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What might Yvette Cooper's appointment tell us about the Government's plans for health and social care policy?
So now we know, Yvette Cooper is the new Health and Social Care Secretary.
Who will be the next Health and Social Care Secretary?
Nobody really knows, but in this piece I try and appraise the runners and riders and come up with a shortlist.....
The row over the Defence Investment Plan is a wake-up call for health policymakers
The wicked trade-offs at the heart of the Defence Investment Plan should challenge us to think more clearly about what our national health policy is for, how it works and how we can improve it
Streeting resigns - reaction
Listen now | I thought I would share my discussion with Sarah-Jane Mee and Sam Coates on Sky News this afternoon on Wes Streeting’s decision to resign as Health and Social Care Secretary.
What does the end of the peace dividend mean for the future of the NHS funding model?
The IPPR argues that changing the funding model for the health system would be a 'pointless distraction' - but the end of the peace dividend poses big questions for what comes next for the NHS
What might the British Social Attitudes Survey mean for the politics of health?
Labour has a challenge in defending both its left and right flank
Beware the 'red zone'
How the Government is missing a political opportunity on improving access to NHS dentistry
Will we get a new Health and Social Care Secretary in 2026?
And what are any reshuffle calculations looking like?
The health policy disconnect is widening
The gap between political rhetoric and the public's experience of the NHS is growing. The media is turning and it's hurting the Government. Some thoughts on fixing what is a policy and comms problem