Yesterday Andy Burnham stood before Parliament and, with incredible chutzpah, accused the government of failing to fully respond to the Francis Report. This is, lest we forget, the report that he never wanted, about the NHS trust he so catastrophically recommended for Foundation Trust status.

Why such vocal criticism of...

One of the most welcome aspects of the government's Care and Support White Paper, due to be published this Wednesday, is the emphasis on portability of assessment. This is a crucial move, and something that disability campaigners have been pursuing for a great many years. Particular tribute should be paid...

It has been billed as the event when the world will come to London. It has been over 60 years since this country last hosted the Olympics - and this year's event will be very different from the last time the Olympic Torch was carried into the capital in 1948....

I read your response to my Huffington post article with interest, and a sense of weary familiarity. Weary familiarity of the continual opposition to essential change, change that is the only way to preserve the National Health Service for the years to come.

Interest, because...

So the Health and Social Care Bill has achieved Royal Assent today and has become the Health and Social Care Act. And yes - despite Andy Burnham's claims that there were 24 hours to save the NHS last week- the NHS is still here. He said pretty much the same...

Over the next few months, the debate surrounding NHS Reform is likely to remain fierce. We have a duty to ensure that, just as we are tackling the deficit so that future generations are not burdened with debt, we make the changes to the NHS we need to make now,...

The slow death of history in schools has been much lamented. As David Cannadine's new book The Right Kind of History demonstrates, the same concerns have been raised about how history should be taught in schools for the entirety of the twentieth century - should pupils be memorising kings and...

Returning to Westminster this week, politicians face a choice. Do we support the NHS reforms, or stick with the status quo? There is one principle that everyone can agree upon: that we must do what is best for the patient, delivering the best possible equitable care and treatment, free at...