Labour policies threaten the future of general practice
This week, GP reveals that support for Labour among GPs is in freefall. This is not unexpected, but the extent of the swing away from the party towards the Tories shows just how unhappy GPs are with...
View ArticleFormer health secretaries return to haunt us
As the general election rushes ever closer and GPs desert Labour in droves, 2009 is already beginning to look like a year of comebacks for politicians from the past – particularly former health...
View ArticleThe NHS is Labour’s ‘trump card’ but don’t mention the Christmas trees
Last night was the annual DoH Christmas media reception in Richmond House, Whitehall, and potentially Labour’s last as hosts after 12 years in power. We were warned early on that the department was...
View ArticleWhy is Labour so disconnected with GPs on the NHS?
The one thing I’ve always thought remarkable about Labour politicians is their disconnect with GPs on the NHS. Former primary care minister Ben Bradshaw used to bend my ear regularly about how...
View ArticleDo you want to work 8am-8pm seven days a week?
This week Labour and Conservative primary care policy split further with the news that the Tories are proposing GP appointments 8am – 8pm seven days a week. The Tories explain that GPs will be ‘free...
View ArticleWhy Darzi centres were Labour’s greatest folly
So the NHS is looking for £20 billion savings in the years to 2014. Where to start? Do you remember when the then Labour government decreed that every PCT in England should have a Darzi centre, even...
View ArticleNHS jitters – some justified
I’ve had two shocks about the NHS in the last day or so and will be arguing about our healthcare next week when visiting France. The first jolt was reading that between 1979 and 2005 and compared to...
View ArticleWill Lansley listen to the latest evidence on NHS competition?
A new book from The King’s Fund investigates the impact of New Labour’s introduction of competition to the NHS. The authors point out that Labour’s market reforms took place in a totally different...
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