health and social care act
4 things you should know about new NHS England chief Simon Stevens
The new head of NHS England, Simon Stevens, only started his job yesterday, but he is already facing criticism from […]
Influential journal criticises government for viewing NHS as a “failing bank or business”
The leading medical journal Lancet has said in an editorial that the government should stop treating the NHS as a ‘failing bank or business.’
Why we need a political campaign to reinstate the NHS
By removing the mandate on government to provide a health service, the Health and Social Care Act 2012 is the crowning achievement of the architects of this long recessional from universality. Our response must be political too.
Banners and brollies: The fight to save Lewisham Hospital
Jos Bell reports on the march to save Lewisham Hospital and writes about what is next for the movement.
The Health and Social Care Act is hindering the aim of engaging patients
The Health and Social Care Act is hindering the coalition's laudable aim of engaging patients, writes the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society's Jamie Hewitt.
Labour must ensure patients not profit are the way forward for the NHS
In fighting the health and social care act, Labour must reject outmoded marketisation, building a consensus around the NHS’s founding values.