Socialist Health Association
@SocialistHealth
Organisation affiliated to Labour Party. Campaigns for NHS, public health and socialism since 1930. Tweets don't all constitute our policy
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http://www.sochealth.co.uk 08-11-2011 13:05:47
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Read this important commentary on inequality in the world's top scientific journal, from Richard G Wilkinson & Kate Pickett, at
nature.com/articles/d4158…
New review out in The Lancet Public Health today with Aaron Reeves:
What is the impact of healthcare privatisation on quality of care?
'We find a fairly consistent picture... privatisation comes at the expense of quality of care'
Link: thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
Evidence on how the government is destroying general practice from Dr Helen Salisbury bmj.com/content/384/bm…
Important contribution from Margaret Greenwood MP on the inadequacy of 'physician associates' for the medical roles the government has created for them, with predictably, highly hazardous impacts on patients
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-0…
It’s hugely disappointing the Government are pushing ahead with plans to regulate PAs & AAs under the GMC. We ask you to urgently write to your MP before the next parliamentary stage, which could be as early as tomorrow, so they can oppose this legislation activism.bma.org.uk/page/140508/-/…
Thank goodness Keir Starmer is advocating healthy public policy. Forget Tory nonsense about nannies: I call this the #MummyState because it's about protection, prevention and nurture
theguardian.com/society/2024/j…