Health and Care Bill means lucrative NHS contracts will be dished out ‘without competition’
“More companies could be given access to confidential patient information, with no clear protection for patient privacy.”
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Labour challenges Tory MPs to vote against ‘developers’ charter’ as debate on planning heats up
Will Tories rebel against Johnson’s contentious planning reforms, which helped swing the Chesham and Amersham by-election in the Lib Dems favour?
EXCLUSIVE: Polling reveals voters’ anger at penny-pinching pupil catch up funding
Ministers’ total package works out at around £310 per pupil – compared with an equivalent total funding of £1,600 per pupil in the US, and £2,500 in the Netherlands.
Minority communities have struggled to get fair health treatment for too long. The vaccine programme shows the way
The NHS has a long way to go in restoring trust among some minority communities, but the vaccine programme is a strong start, a Department of Health and Social Care adviser writes.
Doctor’s Note: Poachers, gamekeepers and the health sector’s revolving door problem
There are many examples of public servants becoming private consultants, to the extent where it can be considered to be an established career path, argues Dr Joe McManners
Ed Davey MP: ‘Failure to offer carers recognition in the Queen’s speech unforgivable’
81% of carers are providing more care than they were at the start of the pandemic, 64% haven’t been able to take any breaks, and 44% say they are reaching breaking point.
Jim McMahon MP: How Labour mayors are reversing the blunder of bus privatisation
Next stop, public ownership? Labour figures are adopting the London model to overhaul England’s beleaguered buses.
Urgent action is needed to save Britain’s social care system
Social care needs radical thinking, a large injection of government funding, and urgent reform.
NHS doctor: BAME people ‘almost discriminated against’ by virtual healthcare
Barriers such as missing phone numbers, lack of privacy and poor internet connection adversely affected medical care for some groups, says Dr Latifa Patel
London mayoral candidates pledge to resist private takeover of GP practices
But Sadiq Khan hasn’t responded, campaigners say.