NHS
Cameron’s reforms risk being undone by weak accountability structures
ippr's Jonathon Clifton argues David Cameron’s reforms to public services risk being undone by the weak accountability structures he is putting in place.
Simon Hughes: “I oppose EMA cut, housing benefit cut and NHS reforms”
At today's Fabian Society conference Simon Hughes said that he opposed the cuts to Education Maintenance Allowance and housing benefit and the NHS reforms.
Lansley’s “weasel words” hide coalition’s true intentions for NHS
The Coalition is trying to hide its big idea for health - the privitisation of commissioning and further use of private sector providers in the NHS. Why not be honest?
Cuts to council funding will make ‘bed blocking’ problem worse
In a survey, 50 per cent of doctors say the bed blocking problem is worse than last year; with cuts to council funding, Age UK fears the problem will get worse.
Where will the NHS go from here?
Director of the Socialist Health Association, Martin Rathfelder, discusses the future of the NHS.
Cuts to NHS and social care services likely, says health select committee
The likelihood of cuts to health and social care services, and the destabilising effect of the Coalition’s market-driven NHS reforms, were endorsed today in a remarkable health select committee report. The committee, with a coalition majority and chaired by ex-Tory health secretary Stephen Dorrell, was reporting on implications and risks from the Spending Review.