Economic crisis: Saving banks or saving lives?
In countries where spending on healthcare is high, suicide and homicide rates are lower than societies with less well-funded services.
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Does Burnham’s speech create a real NHS dividing line?
Having enjoyed his brief summer romance with a patriotic God-save-our-NHS twitter campaign, Andy Burnham got down to business today setting out a more sophisticated vision for health reform that could set the agenda for the election campaign. No longer istest
Another Tory MEP speaks out against the NHS
David Cameron’s “wholehearted commitment to the NHS” came under fire from one of his own side again last night as yet another Tory MEP brought into question the very ideals of the health service. Tory MEP Charles Tannock said: “We need to look at these issues again, I know they are controversial but I don’t think that people who are in a job would actually be against, say, spending £10 to see their GP”
NHS “lies” derailing Obama’s plans
The international online civic organisation, Avaaz, is promoting a petition from Brits to “the US Congress and the people of America” which states, “We urge you to ignore the myths about health systems in our country and others that are being pushed by US healthcare companies.”