The Government elected after the next UK General Election, regardless of their political persuasion, must embark on a fundamental review of the systems of local…
The Government elected after the next UK General Election, regardless of their political persuasion, must embark on a fundamental review of the systems of local…
Care homes and domiciliary care are viewed as the poor relation to the NHS, says Prof Stephen Smith, in his latest book calling for urgent…
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…
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…
This excerpt is from The Times. To read the full article click here Situation in A&E worse than during Covid peak, say doctors, as care…
Can adult social care and NHS services within the Integrated Care Systems be merged immediately? Can this be done as a ‘merger of equals’ rather than as a perceived takeover of one institutional…
The social care funding gap – caused by the cuts since the Conservatives came to power in 2010 – is about £12 billion a year….
Book 2 of 2: The Best NHS This is the second book in our series The Best NHS? and it looks at social care, how it works…
PROVOCATION 2 OUR PROVOCATION • The relentless focus on efficiency in the UK National Health Service has led to a mass production mindset in management…
I’ve always been a fan of Private Eye. Forty years ago I worked for the BOC Group. The chairman Sir Leslie Smith would say he’d read…
John Seddon wrote to all those people listed as interviewees in the report A Blueprint for Children’s Social Care. Every reply John received stated clearly…
Well intentioned, top-down reorganisations have been a regular feature of government policy with regard to the NHS. Too often they prove to be both costly…