Talking about the NHS
Sunday, August 20th, 2017Having spent a whole day at an event talking about the NHS yesterday I think it appropriate to summarise what I learnt. What follows is
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The NHS: How did we get here? My presentation at the Royal Society of Medicine today
Saturday, August 19th, 2017I am speaking at the same Royal Society of Medicine conference as Professor Stephen Hawking today. I make no pretence that I will offer anything
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Growing NHS waiting lists demand that next time it has to be different
Friday, August 11th, 2017There has been much, unsurprising, discussion to mark the tenth anniversary of the start of the Global Finanical Crisis this week. I think that appropriate:
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London, 19 August, Royal Society of Medicine
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017I’m speaking at this event: More details here.
We need an intelligent debate on increased government spending, but that's not what we're getting
Sunday, July 2nd, 2017There is is much discussion in the papers this morning on the need to increase government spending. This is not ostensibly because of a national demonstration
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If the 1945 Labour government represents the threat of socialism it's obvious we need more socialism
Tuesday, June 27th, 2017I Iove this from the Guardian long read on the failure of the Tory electoral machine (link below as it will not embed:apologies): “It’s a
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Ending the mess we're in
Monday, June 26th, 2017I wrote about European banks looking as they are close to breaking last night. This is profoundly worrying. But it’s not just some banks that
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Austerity is a killer. And that is wholly unnecessary
Thursday, June 15th, 2017The Grenfell Tower fire has claimed twelve lives at the time of writing but no one thinks that will be the final total. And, I
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Red lines for Opposition now
Sunday, June 11th, 2017We (apparently) have a new government. Staggeringly, after seven years of malicious and incompetent Tory led governments it still seems like we are going to
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