Polyclinics: a force for integration or disintegration?
Lord Darzi’s Healthcare for London report, published last July, outlined ambitious proposals to introduce a series of polyclinics in the capital. While the national Next Stage Review currently being...
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Jeremy Hunt’s GP reforms face mixed reaction
Following on from recent coalition announcements on the Care Bill and integration, which I covered in last week’s post, it has today been reported that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt plans to announce...
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Stockholm riots and EU populism
Riots have plagued Stockholm satellite-towns over the last five days. Youths set fire to over 30 cars plus state buildings including a nursery, Rågsved police station and a school. Jimmie Akesson,...
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New report on the NHS: the post-Francis case for reform
Tomorrow is the 65th anniversary of the founding of the National Health Service. However, while a respected part of British national life and rightly lauded for its core principles, this year the...
View ArticleDoctors’ Policy Research Group is sparking debate on funding reform and the...
On two fronts, the Doctors’ Policy Research Group (DPRG) is currently seeking to spark debate about the future of the NHS; the need for a rethink of NHS funding and the need for a sensible approach to...
View ArticleTackling the crisis of accountability in the NHS: give patients a role in...
The need for democratisation and accountability has long been a topic of debate in the NHS, and such discussion has only grown since the introduction of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) earlier...
View ArticleConferences, cancer drugs & competition – new NHS developments
The Liberal Democrats and Labour have each now held their autumn conferences. Lib Dem Care Minister Norman Lamb led a debate on “Dignity at Home: Transforming Home Care” and, encouragingly, stated he...
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