Tory social care policies will hit the poor hardest
All the available evidence of where Tory-style plans have been implemented shows minimal take-up rates where voluntary systems have been introduced.
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Cameron’s hypocrisy on “sick” leaflet
David Cameron has called Labour’s cancer leaflets “sick”. But he is hypocritical after the Tories released a leaflet with a blood drenched machete.
Mental health problems cost Wales £7.2bn
A report by the All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network has estimated that mental health problems cost Wales to be £7.2 billion.
Is the private sector really more productive than the NHS?
Is Andrew Lansley right in saying private healthcare providers are more productive than the NHS? And will increases in productivity save all that much money?
Questions over Tory plans for “free market” in NHS provision
Lanlsley’s call for the OFT to make decisions about NHS services undermines the ability of the NHS to plan services, were pcts forced to open up to open tender.
The NHS – is it truly national?
The Nuffield Trust’s report into the state of the NHS since devolution has painted a picture of a health service that has fragmented across the four nations.
New arthritis drug could pave way for ‘medical apartheid’
A new drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis has been approved for use in Scotland but not in England and Wales, raising fears of a ‘medical apartheid’ in the UK.
Tory A-Lister’s big health charging idea
Tory A-Lister Julia Manning advocates charging for “lifestyle” illnesses. Does this represent the thin end of the wedge for Tory NHS charges?
Tory NHS aims downgraded as midwives praise Government on maternity care
The Royal College of Midwives has praised the Government’s record on maternity care, saying it is hard to see how the proposed Tory NHS changes would happen.
New decade; same message: the Tories’ manifesto for the NHS
Cameron’s NHS vision embraces “decentralisation, accountability and transparency”. But it misunderstands inequality and says nothing about standards.