Plans to “scrap” Public Health England: A Socialist Health Association Response
This week the Government is expected to announce that it will scrap the pandemic response function of Public Health England, and merge this with NHS Test and Trace to form an agency “similar to the...
View ArticleOver 70 health organisations unite to raise serious concerns with Government...
Today HIV i-Base (where I work part-time) and the UK-CAB (of which I’m a member) joined with more than 70 other organisations sending a joint statement to the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for...
View ArticleTory dependency argument and free school meals
Watching and reading the arguments Tory MPs put forward for voting against an extension of free school meals over the school holidays, there seems to be a common thread. Nearly all of them use the...
View ArticleThe Moonshot mistake
MASS TESTING PROGRAMMES FOR COVID 19 USING NOVEL TESTS SITUATION Last week [November 9th] the government proudly announced a major expansion of the UK s testing programme to provide rapid access...
View ArticleAre animal products in the COVID vaccines? Are they Halal?
HIV i-Base continue to report on COVID-19 vaccination and treatment. The Q&A service on the i-Base website has been answering many questions about coronavirus vaccinations. Please see this new...
View ArticleMajor speech on coronavirus by Justin Madders
The following is a major speech from Shadow Health Minister Justin Madders. In Parliamentary terms it is extremely critical of the government. Even though the prime minister may have lowered the tone...
View ArticleGovernment response to Public Consultation on ICSs
1. Legislating for Integrated Care Systems: Provider Selection Regime Consultations Legislating for Integrated Care Systems: five recommendations to Government and Parliament includes the Response to...
View ArticleTHE FEELEY REVIEW OF SOCIAL CARE IN SCOTLAND
NINE TESTS OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF HOLYROOD’S COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS Joint authors: Colin Slasberg and Peter Beresford We have previously set out why we believe the Feeley review of Adult Social...
View ArticleReview of ‘A Radical Practice in Liverpool: the rise, fall and rise of the...
‘A Radical Practice in Liverpool: the rise, fall and rise of the Princes Park Health centre’ Katy Gardner and Susanna Graham-Jones. Published by Writing on the Wall. 2021. 268 pages. ISBN...
View ArticleDOCTORS IN UNITE CALL FOR A NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE.
Up to a third of UK social class differences in health was probably caused by work 50 years ago. Since then, many hazardous jobs have been exported but new types of unhealthy work have emerged.Work can...
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