Karin Smyth MP Articles

Social class persists as a key determinant for life expectancy and good health Disease In 1942, two drivers of William Beveridge’s concern for the giant evil of disease were the need to combat life expectancies that saw women, on average, dying in their mid-fifties...

More funding on its own is not enough to tackle the National Health Service's nursing shortage – we must make a career in nursing attractive to people of all backgrounds again, argues Karin Smyth MP There are some predictable responses to this week’s headlines telling...

Britain's social care system needs a strategic, long-term solution, not a quick fix, argues Karin Smyth MP This week the government announced it is allowing councils to increase the precept in order to help fund social care, as well as moving a pot of money from the...

Pressures on health funding mean the future shape of the National Health Service is under scrutiny like never before. As they face stark choices in the weeks ahead the government would be well-advised to remember that, whether they are located in urban high streets or...