The Bedpan
The Bedpan: Waiting times, not care inequalities, are the public’s priority post-pandemic
This week: Ben Page, chief executive of pollsters Ipsos Mori
The Bedpan: When Darzi saved Mandelson
HSJ’s look at the how the wider world of politics interacts with the NHS returns for a one-off special
The Bedpan: This crisis will only become real to most once someone they know dies
This week: Ben Page, chief executive of pollsters Ipsos Mori
‘Even with the NHS in crisis, they still didn’t trust us’
This week: Jonathan Ashworth MP
Former CMO: Pointless to challenge government on austerity
This week: Dame Sally Davies
The Bedpan: He’s back!
This week: Jeremy Hunt
The Bedpan: You shouldn’t have to be suicidal to get care
This week: Munira Wilson MP
The Bedpan: The Tories ‘aren’t stupid enough’ to privatise the NHS
This week: Centre for Policy Studies chief executive Robert Colvile
The Bedpan: Who knows what the Tories will do to the NHS
This week: Emily Thornberry MP
The Bedpan: The NHS has been politically neutralised
This week: John McTernan
The Bedpan: ‘The problem with conceding to Simon Stevens…’
This Week: May at 10 by Sir Anthony Seldon
The Bedpan: The NHS is a role model for capitalism
This week: Will Hutton
The Bedpan: Politicians ‘lie about everything’
This week: Jed Mercurio
‘It was the most terrible thing I’d ever seen’
This week: Barry Quirk, chief executive of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Bedpan: Safe in the Iron Lady’s hands
This week: Margaret Thatcher and the birth of the internal market
The Bedpan: Extinction Rebellion reaches the NHS
This week: Doctors for Extinction Rebellion
The Bedpan: ‘I should have challenged DH advice on Mid Staffs’
This week: Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester
The Bedpan: ‘Start acting like f**king grown ups’
This week: Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley
The Bedpan: ‘Under the Knife’? Not really
What it is: Under the Knife is a new, crowd-funded and Keep Our NHS Public-supported documentary.
The Bedpan: David Cameron’s autobiography
The Bedpan examines the views of influential figures from (usually) outside the health world who nevertheless have interesting views on the challenges facing the NHS. It is named after Nye Bevan’s apocryphal quote.
The Bedpan: There’s no reward for NHS managers who tell the truth
This week: Karin Smyth MP
The Bedpan: Boris would think NHS management ‘fads’ are ‘ridiculous’
This week: Lord (Danny) Finkelstein of Pinner
The Bedpan: The poor can’t afford to follow public health advice
This week: Professor Sir Michael Marmot, professor of epidemiology and public health at University College London
The Bedpan: Being minister was like ‘fighting a rearguard action’
This week: Sir Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk
The Bedpan: Get your finance director talking about culture
This week: David R Williams, professor of public health and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University
The Bedpan: ‘Healthcare is cultural’
This week: Ryoji Noritake, chief executive of the Tokyo-based Health and Global Policy Institute.
The Bedpan: Policy makers must be ‘confident and humble’
This week: Sir Chris Wormald, permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care
The Bedpan: does God
This week: James Newcome, Bishop of Carlisle
The Bedpan: When the NHS asks, the answer is ‘yes’
This week: Nicky Morgan, Conservative MP and chair of the House of Commons Treasury select committee.