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It’s been almost three years since I last posted on LabourList and it was always going to take something that truly incensed me before I considered writing a new post. Today I found such an impetus. One of the biggest talking points of…
By Amanjit Jhund / @amanjit My campaign as the Windsor Labour Party's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate began on Friday, and it seemed like a good time to reflect on what has brought me to this place in my life. I am actually a relative…
The Amanjit Jhund NHS Column As we are moving into the party season, with all of the attendant celebrations and festivities that accompany this time of year, it is also likely that we will see a surge in the number of people having…
The Amanjit Jhund NHS Column Last week I attended a Progress event at the House of Commons on "New thinking for Britain's next decade". Jack Straw spoke at the event and one of the topics he covered was the blight that alcohol abuse and its…
The Amanjit Jhund NHS Column In tomorrow's Pre-Budget Report we expect to see the government introduce a freeze on the development of some elements of the NHS IT project. The project was originally established back in 2002 after several…
The Amanjit Jhund NHS Column The news this week has contained reports of the discrepancy between the Dr Foster independent medical report and the official Government ratings on hospitals and trusts released by the Care Quality Commission…
The Amanjit Jhund NHS column The news this week in the world of healthcare has been dominated by another instance of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) refusing to authorise the use of a potentially life-prolonging drug in…
The Amanjit Jhund NHS Column One of the criticisms that is consistently levelled at the NHS is that the management are often viewed as being a hindrance and a liability. There is often a degree of disconnect between front line staff and the…
The Amanjit Jhund NHS Column I've been up in my home town of Glasgow this weekend visiting my parents and I took the opportunity to help out on Willie Bain's campaign for the Glasgow North East by-election. I haven't been back to this area…
The Amanjit Jhund NHS Column This weekend has seen battle lines being drawn with the Conservatives over the issue of waiting times and targets. Andy Burnham has announced that he wishes to enshrine many of the Labour party's pledges on…
By Amanjit Jhund / @amanjit Since devolution we have seen a great number of disparities emerge in the care for patients in different parts of the UK. One of the most harrowing side effects of this has been the increase in postcode lotteries…
By Amanjit Jhund There has been a lot of Daniel Hannan bashing going on recently but most of the posts on LabourList on both sides seem to have been based on conjecture and no real analysis of Mr Hannan's plan for the NHS. I support…
