wants to end taxpayer funding for chaplaincy in the NHS. Matt Wardman subjects the figures to scrutiny, and is left with a lot of questions.

  • 9 Apr 2009
    The job of nurturing well-being

    It can be hard to quantify the benefit of having chaplains, says Mark Vernon. Their work is not amenable to a cost-benefit analysis. But that does not mean it has no value or effect, just that it has to be assessed in human rather than statistical terms.

  • 8 Apr 2009
    Health chaplaincies should be funded by religious groups, say secularists

    Churches and religious organisations should fund chaplaincy and spiritual care in the National Health Service instead of the taxpayer, says the National Secular Society.

  • 23 Jan 2009
    Gaza 'full of blood and grief' says Anglican hospital director

    Following an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza, Palestinians are only beginning to realise the scope of their losses from a three-week Israeli onslaught, says the director of the Anglican Al Ahli Arab Hospital.

  • 19 Jan 2008
    Dutch Mennonites back hospitals and health initiatives in Tanzania

    Doopsgezind WereldWerk, the Dutch Mennonite Organization for Solidarity and Peace has been sending shipments of medical supplies and hospital equipment on to hospitals in Shirati and Mugumu in Tanzania, pioneering health care institutions.

  • 4 Jan 2007
    Caritas remains concerned about health crisis in Palestine

    As tension and violence continues to escalate in Gaza, Caritas Jerusalem, the Catholic aid agency, continues to be alarmed at the ongoing deterioration of the health situation in the Palestinian Territories - and involved in practical work to redress the situation.