The Bedpan
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CommentThe Bedpan: The Tories ‘aren’t stupid enough’ to privatise the NHS
This week: Centre for Policy Studies chief executive Robert Colvile
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The Bedpan: ‘The problem with conceding to Simon Stevens…’
This Week: May at 10 by Sir Anthony Seldon
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‘It was the most terrible thing I’d ever seen’
This week: Barry Quirk , chief executive of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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The Bedpan: Safe in the Iron Lady’s hands
This week: Margaret Thatcher and the birth of the internal market
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The Bedpan: Extinction Rebellion reaches the NHS
This week: Doctors for Extinction Rebellion
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The Bedpan: ‘I should have challenged DH advice on Mid Staffs’
This week: Andy Burnham , mayor of Greater Manchester
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The Bedpan: ‘Start acting like f**king grown ups’
This week: Jess Phillips , Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley
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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.
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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.
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The Bedpan: Boris would think NHS management ‘fads’ are ‘ridiculous’
This week: Lord (Danny) Finkelstein of Pinner
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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
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The Bedpan: Being minister was like ‘fighting a rearguard action’
This week: Sir Norman Lamb , Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk
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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
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The Bedpan: ‘Healthcare is cultural’
This week : Ryoji Noritake , chief executive of the Tokyo-based Health and Global Policy Institute .
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The Bedpan: Policy makers must be ‘confident and humble’
This week: Sir Chris Wormald , permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care
