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Nick Hoile: Beware of an unintended consequence of mastering Covid – a winter flu crisis later this year

Ministers cannot afford to get complacent – here are the steps they should take to prepare.

By Nick Hoile | 17 February 2021 | 19 comments

Shifting health policy leftwards?

A move from Ken Clarke to Aneurin Bevan would not only risk harming the NHS, but miss the real target of reform: social care.

By Paul Goodman | 7 February 2021 | 42 comments

The Education Secretary must lead school openings in less than a month. Which is why his Department needs new leadership now.

Johnson will almost certainly decide to tough it out. But he will have a big problem if school returns prove tricky.

By Paul Goodman | 18 August 2020 | 160 comments

Introducing Johnson, Hancock and Cummings’ new Red Wall-friendly, Labour-style NHS

The Government is poised to reverse the trend to competition rather than collaboration that has marked healthcare policy for 30 years.

By Paul Goodman | 13 July 2020 | 74 comments

Daily press conferences – and what should happen next

Needed during the coming weeks: a Government information campaign for older people, their families, employers and businesses.

By Paul Goodman | 16 March 2020 | 292 comments

Iain Dale: My hunch is that employers will pay for this NHS spending spree

Plus: Shame on the Conservative whips. And away with Julian Assange: most of us would happily pay his airfare.

By Iain Dale | 22 June 2018 | 223 comments

We can’t just tax our way to a better NHS

Yes, some rises are inevitable. But they must be balanced by spending reductions elsewhere if economic policy is to be practicable and coherent.

By Paul Goodman | 25 May 2018 | 141 comments

Hammond’s economicky survivorish escapy Budget

The lack of a Conservative Commons majority prevented the Chancellor from doing much more than playing it safe – which he did effectively.

By Paul Goodman | 23 November 2017 | 73 comments

WATCH: Hammond impressed by how NHS chief “fights his corner”

“In the run-up to Budget people running all kinds of services come to see us and they always have very large numbers which are absolutely essential otherwise Armageddon will arrive.”

19 November 2017

The NHS versus pensioner welfare – what happens when sacred cows compete?

The Health Service’s Chief Executive has said what many politicians are too nervous to even whisper.

By Mark Wallace | 15 December 2016

Phil Taylor: Hunt is right about a seven day working NHS

This is a straight industrial dispute about pay, and high falutin rhetoric about patient safety, privatisation and all the rest is just that.

By Phil Taylor | 17 February 2016 | 64 comments

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.

By Andrew Haldenby | 10 February 2016 | 61 comments

Hugh Byrne: The healthcare reactionaries of the NHS Action Party

They and other similar groups are a minor curiosity in this election, but they are a sign of a culture to the left of Labour in parts of our healthcare system.

By Hugh Byrne | 15 April 2015 | 8 comments

George Freeman MP: How technology will transform care and debate about our NHS

In April, we will be able to book GP and hospital appointments online, and have access to a summary of our GP record. Imagine a time when you can skype your GP…

By George Freeman MP | 18 January 2015 | 39 comments

John Baron MP: NHS transparency on cancer survival rates will be transformational

We could save an additional 5,000 lives a year if we matched European survival rate averages

By John Baron MP | 16 December 2014 | 5 comments

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