Editor's Blog

Oct
13

Editorial Tuesday 9 October 2012: Jeremy Hunt's speech to the 2012 Conservative Party Conference

With thanks to the Politics.co.uk website [http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2012/10/09/jeremy-hunt-speech-in-full] , the text
8 min read
Oct
13

Editorial Tuesday 9 October 2012: The Bellflinger Orates - on Jeremy Hunt's speech to the 2012 Conservative Party Conference

Here are some observations on the inaugural public speech of Jeremy 'Bellflinger [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19011788]
10 min read
Oct
13

Editorial Tuesday 9 October 2012: PM David Cameron's speech to the 2012 Conservative Party Conference

With thanks to Politics Home [http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/63191/david_cameron_britain_on_the_rise.html] , here
23 min read
Oct
13

Editorial Thursday 11 October 2012: Do Comrade Sir David's contradictions look big in this?

I was amused by former Labour clinical adviser Dr David Kerr's piece in today's Guardian about
2 min read
Oct
13

Editorial Wednesday 3 October 2012: Andy Burnham's Labour Party conference speech briefed to media

Andy Burnham's speech to the Labour Party conference today (now online) [http://www.labour.org.uk/andy-burnhams-speech-to-labour-party-annual-conference-2012,2012-10-03%
3 min read
Oct
10

Editorial Tuesday 2 October 2012: What does Labour's plan to repeal the Health And Social Care Bill mean?

The text of Ed Miliband's 'look, no notes' speech to the Labour Party conference this afternoon
3 min read
Sep
27

Editorial Thursday 27 September 2012: What will doctors do now they are running the NHS?

Speech at 20-20 Health fringe event, Lib Dem party conference The 20-20 Health [”http://www.2020health.org/2020health”] think-tank invited
5 min read
Sep
19

Editorial Wednesday 20 September 2012: Dr Dan The Hundred Hours Man responds

In the interest of fairness, following recently linking to a blog questioning Health Minister Dr Daniel Poulter's comments
1 min read
Sep
17

Guest editorial Monday 17 September 2012: “You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake” - melting healthcare data

This guest editorial by PCT Cassander [”http://twitter.com/PCTCassander”], one of the wittiest and best-informed commentators on health policy
2 min read
Sep
11

Editorial Tuesday 11 September 2012: CQC chair Dame Jo Williams ignores gun laws; shoots self in both feet

Gun laws are there to be respected, one would piously hope in the world of health policy. Likewise those against
3 min read