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Tag Archives: NHS
The NHS: how the accountants are hiding dubious policies
The NHS is quite high up the news agenda these days. From the media there seem to be two big issues: culture and privatisation. The mainly right-wing press say that much of the NHS lacks a caring culture and this … Continue reading
Posted in Politics UK, Public Services
Tagged health policy, health service journal, NHS, NHS reform, UK politics
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Our NHS: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
This is my blog on Lib Dem Voice on the NHS after the Mid Staffs Inquiry. I am frustrated that there has been so little comment on the implications for NHS policy. Wikio
My heart attack
Last Monday, three days ago now, I lay, conscious, on an operating table at St George’s hospital, Tooting. A tube had been inserted into my artery in the right arm at the wrist, through which dyes and then wires were inserted. … Continue reading
Why healthcare may grow to 50% of GDP and still be affordable
I can’t over-emphasise how important the concepts in this article in last week’s Economist are: An incurable disease, and I would urge my readers to try and get to grips with it. If you want to understand how our economy … Continue reading
Let’s learn the right lessons from the Winterbourne View scandal
On Monday the government published its serious case review into the Winterbourne View abuse scandal. Winterbourne View was a specialist private sector hospital for learning disabled and autistic people – people who were sectioned and could not fend for themselves … Continue reading
Posted in Politics UK, Public Services
Tagged NHS, NHS reform, public service reform, Winterbourne View
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The G4S fiasco poisons attitudes to the private sector
The British contractor G4S has specacularly failed to find anything like enough staff to support its contract to provide security staff for the London Olympics…which start in less than two weeks. The details aren’t clear yet, but this one has all … Continue reading
Posted in Politics UK, Public Services
Tagged G4S, NHS, NHS reform, public service reform
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The death of a snack bar.
Last Monday evening as I was walking to the Tube I saw a bit of a commotion on nearby Clapham Common. There was smoke and there was a fire engine. A closer look revealed that the smoke was coming from … Continue reading
What can Lib Dems learn from the NHS debacle?
The NHS is proving a political nightmare for the Lib Dems. This reflects a failure to develop a clear vision for the service before the election. The NHS is now a toxic issue for the Lib Dems. This is not … Continue reading
Posted in Politics UK, Public Services
Tagged Lib Dems, Liberal Democrats, NHS, NHS reform, Paul Burstow, Shirley Williams
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The friendless NHS reforms
The savages are circling around Andrew Lansley and his NHS reforms. Or translated into something more politically correct, the indigenous tribes have cornered the contemptuous invader, and are closing in for the kill. Stories have been floating in the press … Continue reading
Posted in Politics UK, Public Services
Tagged Andrew Lansley, David Cameron, NHS, NHS reform
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Time to wake up to the de-industrialisation of advanced economies
Trying to understand the global economic crisis? This article from Joe Stiglitz is required reading. I have flagged it already on Facebook and Twitter, but without much in the way of reflection. In fact it has produced an epiphany moment … Continue reading