health service reform Articles

Andy Burnham delivered a ‘state of the NHS’ analysis during a One Nation event in Birmingham yesterday. It certainly made very depressing, although not unexpected, listening. I wondered what we should learn from this government’s abject failure even to deliver on its...

The publication of the Francis report on the scandal at Mid-Staffs has prompted a grown-up debate with both the coalition and Labour giving considered responses. Both parties rightly promised to avoid a river of new regulations but key differences in approach...

The NHS appears to have met its productivity targets for 2011-12, which is a fantastic achievement given the latest reorganisation being foisted upon it. Many people, myself included, found it hard to believe that the service would be able to achieve such an ask at a...

Ed Miliband has made clear that a key reason to vote Labour in local elections this May is because Labour councillors will protect local NHS services. This is a real opportunity for us to demonstrate Labour values in practice. Like local Labour parties across the...