The Prime Minister acknowledge “a small number” of “unacceptable” incidents, but pointed to record pressures on the service.
The Prime Minister only has the liberty to establish toeholds on wider issues, in the hope of addressing them properly after Brexit is delivered.
The local government system is not fit for purpose. Simply demanding more cash from overburdened taxpayers is no solution.
The NHS desperately needs a regulatory environment which will force it to think more entrepreneurially and collaboratively.
We’re heard much about potential problems, but rather less about the significant opportunities that leaving the EU brings for improving a number of areas of healthcare safety.
“Towards the end of this Parliament, at the point at which our contributions to the European Union reduce, there is an expectation on the part of the public and the NHS that there should be an increase.”
Parents and business need more help from the Government to avert a public health crisis.
My think-tank’s new report finds that there are over 46,000 unnecessary deaths each and every year in the UK.
My Private Member’s Bill on disability equality before birth, which is due to be debated in the Lords this Friday, seeks to right a terrible wrong.
Given each extra medical school place means a cost of £220,000 to the taxpayer, we must also ensure this money is being spent on staff for our NHS.
Redundant phone boxes could be used but more training is also needed.
Taxpayer support must begin to reward those who change, not protect those who do not.
I was previously uncomfortable about the imposition of the contract, but now believe there is little alternative.
It doesn’t read like a strategy at all, and I’m doubtful that it will achieve anything.
Might a tapered aspiration to get health spending (NHS and social care) consistently over the EU and OECD average by 2025 be something that a May Government could consider?