Wes Streeting has one of the toughest jobs in politics: putting the NHS back on track. He talks to IGGY WOOD about Labour’s 10-year plan – and how he pushes for change from inside the cabinet
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This edition of the Fabian Review focuses on health policy, featuring Alfred Slade, Mark Sculpher, Paulette Hamilton MP, Zack Hassan, Beccy Cooper MP and Sara Hyde. Iggy Wood interviews the health secretary, Wes Streeting MP. Elsewhere, Michael Wheeler sets out how to make the zero-hours ban effective, and Claire Ainsley evaluates the lessons of recent elections in the US.
The government should establish universal in-work health support, to reduce the rising number of people leaving the job market due to illness and disability, argues a new report from the Fabian Society published today
Against the backdrop of Sir Charlie Mayfield’s independent investigation into healthy and inclusive work, Sasjkia Otto sets out an ambitious vision for a universal and integrated occupational health system, matched by rights and responsibilities. In other words: a National Occupational Health Service.
This report considers the health of the UK workforce, the limitations of the current occupational health system, and how a National Occupational Health Service could enlist employers, workers and the state in as key partners in keeping people well in work.
A new report Ill-prepared out today from the Fabian Society urges the government to introduce an opt-out sickness insurance system for the self-employed