Tagged with "the NHS"

Time for a bit of ideology in UK politics

Sajid Javid’s appreciation of Ayn Rand is good news for UK politics. He is taken by the struggle between individualism and collectivism, and supports the morally superior side. One day, he'd make a great Tory leader
by Andrew Gibson - 20 January 2015
NHS Trust cyber security spending increases fivefold

Dramatic rise in cyber security spending at leading NHS Trust shows that information security and patient privacy is high on the health service agenda
by the commentator - 6 January 2015
After Mid Staffs, Labour’s NHS lies won’t fool voters

When Labour have a shadow health secretary with Andy Burnham’s credentials, it is hardly surprising that the latest ComRes poll shows that 22 percent of people say David Cameron is the party leader they most trust to manage the NHS, with Ed Miliband on 20 percent. Labour's lies aren't working
by the commentator - 4 January 2015
Scrap Britain's pig horrific NHS. It's killing your relatives

Britain's National Health Service is the worst health system in the Western world. Meanwhile, your relatives will die earlier than they would in, for example, Austria, where there's a more rational mix between state and private medicine
by the commentator - 30 May 2014
Blairite immigration propagandist smears UKIP

Former immigration minister Barbara Roche has claimed that “UKIP’s campaign needs to be exposed for what it is, a racist campaign.” It is, however, Ms Roche, who must be exposed
by Vincent Cooper - 2 May 2014
If Polly Toynbee cared about Britons' health she'd campaign to scrap the NHS

Polly Toynbee has gone off on one again about the way the government is failing the NHS. But the truth is the NHS is a bad system which fails the country's health. Check out our cancer survival rates?
by Doctor Death - 15 November 2013
UK health tourism debate misses the point, which is: the NHS is rubbish

The Left is loving the "health tourism" debate because they think it means the NHS is great. But the NHS isn't the envy of the world; it's just the envy of the Third World
by Doctor Death - 27 October 2013
Lardbutts and the NHS

There is one simple cause of obesity: gluttony. And let's have an end to the politically correct nonsense that says otherwise
by Robin Mitchinson - 24 October 2013
A better future for UK healthcare

To improve health care provision in the United Kingdom it is crucial we restore personal responsibility. Eat too much? Drink too much? Pay.
by Christopher James Harries - 22 October 2013
UK NHS disaster: death rates 45 percent higher than in the US

NHS-loving Brits won't like this, but if you had to choose between the United States and the UK on healthcare, it’s not even close. And that's from a serious critic of the US system
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 23 September 2013
Obamacare gets mother of all trashings

This takedown of Obamacare perhaps constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. As if it wasn't enough that Obama's international credibility is being destroyed....
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 15 September 2013
Don't scrap the NHS, but do reform it radically, and that includes charging

A starting point would be charges to walking-wounded who appear in Casualty at the weekend with injuries from drunkenness, brawling and other anti-social behaviour
by Robin Mitchinson - 27 August 2013
Why do British dogs get better health care than British people?

When my mum's puppy dog fell seriously ill, he got the best private medicine money could buy. What about the people, for crying out loud?
by Yorker - 16 August 2013
Weekly Round-Up: Gibraltar, Israel, crimes of communism, UKIP, EU, Manning, and more

From Gibraltar to the EU; from anti-Americanism to anti-Israel; from the forgotten crimes of communism... See this quick round-up
by The Commentator - 2 August 2013
More private medicine please, and that's on the Guardian

Back in the 1980s, hardline Thatcherites used to argue that people who could afford private health insurance should take it up. They were right
by The Commentator - 30 July 2013