Nov 27, 2018The Tories have underfunded mental health services while boasting of their generosityThe overall economic and social costs to our society of poor mental health are estimated to be more than £100bn a year. In that context,...
Jul 3, 2018Let’s celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday by burying some myths about itWhy does our society provide health services collectively rather than privately? Why don’t we all simply, as individuals, buy what we...
Jun 18, 2018The myth of the ‘wasteful and inefficient’ NHSNHS “efficiency savings” have been the lodestar of politicians for the best part of three decades. Kenneth Clarke introduced the...
Feb 22, 2017If we want an adequate health service we will need to pay more taxImagine a large barrel that we pull apart, reconstruct and expand (at considerable expense) every year. Imagine we need to store a...