There is a politics that needs a champion - and its message is we're entitled to Freedom from Fear
Monday, August 26th, 2013I have long felt that politics should bring hope. It’s why I believe in the causes I do. Equality, peace, truth and sustainability are fundamental to
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A blog post with a life all of its own: The NHS - a stunningly cost effective supplier of high quality healthcare
Sunday, August 18th, 2013On 6 June 2011 I wrote a blog post that has gained what seems to be a life all of its own. The social media sharing data
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A note to Labour: content matters and communication matters. But principles matter even more.
Monday, August 12th, 2013John Harris has a fascinating analysis of what’s wrong with Labour in the Guardian this morning: I recommend it. I think that the piece includes
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The failure of 111 is just the start of NHS failure as integrated care collapses
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013As the Guardian reports this morning: The NHS’s 111 non-emergency telephone helpline was in crisis after one of the major providers announced it was pulling out
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The sale of NHS blood plasma services is another example of the cowardly state
Friday, July 19th, 2013As Polly Toynbee has noted this morning: The symbolism runs deep into the veins of the NHS. The government on Thursday sold off the NHS-owned
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Before you think the NHS is killing thousands of people unnecessarily do a little reading
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013I tweeted last night that I was worried that the furore over supposedly unnecessary deaths in the NHS might be – as some academics warned Jeremy Hunt – an
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Why isn't the glaringly obvious fact that people really want the NHS being recognised?
Thursday, July 11th, 2013Pretty well hidden in the Guardian web site this morning is an article about comments made by retiring NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson. It is reported that he said:
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Confusion, duplication and chaos are the drivers of profit in the Tory Health Service
Friday, July 5th, 2013Polly Toynbee has noted this morning that: One London teaching hospital in the forefront of integrating itself with local community care to treat more people
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Won't the new NHS visa levy on immigrants increase 'health tourism'?
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013The FT, amongst many, reports that: Non-EU citizens who come to the UK to work or study will have to pay a healthcare levy of
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