A few days ago I heard a homeless woman say she’d ‘worked all her life’ but ended up on the streets. Perhaps she’s the tip of the iceberg. A growing number of working people are relying on food banks, working too few hours or for too little money to buy enough food for the week….
If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine’ Horace This week the College of Emergency Medicine highlighted the challenges facing emergency departments across the country with unsustainable workloads and staffing shortages. Whilst the design, funding and running of the emergency care system needs urgent attention it is also a…
Two weeks ago, the Royal College of Nursing at its annual conference raised concerns over low staffing levels and believed that some of the important recommendations from the Francis report such as a registration system for healthcare assistants were being ignored. This brought into focus again the failings identified by Francis, in particular the need…
“When all this is gone, what’s left is what matters most: the people you love – your family, your friends.” The Guardian’s Mike White tells me these were Jim Callaghan’s words, quoted by a member of his family at the memorial service for the former Prime Minister and his beloved wife Audrey. I’m sure many…
Andy Burnham’s plan to integrate health and social care is the boldest idea to emerge from Labour’s policy review so far. If he can convince his shadow cabinet colleagues to back it, can he convince the country in 2015? “The Labour party is going to have to decide how ambitious it wants to be,” he…
This week, the health regulator Monitor announced the appointment of a trust special administrator at Mid Staffs after they concluded that the services currently provided were neither clinically nor financially sustainable. This brought into focus again the failings identified by the Francis report, in particular the need to concentrate on a few universal truths and…
At the moment, there is widespread consensus that fundamental changes are required if the failures at Mid Staffordshire are to be avoided. The NHS must find a way to respond to the Francis report and deliver high quality and safe care. I believe the report will be an important turning point in this journey –…
In association with Labour's Policy Review Liz Kendall delivered a keynote speech on how changes in family life and the implications of our ageing population call for radical new approaches to public services and the role of the...
A keynote speech by Diane Abbott MP, Shadow Minister for Public Health. We are delighted to be able to extend this invitation from the Fabian Women's Network to our wider membership. "A number of recent events have...
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