Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt has proposed new regulations under section 75 of the Health and Social Care Act. The Act became law last March after a long and hard-fought campaign, and these regulations (SI 257) are secondary...
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In Britain today mental illness significantly increases one’s chances of imprisonment and impacts disproportionately on the most vulnerable.
A paradigm shift in Labour justice policy is needed, moving away from policies of containment to preventing citizens with mental health problems drifting...
Last week, Andy Burnham outlined Labour’s vision for a ‘whole person approach’ to patient care as the foundation for the future of health care under the next Labour government.
Under the stewardship of the last Labour government the NHS began the...
In his 1942 report William Beveridge said: “A revolutionary moment in the world’s history is a time for revolutions, not patching”. The challenges presented by our ageing population require as great a revolution in our health and care system today...
Shortly after the Labour party conference in October, Ed Miliband gave a speech about a ‘one nation’ approach to mental health.
He talked of mental health as a challenge that affects us all, no matter who we are. Given that one...
The next Labour government will face very tough decisions on tax and spending because of the Cameron/Osborne austerity disaster.
Raising the overall tax burden at all will be politically difficult and is likely to be economically unwise. Yet the cost of...