All articles by Mike Birtwistle
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CommentThe new NHS plan should disrupt the status quo
Getting what we pay for, means finding a way to deliver with less than enough, states Mike Birtwistle
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CommentThe Five Year Forward View is no longer fit for purpose
The Five Year Forward View no longer holds water, making it necessary to draft a new vision statement for the NHS to make it “an investable proposition” in the eyes of the Treasury, says Mike Birtwistle
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CommentLessons from Manchester: can Labour ever turn the NHS into a winning issue?
A new poll ahead of the Greater Manchester mayoral elections offers some wider hope and pointers to Labour, writes Mike Birtwistle
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CommentHospital turnarounds offer a glimmer of light amid NHS gloom
In the face of major challenges, success stories offer valuable insight into achievable goals, and deliver important benefits to patients and staff alike
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CommentHunt stays put - but faces a whole new set of challenges
Mike Birtwistle assesses how Jeremy Hunt might handle the very different demands of the new ministerial team
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CommentBrexit bound: prepare for gridlock
The Incisive Health team discusses what the political and operational consequences are likely to be for the NHS
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CommentThe government can't talk its way out of the junior doctors standoff
It has attracted public and political sympathy
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CommentCuts in cancer spending expose a funding challenge
There will be tough choices over cash and cancer
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CommentThe cancer strategy has laid down a challenge to government
To what extent will the government act on the taskforce’s recommendations?
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CommentCall it 'weaponisation' or just plain politics, but Labour is winning on health
Election poll results
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CommentHealth gambles could swing the election
NHS spending promises could turn the tables on the two main parties
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CommentThe 10 year plan won't win Labour the keys to Number 10
Labour’s health strategy lacks flesh on the bones to tempt the electorate
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CommentElection 2015: Party politics offer little new year cheer
Reality bites for political parties in 2015
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CommentNo party should feel comfortable with their NHS position yet
None of the parties have had a decisive breakthrough
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CommentEarly cancer diagnoses will cost the NHS considerably less
Saving millions through earlier cancer diagnosis
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CommentElection 2015: Last chance for Ed to show his NHS credentials
Why Miliband must lead the charge on the NHS
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CommentCancer drug announcements must be backed up with action
There’s an element of pre-election tidying
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CommentElection 2015: Politicians need to get in step with the public's NHS love affair
The political debate rages on
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CommentIf I was a politician I'd watch Simon Stevens like a hawk
The new chief is different from his predecessor