Labour drags NHS ‘back to the future’
Karl Marx warned that “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” However, he was referring to similar events, … Read more
Long-term plan
Will Wes Streeting listen to health campaigners?
The views of Irwin Nash on the government’s recently launched NHS consultation Many campaigners will react with despair and disappointment … Read more
Darzi rides again
Lord Darzi may be best known as a high-flying surgeon, but he is also quite keen on knocking out reports … Read more
Tough choices for NHS saddled with local deficits
Lord Darzi has delivered a stark report on the NHS’s unprecedented problems. The Prime Minister responded with a commitment to producing a … Read more
Wes Streeting turns to the ‘usual suspects’: why no involvement of trade unions and patients?
When Tony Blair’s government took office in 1997, every one of the newly-appointed health ministers who had worked with campaigners … Read more
Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
The publication of the first-ever NHS long-term workforce plan in June 2023 received a mixed reception. There was relief that a workforce … Read more
Hewitt review misses need for far reaching change
Richard Bourne discusses how past policy failings still haunt the current health policy debate, as he explores the changes proposed … Read more
Sunak seeks powers to boost flagging private sector
According to a recent report in the (£paywalled) Times, Rishi Sunak’s so-called “elective recovery task force,” steered no doubt by its private sector … Read more
To get NHS out of this hole – stop digging
In ten years from 2000 a decade of sustained investment by a New Labour government managed to repair much of the damage … Read more
Right wing trying to drag NHS back to pre-war system
As the Tory conference gathered, one-time Brexit secretary David Davis became the latest mouthpiece for the hoary old argument for scrapping the … Read more