'Over the years, the Conservative and New Labour governments have chipped away at the NHS by privatising some of its services, such as physiotherapy and blood-testing'.
Ed Jacobs argues that the focus on mental health in the NHS bill purely in terms of government defeats shows that paucity of attention which it garners normally
Alex Hern reports on the calls from the Financial Times to drop the NHS bill. Although they are attacking from the right, this will pile yet more pressure on the government.
Ed Miliband will step up the war of words over the coalition's health reforms today, warning 6,000 nursing jobs are at risk unless the health bill is defeated.
Alex Hern details the effects that the extraordinarily late Queen’s Speech will have on legislation in the Lords.
Alex Hern details the concerning information to be found in NHS London’s assessment of the risk imposed by the government’s top-down reorganisation of the NHS.