Steve Walker

Steve Walker is the author of the SKWAWKBOX blog, which covers NHS, benefits, economics, social justice and disability issues, and the founder of CCGWatch, which aims to influence CCGs to retain truly

Hospital Mortality: fact, fiction or politics?

Stafford has become both justification and template for a full-scale assault on NHS hospitals - exploited by politicians and businesses who profit from cuts and privatisation.

By Steve Walker

/ 24 Jul 2013

Leeds Children's Heart Surgery: twisted statistics, conflicts of interest and hidden agendas

Has the government, once again, ignored due process and legal rulings in the decision to close down a children's unit at Leeds General Infirmary?

By Steve Walker

/ 8 Apr 2013