As a doctor, every day I see the enduring effects of short-term political spin on my patients. Hospitals bursting at the seams, short-staffed and lacking beds, are told desperately needed nurses will only be available if there is ‘surplus winter funding’. Patients ready to leave hospital wait weeks for ‘exceptional funds’ to secure specialist accommodation, […]
Lamb says Government needs to ‘see sense’ over commission for future of NHS
Embed from Getty Images Responding to Government comments in the Lords that they will not support a cross-party commission to secure the future of the NHS and social care, Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, said: It is extremely disappointing to hear Lord Prior rule out the idea of a cross-party commission to secure the future […]
The Greatest Show On Earth
Embed from Getty Images From the great theatrical showman in Las Vegas to the street-hustlers on trestle tables asking tourists to watch the cups; misdirection, the foremost requirement of magic, is a deception in which the attention of an audience is focused on one thing in order to distract its attention from another. No […]
The junior doctors’ strike is about the existence and future of the NHS
Embed from Getty Images I’d like to clarify a few points raised in the LDV comments thread related to the Doctors strike and Tim Farron’s remarks about it. First, I will state my potential conflict of interest: I’m a doctor (retired) a life-long member of the BMA (yes, I do still pay my union subscription) […]
Do you agree with Floella Benjamin on mandatory sugar reduction targets?
Embed from Getty Images Here’s a bit of controversy to liven up a Wednesday evening. Floella Benjamin has written for Politics Home’s Central Lobby arguing in favour of mandatory sugar reduction targets. It’s another of these issues that you can use liberal principles to argue both for and against: Many overweight children grow up to […]
Do you agree with Floella Benjamin on mandatory sugar reduction targets?
Embed from Getty Images Here’s a bit of controversy to liven up a Wednesday evening. Floella Benjamin has written for Politics Home’s Central Lobby arguing in favour of mandatory sugar reduction targets. It’s another of these issues that you can use liberal principles to argue both for and against: Many overweight children grow up to […]
Norman Lamb calls for a commission into the health and social care crisis
Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Norman Lamb has launched proposals for an unprecedented cross party commission into health and social care. Norman has received the backing from Conservative and Labour former Health Secretaries Stephen Dorrell and Alan Milburn and believes that only a full non-partisan commission will […]
The liberal case for the need to champion social services
As has become obvious to anyone who has read a newspaper or watched a news channel over the past 5 years, the NHS is straining under the weight of demand. With accident and emergency departments swamped, critical staffing levels and insufficient number of beds the national health provider is struggling to provide the excellent level […]
Kirsty Williams blasts cuts to student nurses’ financial support
One of the worst elements of the Governemnt’s Comprehensive Spending Review was the proposals to cut bursaries for student nurses. This is particularly reprehensible given that nursing students spend so much of their time actually working on wards. In fact, there are many wards that would buckle under the pressure if they weren’t there. Welsh […]
Kirsty Williams blasts cuts to student nurses’ financial support
One of the worst elements of the Governemnt’s Comprehensive Spending Review was the proposals to cut bursaries for student nurses. This is particularly reprehensible given that nursing students spend so much of their time actually working on wards. In fact, there are many wards that would buckle under the pressure if they weren’t there. Welsh […]