Author: Stephen Smith

Care homes and domiciliary care are key parts of British society, but are usually viewed as the poor relation of the NHS. There are more…

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Leadership in the NHS, especially at the hospital level, is problematic. The generally poor quality of management has been mentioned, and so, too, the fact…

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This book discusses the reforms required to improve the UK’s care for those with mental health conditions. These are: • Take sustained action within the…

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Our poor NHS is rather like many of our fellow citizens suffering from a post-Covid Syndrome. Two years after the pandemic, we have the longest ever…

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This letter first appeared in the Financial Times Martin Wolf’s article encouraging the Tories “to abandon their shibboleths” with respect to economic policy and embrace…

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OPEN MANIFESTO POLICY DRAFT The current NHS funding model has not changed since its founding 80 years ago and yet all attempts are reform have…

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This article first appeared in The Daily Mail We need to talk about ‘our’ NHS. It is quite clear that it is at breaking point and…

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The headlines (sic.) in The Guardian don’t do full justice to the proposals I make in the paper published today – How to Pay for…

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The ten macro trends in the NHS (see Book 1) are creating many more chronic, out-of-hospital conditions and even ‘new’ conditions such as diabetes and…

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The ten macro trends in the NHS (see my Book 1) are creating many more chronic, out-of-hospital conditions and even ‘new’ conditions such as diabetes…

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Our current system is not working, but it would be a mistake to think that this is just because of Covid. What Covid has done…

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The social care funding gap – caused by the cuts since the Conservatives came to power in 2010 – is about £12 billion a year….

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