Is the English government's enthusiasm for health ‘apps’ and ‘data transparency’, for the benefit of patients – or markets? Or even a trojan horse for a pay-NHS?
NHS boss Simon Steven's NHS forward plan is an excellent piece of marketing - but a terrible piece of strategy.
As Essex council closes the only daycare centre for dementia patients in the South of the county, its councillors cause a storm by suggesting a one-day 'dementia cube' workshop is a suitable alternative.
'Integrated health and social care' should mean a focus on wellbeing - not an excuse for cuts and squeezing more 'productivity' from the low paid and unpaid.
Labour's 'big idea' on health is to merge it with social care and maybe even benefits. It calls it 'whole person care'. But has it thought through the implications?
The UK government has quietly launched an inquiry into whether the smaller half of our hospitals are 'sustainable'. Should we be worried?
Is 'person-centred care' being muddled with individual consumerism - and why so little debate between the parties on the latest fundamental shift in our NHS?
