A MAJOR report, which came out on Wednesday, into maternity failings at an NHS trust has found that more than 200 deaths could have been avoided if better care had…

RS: You’re a campaigner I have always admired and I’ve enjoyed doing a few things with you on the Twittersphere. This viral video – seen more than 600,000 times –…

Visualise the most important person in your life standing before you smiling. Focus on that nice warm feeling deep down inside of you. Focus on the happy memories you two…

After the Second World War the Labour Government introduced the Welfare State. Its aim was to wipe out poverty and hardship in society; to have a society free from the fear…

The Tories have been instrumental in creating a society where poverty becomes not just a lack of income but a lack of opportunity. And, in health, this creates not only…

Money wasted during the pandemic The NHS has been starved of funds, but huge sums have been squandered, wasted, and paid out unnecessarily.  Some of the waste and extravagant spending…

The government has already shown how it is willing to outsource public sector responsibilities to private companies, at astronomical costs, despite the fact that the service they provide is insufficient…

THE current Health and Care Bill represents a grave threat to the NHS and the health of the nation. Presently at committee stage it has the potential to take the…

Review of the week's news including articles on Covid, Johnson's partying, Syria and the NHS.

LAST week at least 24 of England’s 137 NHS trusts officially declared critical incidents. Many are not declaring because it does not bring extra resources, but it does mean more…