Public Services
Safe in Cameron’s hands? Waiting times for treatments, tests, and A&E all up
With Parliament set to debate the Health Bill this week, new research shows 1.4 million waiting longer than the target times for treatment, diagnostics and A&E.
Clegg’s win on ‘free schools’ start of the battle to save state education
The vetoing of Tory plans for free schools to become profit-making marks out coalition dividing lines and the ideological battle over education at the next election.
Baroness Williams: Coalition “bewitched by a flawed US system”
Shirley Williams still has "huge concerns" over the coalition's NHS reforms, and says ministers have been "bewitched" by the "flawed" US healthcare system.
Loss of nurses in Scotland bad news for patients warns RCN
New figures show that between March and June 486 nursing and midwifery posts were lost within the NHS in Scotland, along with 23 consultant posts.
Crazy Taxpayers’ Alliance attack on council that’s *saving* money
The Taxpayers’ Alliance’s lack of research beggars belief; it couldn’t be that the TPA are just a bunch of ideological zealots?
New warnings over UK cancer drug divide
The Rarer Cancer Foundation (RCF) has issued a warning that a “devastating” divide is opening up over access to cancer drugs between England, Scotland and Wales.