Years ago, when I was at school, after a conversation on the subject, one of my teachers suggested that I read a book called Sexual…
Years ago, when I was at school, after a conversation on the subject, one of my teachers suggested that I read a book called Sexual…
The underperformance of the UK pertaining to healthcare outcomes has generated much support for ‘Healthcare Reform’ (Radix paper No 16, July 2020). Covid 19 and,…
Poor old Andrew Bridgen, the formerly Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, as left alone in the Commons chamber when he asked a question about…
If ‘rationing’ is to be defined as the setting of priorities and managing of resources, it has no meaningful relevance to policy makers, managers, and…
Healthcare is a limited resource. Healthcare providers across the world must make difficult decisions about who gets access to what treatment, medication or procedure. This…
I have been writing a book about Robert Oppenheimer, the man who created the A-bob, only to fall foul of the McCarthyite atmosphere of 1954…
Professor Sir Chris Whitty, the government’s chief medical officer, must be thanking his lucky stars that he isn’t Anthony Fauci, his much-maligned equivalent in the USA,…
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…
It has now been ten years since I finished my work as an independent reviewer for the UK government. I had never done such a…
I feel quiet positive about Keir Starmer’s intervention on the NHS yesterday. It provides a chink of hope that the political left can think beyond…