
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.
Ministers cannot afford to get complacent – here are the steps they should take to prepare.
A move from Ken Clarke to Aneurin Bevan would not only risk harming the NHS, but miss the real target of reform: social care.
Johnson will almost certainly decide to tough it out. But he will have a big problem if school returns prove tricky.
The Government is poised to reverse the trend to competition rather than collaboration that has marked healthcare policy for 30 years.
Needed during the coming weeks: a Government information campaign for older people, their families, employers and businesses.
Plus: Shame on the Conservative whips. And away with Julian Assange: most of us would happily pay his airfare.
Yes, some rises are inevitable. But they must be balanced by spending reductions elsewhere if economic policy is to be practicable and coherent.
The lack of a Conservative Commons majority prevented the Chancellor from doing much more than playing it safe – which he did effectively.
“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.”
The Health Service’s Chief Executive has said what many politicians are too nervous to even whisper.
This is a straight industrial dispute about pay, and high falutin rhetoric about patient safety, privatisation and all the rest is just that.
Downing Street and Conservative MPs should not abandon this reforming Health Secretary under pressure from the BMA and the unions.
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.
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…
We could save an additional 5,000 lives a year if we matched European survival rate averages