Last week, dreadful headlines and stories on A&E waiting times dominated the front pages of almost every national newspaper. If … Continue reading “Four ideas to reduce the pressure on A&E departments”

In the early 2000s, long waiting times at Accident and Emergency departments were commonplace. About one in five patients was … Continue reading “A&E crisis highlights need for a more subsidiary healthcare system”

Critics of the NHS often find it frustrating how emotional many otherwise completely reasonable people become when it comes to … Continue reading “Eight proposals for a less irrational healthcare debate”

In the debate over proposed market reforms in the NHS, opinions are plentiful but few commentators back up their opinions … Continue reading “Does competition in the NHS work?”

Last night’s really rather depressing Dispatches programme, on Channel 4, ended with a rousing signal to arms, a clarion call … Continue reading “The NHS: serving sub-standard care one meal at a time”

The Government is pressing ahead with another reorganisation of the National Health Service. It is unlikely this reordering of our … Continue reading “The Government’s NHS reforms are merely reorganising a failed model, when radical surgery is really required”

The pioneers of Britain’s welfare state may have had good intentions. By founding the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, … Continue reading “Britain’s NHS nightmare: a warning to America”

The pioneers of Britain’s welfare state may have had good intentions. By founding the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, … Continue reading “Britain’s NHS nightmare: a warning to America”