Post-Colonial arrogance: UK refuses to aid India in equitable growth
The government’s decision to stop aid to India is the latest instalment in a history of ignoring India.
NHS
The example of Gloucestershire shows how Tory policies are damaging the NHS
A landmark case in Gloucestershire illustrates how short-sighted government policies have damaged the NHS.
Survival rates for the rarer cancers continue to trail behind
Statistics released yesterday show an overall increase cancer survival rates over recent years – yet for the rarer cancers, survival rates remain low.
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.
Con 2012: What does Jeremy Hunt have in store for the NHS?
Debbie Abrahams MP, PPS to the shadow health secretary Andy Burnham and chair of the PLP health committee, looks at what Jeremy Hunt has in store for the NHS.
Con 2012: Comment: Out-of-his-depth Hunt’s speech was one of the worst ever made
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s speech to the Conservative Party conference today was one of the worst one ever made by a holder of a major Whitehall department.
Hunt crystallises all that’s wrong with Cameron’s out-of-touch, anti-women government
Jos Bell reports on Jeremy Hunt’s anti-abortion comments – and how they sum up David Cameron’s arrogant, out-of-touch, anti-women Tory government to a tee.
We need to save the Cancer Networks: NHS strategy is not bureaucracy
Jill Rutter writes about the need to save the NHS Cancer Networks, arguing NHS strategy is not bureaucracy.
Labour lay into Cameron on NHS and borrowing on eve of Tory conference
Labour stepped up the pressure on David Cameron today with a new poster mocking his airbrushed pre-election pledge, and a new “Borrowing Counter” website.
A bleak future for the NHS. Royal College of Physicians call for action
The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, today faces a new and damning report which shows a health service near breaking point. Released by the Royal College of Physicians, ‘Hospitals on the edge? The time for action’ points to a lack of continuity oftest