
Andrew Haldenby: Having run it for so long, the Conservatives need a much better grasp of the NHS
I hope Lord Ashcroft’s latest book is the first of many that can fill in the gaps in the Party’s understanding of this institution.
Andrew Haldenby is the co-founder of HW, a public services consultancy.
I hope Lord Ashcroft’s latest book is the first of many that can fill in the gaps in the Party’s understanding of this institution.
Poor health takes older people out of the workforce, reducing local incomes and buying power.
Javid has a rare opportunity to demand major advances in the quality and productivity of NHS resources.
In the debate about face-to-face appointments, it gets forgotten that some patients prefer video and telephone consultations.
The Government has a choice. Local solutions with limited funding – or £10 billion on centralised non-solutions.
The first in a mini-series of articles on ConHome this week about healthcare after Covid.
If Ministers don’t trust the police to use the extra officers, why did they decide to recruit them in the first place?
We have been so self-critical over NHS Test and Trace that we have failed to recognise an incredible public service achievement.
Voters are more open to higher spending, but if they pay higher taxes for services that don’t improve then they won’t be happy.
The first writer in our mini-series is concerned that the Conservative education policy is at risk of neglecting the important lessons of the Gove years.
Many GPs are stuck in an operational and technological Stone Age.
Downing Street and Conservative MPs should not abandon this reforming Health Secretary under pressure from the BMA and the unions.
The cuts will carry on through 2015 and beyond. If services such as the police are to flourish, they must deliver more for less.
The pace of public service change is swift – but does it extend as widely as it should?
A new report for Reform by Lord Warner, a Blair health Minister and recent Gove appointee, points a way forward.