The NHS crisis: A spotter’s guide
Pastygate, Leveson and the local election results have kept the NHS out of the headlines. For now.
Trevor Cheeseman
Safe in their hands? Lansley, Cameron and the NHS in 2012
You know someone’s true feelings when they highlight failings whenever they can, yet play down any success – so it is with the coalition and the NHS in 2012.
Cancer is not the only story of improving outcomes under a Labour NHS
Trevor Cheeseman shows how the history of a Labour NHS was, far from the Conservative rhetoric, one of improving outcomes across the board.
Lib Dem activists face reality about their MPs’ NHS vision
Lib Dem activists this week face the harsh reality their party is now an active supporter of the Tory’s neo-liberal NHS reforms, writes Trevor Cheeseman.
The coalition get lost in their own spin cycle on the NHS reforms
The listening exercise report is being released today, and it remains unclear whether Clegg will get his way on the healthcare bill.
How Cameron is already undermining his NHS pledges
David Cameron’s NHS pledges reveal coalition insecurities. Some have already been compromised and others represent the antithesis of Lansley’s reforms.
Fighting for the NHS gear stick – is it forward or reverse?
Another week, another campaign victory against the coalition’s reform plans – this time it is saving the NHS Cancer Networks; Trevor Cheeseman investigates.
BMA’s ‘Glasgow Kiss’ for the coalition
Yesterday’s series of rebukes of the proposed NHS reforms by the British Medical Association (BMA) represented grassroots members going over the heads of their leaders, who had advised caution.
Lansley’s retreat on price competition for healthcare
Campaigners against the coalition’s NHS reforms secured a victory this week, following a u-turn by Andrew Lansley on price competition for healthcare, reports Trevor Cheeseman.
NHS case for change “oversold”, as medics’ concerns grow
The basis for the government’s NHS reforms have been challenged by the UK’s leading health policy institute, the Kings Fund, as more doctors’ groups voice their concerns.