GP commissioning Articles

Today’s review of emergency care in the NHS takes place against the backdrop of increasing pressure on A&E departments and renewed speculation about an NHS 'winter crisis' – a feature of the NHS in the past which Labour managed to eliminate in office. Another...

At worst, in its final stage in government and early years of opposition Labour looked conservative and swayed by producer interests. With the launch of his policy review last month, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham positioned the party as a powerful agent of...

Those hoping for insight at conference into Labour’s future health policy were left clear about the party’s animosity to the Health and Social Care Act but none the wiser about what would animate it in government. Will Labour find a moral purpose on health as it seems...

Despite the significant public debate around the Health and Social Care Act, the government’s radical reforms to the NHS are continuing apace. Labour’s current position is to reverse the main thrust of the reforms, which is to introduce greater competition in the NHS....