Phil McCarvill
Phil McCarvill is senior research fellow for health at the Institute for Public Policy Research.
HSJ PartnersThe right community care for the terminally ill can ease pressure in A&E
Improved care for terminally ill people can play a major part in reducing the burden on A&E departments
HSJ PartnersThree steps to better care for the terminally ill
The electorate wants to ease the burden on A&E – and it is achievable
HSJ PartnersBe prepared: Ensuring winter pressures are not so bleak
How winter pressures affect readmissions
HSJ PartnersInvesting in community based end of life care is a win-win
Phil McCarvill of Marie Curie Cancer Care reflects on a new report from the Nuffield Trust
HSJ PartnersThe bottom line is commission for quality, not just savings
Don’t put end of life care at risk
HSJ PartnersTwitter chat round-up: how to increase care out of hospital
Phil McCarvill analyses the debate
HSJ PartnersWe are failing to meet the palliative care needs of BME communities
Barriers to care need to be torn down
CommentFundamental change is required to end of life care
The needs of terminally ill people and the NHS are aligned
HSJ KnowledgeRedesigning end of life care in the community
It is time to move resources away from hospitals
CommentThis ‘natural break’ is an opportunity to develop a genuinely patient-centred NHS
The coalition’s ‘listening exercise’ shows that Cameron and his ministers know they do not have the votes to push the reforms through Parliament in their current shape. They might do better if they radically rethink their proposals, argues Institute for Public Policy Research senior research fellow for health Phil McCarvill.