Category Archives: NHS

Mismanagement or corruption? (Not the ) NHS Test and Trace

Posted on 9 June, 2021 by Mark Burton

The UK government has spent £37,000,000,000, that’s 37 Billion Pounds, on what they call NHS Test and Trace. This is not provided by the National Health Service but by private companies under contract. It only covers England. Until April this … Continue reading →

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Democracy, planning and a socialist health service.

Posted on 6 March, 2015 by eljubilado

Further to my piece on Manchester’s “Health Devolution”, I thought it worth returning to something I wrote over 4 years ago, in rather different times.  The question that I didn’t try to answer in last week’s piece was “what’s the … Continue reading →

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DevoManc, DevoMancHealth and the perils of techno-fixes.

Posted on 28 February, 2015 by eljubilado

Now syndicated on the Socialist Health Association blog         This week’s big news in Manchester is that the devolution of direct responsibility for significant areas public spending to the city-region will now be augmented by the devolution … Continue reading →

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Manchester’s NHS walk-in centres

Posted on 7 June, 2013 by eljubilado

Monitor, the NHS regulator is conducting a review of the closure of NHS walk-in centres in Manchester.  Please respond via walkincentresreview@monitor.gov.uk I’ve just done so with this response. I write as a former community health and social care manager (NHS … Continue reading →

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The National Health Service, and Ken Loach, in the UK and Latin America

Posted on 30 March, 2013 by eljubilado

Strange to think that 12 months ago I was in San Salvador, having just travelled overland through Nicaragua and Honduras from Costa Rica.  I wouldn’t mind some of that hot weather here now  this winter is interminable, but at least … Continue reading →

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1,800 preventable deaths per year

Posted on 25 March, 2013 by eljubilado

The Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities has just reported its findings.  Extrapolated, they indicate 1,839 excess deaths per year of intellectually disabled people aged 4 and up, in England and Wales.   Here are my workings:  … Continue reading →

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Shropshire, more films and the Mid-Staffs Scandal

Posted on 24 March, 2013 by eljubilado

Yes, this post will go all over the place, like I did this week….. A short midweek break at Bishop’s Castle, a quaint but real town in Shropshire.  The Border country where Saxon and Welsh place names mix (along with … Continue reading →

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Re-framing the mess we’re in: ideology-action-structures and coloniality.

Posted on 27 February, 2013 by eljubilado

Re-framing the mess we’re in:  ideology-action-structures and coloniality. This is a working paper in which I explore some ideas I’ve been working with.  It takes a long and comprehensive view of where we are, how we got here, and what … Continue reading →

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Inequality juxtaposition: you couldn’t make it up!

Posted on 11 November, 2012 by Mark Burton

An interesting post on New Statesman website presents the latest data on international ‘Spirit Level’ comparisons – Ukania in a dire position as before.  But just look at the advert that appears on the page!  I don’t think NS vets … Continue reading →

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