Behind Starmer’s headline-grabbing abolition of NHS England lies a ruthless drive to centralise control so that cuts of £6.6 billion can be made — even if it means reducing cancer services and clinical staff, writes JOHN LISTER

Relatively recently the health service was at its peak — to reverse the incredible damage done by the Tories since 2010 we need billions going straight into state provision, writes JOHN LISTER

Labour’s 24-page manifesto for the health service carefully avoids explaining how any of it will be paid for and provided. This is more than worrying, writes JOHN LISTER

Higher funds are critical to prevent the growth of privatisation by allowing the NHS to expand capacity and reduce the vast 6-million-plus waiting list, writes JOHN LISTER

The hated Health and Social Care Act has effectively been suspended, and there’s huge recognition that support staff should be brought back in-house. So can the ‘competitive health market’ now be ditched once and for all? asks JOHN LISTER

JOHN LISTER asks what the future holds for the health service in light of government refusal to provide it with proper funds

As we celebrate the 70th birthday of our NHS, we should commit ourselves to fighting for the founding principle of the health service – free at the point of use, says JOHN LISTER

But managers are beginning to point out the health service is breaking down, says JOHN LISTER