NHS reform Articles

NHS crisis, what NHS crisis? Take your pick. Accident and emergency, under-staffing, or any other local or national health crisis you can think of. In the next five years we can expect to lurch from one crisis to another. It is vital we understand their underlying...

A better plan for a better future – Five parliamentary candidates present Labour’s five pledges to Britain 20,000 more nurses and 8,000 more GPs. We will join up services from home to hospital, guaranteeing GP appointments within 48 hours and cancer tests within one...

General practice is the core of the National Health Service and holds it together. As much as 90 per cent of all the consultations in the NHS are through GPs – our family doctors that we know and trust. Yet in London we are seeing cracks and fractures, which, if left...

It has been another exciting week in Greater Manchester. At the forefront of devolution, with the first combined authority in the country, getting more control locally over services that make a difference to our city and citizens. Manchester is a growing city – the...