Health Policy Today

Aug
13

Financial pressures continue – Health Policy Today, 13th August 2008

Tom Smith on three health policy stories today, all adding to a sense of increasing financial pressure. A survey from
4 min read
Aug
12

The politics of social resources - Health Policy Today, 12th August 2008

If the weather isn’t hot this summer, the politics certainly are - with the forecast for it to get
10 min read
Aug
06

Pressure on government health policy continues - Health Policy Today, 6 August 2008

Tom Smith on a Smorgasbord of health policy issues debated today. The Conservatives continue to pile political pressure on the
3 min read
Aug
05

Shoving and doing nothing on child obesity (masquerading as nudging) – Health Policy Today, 5th August 2008

Tom Smith on plans to tell parents the weight of their 4 and 10 year old children, and on the
5 min read
Aug
04

Health policy battleships: the Conservatives miss, and then hit – Health Policy Today, 4th August 2008

Two health policy stories stand out this weekend.  Both relate to information uncovered by Conservatives under the FOI Act and,
4 min read
Jul
31

A very political summertime – Health Policy Today, 31st July 2008

Tom Smith on the political overtime we are 'enjoying' this summer. Ordinarily in the summer, there is an
8 min read
Jul
29

After its Glasgow kiss, will Labour pull together or pull apart? Health Policy Today, 29 July 2008

While many commentators are examining the implications of the Glasgow East by-election (to paraphrase Frank Sinatra, if Labour can’t
7 min read
Jul
24

Nudging, not judging - Health Policy Today, 24th July 2008

Tom Smith contrasts emerging approaches to tackling obesity in Japan and England. Japan has just set a legal limit to
5 min read
Jul
21

Alan Johnson webchat with Labour members- Health Policy Today, 21 July 2008:

It’s been a quiet few days for health policy, with the exception of the news that Imperial College plan
4 min read
Jul
14

IWantGreatCare - a dangerous currency for quality? Health Policy Today, 14 July 2008

Tom Smith on IWantGreatCare. The most interesting story on health today – just beating reports that Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman
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