Royal College of Nursing launches first UK-wide strike ballot in 106-year history
The Royal College of Nursing has officially launched its industrial action ballot in protest over the government’s latest…
Health Care
Burnham announces Beveridge-style commission to review care service and potential graduate tax
Andy Burnham will announce that he plans to form a Beveridge-style commission to review the funding and delivery…
Health was the issue of 2015 – and it will be for 2020
It should come as no surprise that David Cameron’s first speech as Prime Minister since the election was on the…
“The NHS is withering away” – senior doctors attack the Coalition’s record on the NHS
A group of 140 senior doctors have got together to lambast the Coalition’s record on the NHS. In a…
Devolving NHS budget to Greater Manchester will create a “two-tier health service”, says Burnham
Andy Burnham, Shadow Health Secretary and the MP for Leigh, has criticised devolution plans that will see Greater…
A healthy city needs more than just the NHS
George Osborne’s announcement earlier this week of some extra NHS funding only confirmed that much-loved institution and its…
Charging migrants to use the NHS is unethical – Labour should say so
It’s been a busy news week in Westminster – with the furore over David Cameron’s cabinet reshuffle, the…
