Fossil fuel divestment has lately become big business. It began as a distinctly niche political movement, aiming to kick the finance-intensive oil and gas industry where it hurts by lobbying publicly-owned funds to divest. Now, it’s going fully mainstream. New York City’s $189bn public pension fund has recently announced that not only will it withdraw […]
NHS England is the UK’s largest quango. It is one of the most complex organisations in the world, yet is run according to a model designed for small agencies without responsibilities to deliver services directly to the public. Crucially, this also means it is constantly exposed to political meddling and under siege from a plethora […]
The primary care sector is operating at unprecedented levels. The statistic showing that 90% of total NHS patient contact is handled through general practice is well known, but more telling is the jump in estimated number of total annual consultations, which is 40 million since 2008. It is not obvious, however, that all is well. […]
