Health
Access to treatments – what is the right prescription?
Posted by Rachel Rowson at Mon, 08/03/2010 - 11:18am in Health Mandate commentary
As the end of the 2005-2010 Parliament approaches, and the political classes gear themselves up for the general election, each of the political parties' health teams will be looking to prove that they have the big ideas to take the NHS forward in a period of tight public finance but escalating public expectation.
Pulling teeth: can NHS dentistry be fixed?
Posted by Nick Carter at Fri, 05/03/2010 - 12:54pm in Health Mandate commentary
As the end of the 2005-2010 Parliament approaches, and the political classes gear themselves up for the general election, each of the political parties' health teams will be looking to prove that they have the big ideas to take the NHS forward in a period of tight public finance but escalating public expectation.
Transforming NHS services: is information power?
Posted by Mike Birtwistle at Tue, 02/03/2010 - 9:57am in Health Mandate commentary
As the end of the 2005-2010 Parliament approaches, and the political classes gear themselves up for the general election, each of the political parties' health teams will be looking to prove that they have the big ideas to take the NHS forward in a period of tight public finance but escalating public expectation.
Mend the gap: how do we fund social care?
Posted by Nadia Elm at Fri, 26/02/2010 - 11:56am in Health Mandate commentary, Political commentary
As the end of the 2005-2010 Parliament approaches, and the political classes gear themselves up for the general election, each of the political parties' health teams will be looking to prove that they have the big ideas to take the NHS forward in a period of tight public finance but escalating public expectation.
In the balance: what does a hung Parliament mean for health?
Posted by Sarah Winstone at Mon, 22/02/2010 - 11:37am in Health Mandate commentary, Political commentary
As the end of the 2005-2010 Parliament approaches, and the political classes gear themselves up for the general election, each of the political parties' health teams will be looking to prove that they have the big ideas to take the NHS forward in a period of tight public finance but escalating public expectation.
After the election: what next for Labour's health policy?
Posted by Alex Finnegan at Fri, 19/02/2010 - 5:57pm in Health Mandate commentary, Political commentary
As the end of the 2005-2010 Parliament approaches, and the political classes gear themselves up for the general election, each of the political parties' health teams will be looking to prove that they have the big ideas to take the NHS forward in a period of tight public finance but escalating public expectation.
What health challenges will face David Cameron?
Posted by Mike Birtwistle at Tue, 16/02/2010 - 12:01pm in Health Mandate commentary, Political commentary
In a series of opinion pieces, Health Mandate's team of expert health policy consultants look at some of the big issues that will shape the political and the NHS landscape in the next parliament. Today's piece sees our team of consultants examine the health challenges facing David Cameron.
Mandate picks up two PR Week awards
Posted by Sacha Deshmukh at Wed, 21/10/2009 - 8:21am in Health Mandate news, Mandate news
Our nomination for our work for the Rarer Cancers Forum in the Best Research Campaign category was a great accolade for the team that put together a campaign with real quality, depth and strength of the policy focus on the issue of rarer cancers treatment. So it was an immense privilege for Mike Birtwistle and myself to be able to go up onto the stage and go beyond the shortlist and collect the PR Week Award for Best Research Campaign 2009 for Mandate.
Mandate shortlisted in two categories in the PR Week awards
Posted by Mark Pack at Fri, 07/08/2009 - 3:59pm in Health Mandate news, Mandate news
PR Week has published the shortlists for the 2009 PR Week awards - and the good news is that Mandate is shortlisted in two of the categories: research and public affairs. Both are for the work we've done with the Rarer Cancers Forum on the Taking Exception report, an audit of the policies and processes used by PCTs to determine exceptional funding requests.
There's more about the shortlists on the Brinkwire blog.
Darzi: Doctor first...
Posted by Mike Birtwistle at Wed, 15/07/2009 - 9:01am in Health Mandate news
Lord Darzi has always maintained that he is a doctor and not a politician. Well that is certainly true now. But, having announced his intention to step down as a Minister so he can spend more time with his patients, what kind of ministerial legacy does he leave?
