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Health Secretary Matt Hancock during a Cabinet meeting held at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in July
MATT HANCOCK was accused of using “blame and denial” to distract from the Tories’ failures on Covid-19 as he confirmed plans to axe Public Health England (PHE) today.
The Labour Party joined medics in condemning the Department of Health’s plan to replace PHE with a new “hybrid” body with immediate effect, branding it “desperate” and potentially dangerous as the pandemic continues.
The new National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP) will respond to health threats including infectious diseases, pandemics and biological weapons, Mr Hancock said.
Burnham urged to create publicly-provided national care service before the end of the parliament, and to keep his promise to ditch neoliberalism
In the second part of her critique of Wes Streeting’s TenYear Plan for Health, HELEN MERCER looks at the central planks of this privatisation blueprint
Investigation reveals NHS maternity services are failing women and babies
