With a current health secretary so openly enthusiastic to promote apps and digital “solutions” in the NHS it’s useful to…
Boris Johnson has questioned the use of what he calls “sin based taxes” to combat the national obesity crisis just days before ministers plan to extend the idea. So how will the front runner to become the next PM look after the nation’s health? Johnson says he wants to promote walking and other exercise instead
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This week in a speech at the UN in Geneva, the UN’s special rapporteur for health, Dr Dainius Puras, delivered…
In our last issue Richard Bourne pointed to the weakness of many ‘business cases’ setting out proposed changes in the…
RICHARD BOURNE argues that public bodies are not traders, and that most of their so-called business secrets should not be…
The NHS has been waiting for a workforce plan to layout the solution to its serious crisis in staffing. Interim…
The Government’s plans to train teachers to spot the signs of mental illness in their pupils are “little more than…
The pressure on GPs is evident across the NHS and a recent study shows that their numbers have actually fallen…
In mental health services the NHS reliance on private providers can be much greater. Department of Health figures compiled by…
The long-awaited and repeatedly postponed report on Babylon GP At Hand service has finally been published – but anyone hoping…