When Tony Blair’s government took office in 1997, every one of the newly-appointed health ministers who had worked with campaigners … Read more
With 412 Labour MPs and a huge majority in the House of Commons, Keir Starmer’s Labour government clearly now has … Read more
After 14 long years of real-terms cuts in funding alongside increased pressures on the NHS, its 76th birthday (July 5) saw … Read more
In the countdown to this year’s General Election, one thing is evident: the NHS will be one of the most … Read more
The NHS is attacked on a variety of spurious grounds. Negative statements often being repeated uncritically and ad nauseam by … Read more
Whenever reform of the NHS is discussed the possibility that payments to visit your GP or attend A&E is nearly … Read more
The NHS was set up to be a universal health service, covering the whole population, providing care according to clinical … Read more
Richard Bourne discusses how past policy failings still haunt the current health policy debate, as he explores the changes proposed … Read more
The elephant in the room during much of the interminable and vacuous “debates” between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak competing … Read more
As the Tory leadership contest degenerates even further into a race to the far right in an effort to win … Read more