Health Policy Today

Sep
02

September's menu – food and drugs, followed by arguments about the bill – Health Policy Today, 2 September 2008

The Times today carries a new supplement – Agenda.  Within it is a chart of forthcoming political events.  In health terms,
4 min read
Sep
01

Gearing up for competition and building the barricades: GPs 'awkward position' - Health Policy Today, Monday 1st September 2008

August - the media's traditional 'silly season' - has been short on stories about GPs and
2 min read
Aug
28

Protestors have their say on financial management in the NHS - Health Policy Today, 28th August 2008

Amid reports of a surprise surplus for the NHS, many patients will be asking whether the money can be put
3 min read
Aug
27

Political posturing on public health – Health Policy Today, 27th August 2008

Today’s headlines in advance of Andrew Lansley’s speech on obesity were along the lines of ‘Conservatives say there
6 min read
Aug
26

Uncontrollable forces in debates on the availability of drugs - Health Policy Today, 26th August 2008

The debate about the availability of expensive drugs is changing in nature.  It is being linked to a need for
3 min read
Aug
20

After a short summer simmer, polyclinic politics promise provincial pyrotechnics – Health Policy Today, 20th August 2008

GPs you see today might have a spring in their step.  The BMA aims to enlist local authority Overview &
4 min read
Aug
19

Tablet of stories reveals an unhealthy obsession with drugs – Health Policy Today, 19th August 2008

In today's press there are 17 pieces relevant to the ongoing debate about access to drugs; their cost;
8 min read
Aug
18

A panoramic debate widens further still – Health Policy Today, 18th August 2008

It is sometimes said that what happens in the US comes to Britain a few years later.  It is not
5 min read
Aug
15

Living in economic times – Health Policy Today, 15th August 2008

A glance at today’s press confirms the tagline currently used by the Economist – ‘we live in economic times’. Report
5 min read
Aug
14

Pricing the value of life - Health Policy Today, 14th August 2008

An inherent tension in healthcare has re-emerged in a contemporary theme.  It relates to the balance between population-level and individual-level
4 min read