It's hard to fathom how stupid the Lib Dem opposition to NHS reform is
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011It is really very difficult to fathom how stupid the Liberal Democrats are. As the Guardian reports: The Treasury will only support GP-led consortiums if
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When the headteachers vote for a strike trust has failed
Sunday, May 1st, 2011It has been the policy government throughout the neoliberal era to undermine all professions. Professions necessarily reflect society. Admittedly, powerful parts of society, but society none the
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THe NHS - a model of efficiency and good management the Tories want to destroy
Saturday, April 30th, 2011Look at this graph: Growth in Total Health Expenditure Per Capita, U.S. and Selected Countries, 1970-2008 Look who is at the bottom of this pile:
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Why the NHS reforms really are the end of the National health service
Thursday, April 21st, 2011One of the most pernicious aspect of the Tories’ NHS reforms is one of the least known. At present we have a National Health Service
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A day in the forest
Monday, April 18th, 2011It’s school holidays. And it was, for at least some of the day, spent with my sons in the forest – Forestry Commission forest. The
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NHS money heading to a tax haven not far from here
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011The BBC has reported that HSBC set up a Guernsey-based company to reduce tax on profits from funding National Health Service hospitals provided under the
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Labour goes onto attack on Health Bill - at last
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011As the Guardian reports: Labour are releasing a 16-page dossier setting out “the hidden reality of David Cameron’s health reforms”. It identifies five main flaws
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Southern Cross: a symbol of the failing NHS to come
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011Southern Cross is one of the UK’s largest providers of care homes. It has 754 in all with 37,600 beds. For many those beds are
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Clegg - deserving all the failure that awaits him in his future
Monday, April 11th, 2011Clegg seems to have got just about everything on NHS reofmr wrong. According to the Guardian: Clegg said GP practices would have to meet a
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