Democracy, Health
Caring about Care
Posted on October 26, 2011 by Admin | 1 Comment
This post is published as a series of blogs about privatisation and in support of the ‘Week of Auctions organised by an alliance of anti-cuts groups across the UK. The following is a personal perspective on care work. By Jess Stanton After his health worsened last Christmas, my Grandad Jack had to leave his bungalow [...]
Kill electoralism, not the NHS
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Alasdair Thompson | 4 Comments
So that’s it then. It’s all over (bar the committee and third reading). The lords didn’t save the NHS. Despite all the petitions, all the tweets and hashtags, despite adopting lords and blocking bridges the amendment from lords Owen an Hennessy that could have derailed the bill fell by 330-262 votes. The Health and Social [...]
Some Utopian Thinking on Health (Part II)
Posted on July 21, 2011 by Jock Barge | 1 Comment
In the first post I talked about the need for a more idealistic health policy than one which relies so heavily upon the pharmaceutical industry, leading to the question of how we arrived at our current situation. I will address that question now, and part III I’ll have a go at suggesting some practical steps that might be taken to [...]
Some Utopian Thinking on Health (Part I)
Posted on July 8, 2011 by Jock Barge | 2 Comments
The NHS is generally a pretty unifying issue. Such is the affection in which it is held, that the Tories realize that great stealth is needed in their assault upon it – and the fact that free and universal healthcare should be so sacrosanct represents perhaps the greatest success of the British Left in the [...]
Report on the Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy
Posted on June 4, 2011 by Jamie Fairlie | No Comments
The Global Commission on Drug Policy reported this week. The Commission included current and former presidents and prime ministers, secretaries of state etc from of a number of countries, Kofi Annan and Richard Branson. Jamie Fairlie tells us what it said: ‘The war on drugs has failed’. This is the recurring theme throughout the Global [...]
Keep the NHS Public
Posted on January 31, 2011 by Alasdair Thompson | 2 Comments
The coalition’s Health and Social Care Bill faces it’s second reading today in Parliament today and threatens to drastically reorganise health care in this country. The average person interacting with their GP or hospital might not notice the changes immediately. But make no mistake, these proposals go to the very heart of our health service. [...]
Caroline Lucas’s first mistake
Posted on August 4, 2010 by Naomi Mc | 38 Comments
There is a lot riding on Caroline Lucas, our first Green Party MP. Greens want to prove that there is more to them then recycling, that they can provide a comprehensive programme of reform, and that they are not a bunch of loony, lentil-wearing wizards or worse – middle-class, stoners who refuse to shop in [...]
The Labour Manifesto – sponsored by BUPA
Posted on April 12, 2010 by Gary Dunion | 1 Comment
It was presumably concern about whether party political events were allowed on NHS property that led Labour’s media team to tell BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that the “Hospital site where Lab manifesto is being launched is still owned by the firm that built it so the party is not breaking any rules.” But of course that [...]
What’s Wrong With Health Care Reform.
Posted on March 24, 2010 by Alasdair Thompson | 3 Comments
So health care reform in the US has finally been passed and signed into law. It’s been a long time coming, see Ted Kennedy below, and it’s been greeted as a great achievement by many on the left, including here on Bright Green. My colleague Peter described it as a vindication of why triangulation doesn’t [...]
Healthcare win shows Obama is no West Wing fan
Posted on March 22, 2010 by Peter McColl | 2 Comments
Today’s news that the House of Representatives has passed an amended version of the healthcare Bill promised by Barack Obama shows an interesting contrast with the achievements of the Clinton administration. And of course, with the fictional administration of Jed Bartlett in the West Wing. When I wrote a blog post about how I dislike [...]
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