NHS reforms
Jeremy Hunt’s Catherine Wheel of spin
"That is the most extraordinary speech I have heard from a secretary of state for Health in all my years in this House - this is the first speech in which a secretary of state has claimed he is not responsible for anything."
A&E waiting times at 9-year high
The number of patients having to wait more than four hours in A&E has reached its highest level in nine years.
An open letter to the next chief executive of NHS England
To Whom it May Concern, Congratulations on your appointment as the next chief executive of NHS England. You take over an organisation in a volatile state, facing funding cuts, despite the government’s rhetoric.
The ultimate betrayal – Shirley Williams and the Lib Dems hit the NHS where it hurts
April 24 brought Lord Philip Hunt’s motion against the Health and Social Care Act Secondary Legislation Section 75 - a rarely achieved format in the Lords, only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Last chance to stop NHS privatisation
Despite constant assurances from ministers as it passed through parliament that NHS reforms would not pose a serious risk to the future of our healthcare system by ushering in full scale privatisation, it has become clear that this is exactly what the government intends to do. However if enough Members take a stand against the government’s reckless corporate agenda, we still have a chance of sustaining a genuinely public National Health Service.
Increase in A&E waiting times in Scotland
New figures reveal that almost 10% of Scottish patients have been made to wait longer than the four hour target to be seen in Accident and Emergency Departments.