Latest editorial
NHS ‘not structured or geared to getting our patients treated’, Labour fringe hears
A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward
THE NHS is “not structured or geared to getting our patients treated,” a Labour conference fringe meeting heard today.
Phil Banfield, from the British Media Association, made the comments at the meeting on fixing the NHS.
Labour MP and ear, nose and throat surgeon Peter Prinsley noted that when he first began his career, he would operate on eight children a morning, but now this has halved to four.
Similar stories
Labour warned that workers expect better as anger mounts over welfare cuts and public-sector pay
Born from my communist social worker mother’s efforts to bridge healthcare gaps, Labour’s push for home-based care now risks becoming another avenue for the US corporate takeover of the NHS, writes RICHARD CLARKE
