A ‘protect the NHS’ clause needs to be introduced into Lansley’s bill
Cllr Joseph McManners, a GP in Oxford, looks at where-now for competition and the market in the NHS reforms; the views expressed are his own.
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Scotland losing nurses as public sector shrinks
Official figures show that, between September 2010 and March this year, the number of Scottish nursing and midwifery staff in post fell by 1.2% (just over 700).
Doctors prefer Wales to England as BMJ calls for Health Bill to be ditched
As the BMA gathers for its annual conference in Cardiff, a new survey has found that of 5,000 Welsh doctors questioned, 86% said they prefer working in Wales.
Doctors still fear coalition health reforms
It appears as if the coalition’s reformed health reforms have still not earned favour with the professionals who will actually have to deliver them.
Tory defection highlights Boris’s weakness on law and order
A Conservative borough chairman has defected to Labour, citing the London Mayor’s cuts to the police and inability to stand up for the NHS as critical failures.
‘New’ NHS reforms a lot like the old reforms
The government’s response to the criticism of the NHS reforms is disappointing – previous concerns are still unresolved, writes Lib Dem MP Andrew George.
Cameron’s NHS speech does nothing to address criticisms of health professionals
Dr. Ron Singer, a practising doctor and member of the Medical Practitioners Union – a part of Unite – on David Cameron’s speech on the NHS reforms last week.
Social care in crisis
Laura Bradley, a researcher at the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), reports on the Southern Cross Healthcare story, and looks at the crisis state of social care.
Is Lord Tebbit a Stalinist? Top Tory seems to think so
A Tory MP and backer of Lansley’s NHS bill, given a platform at Conservative Home, has said that those opposing the reforms are tantamount to Stalinists.
Miliband attacks “chaos, confusion and damage” of Cameron’s NHS tinkering
Labour leader Ed Miliband will go on the attack over the coalition’s ill thought out NHS reforms today – as the prime minister and health secretary seek to defend those reforms.