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: If the Government truly wants to level up Britain, it must improve national health outcomes

Poor health takes older people out of the workforce, reducing local incomes and buying power.

Andrew Haldenby: Surgical hubs deliver better value for the NHS than typical hospitals. So we need more of them.

Javid has a rare opportunity to demand major advances in the quality and productivity of NHS resources.

Andrew Haldenby: GP shortages won’t be fixed any time soon. So Johnson must embrace doctors’ move to digital.

In the debate about face-to-face appointments, it gets forgotten that some patients prefer video and telephone consultations.

Andrew Haldenby: Health and Social Care. Central planning and targets didn’t work for Blair – and won’t do so for Johnson, either.

The Government has a choice. Local solutions with limited funding – or £10 billion on centralised non-solutions.

Andrew Haldenby: To clear the post-pandemic backlog, the NHS will need not yet more spending, but improved productivity

The first in a mini-series of articles on ConHome this week about healthcare after Covid.

Andrew Haldenby: Cameron was right to bury Labour’s targets regime. Johnson shouldn’t now seek to resurrect it.

If Ministers don’t trust the police to use the extra officers, why did they decide to recruit them in the first place?

Andrew Haldenby: The private sector has delivered in this crisis – creating the UK’s outstanding network of test centres

We have been so self-critical over NHS Test and Trace that we have failed to recognise an incredible public service achievement.

Andrew Haldenby: Even after austerity, shocking amounts of money are wasted by underperforming state bodies

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.

Future of Education 1) Andrew Haldenby: Never, ever forget the importance of maintaining standards

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.

Andrew Haldenby: Ministers are winning the argument on NHS change – general practice should be next in line

Many GPs are stuck in an operational and technological Stone Age.

Andrew Haldenby: Why now is the time to rally round Jeremy Hunt

Downing Street and Conservative MPs should not abandon this reforming Health Secretary under pressure from the BMA and the unions.

Andrew Haldenby: The election campaign mustn’t get in the way of public service reform

The cuts will carry on through 2015 and beyond. If services such as the police are to flourish, they must deliver more for less.

Andrew Haldenby: How has the Coalition performed on public services? Five marks out of ten

The pace of public service change is swift – but does it extend as widely as it should?

Andrew Haldenby: It’s time for radical reform of the health service

A new report for Reform by Lord Warner, a Blair health Minister and recent Gove appointee, points a way forward.