The first carer I knew of was my mum. When my Granny was diagnosed with cancer in her early sixties, my mum stopped working and for almost 18 months spent increasing periods of time caring in Newcastle, while my sister...
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Patient voice and accountability should play the leading role in Labour health and care policy, but currently the party’s policy review consultation ‘Your Britain’ lacks focus in this area.
Operational and logistical rejigging of services is important, but authentic patient participation...
You need to judge any contribution to debate about the future of public services by a ‘three Ps’ test.
The first P is power, and in his Hugo Young lecture Ed Miliband passed with flying colours. A Labour government would stand...
My alarm is a clock radio. I am woken up by the Today programme, and as I doze in bed there is always a special joy in my heart when I realise that they are running a health story. This...
I’ll dare to say it: amid concerns that the government is selling off parts of the NHS and privatising the service through the back door, the NHS has become the best business opportunity in Britain today.
The National Health Service is...
“This is my life.” “I’m scared.” “I love it here. You get so much support and help.” These powerful, lasting words were three of the things uttered in the second episode of Channel 4’s Bedlam on crisis care last week.
These...