http://socialliberal.net Mon, 21 May 2012 19:43:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/12/liberal-democrat-conference-does-not-support-the-health-and-social-care-bill/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/12/liberal-democrat-conference-does-not-support-the-health-and-social-care-bill/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:48:30 +0000 prateekbuch http://socialliberal.net/?p=1510 “The Social Liberal Forum welcomes the vote by the Liberal Democrat conference not to support Andrew Lansley’s Health and Social Care Bill. It is a poorly-conceived, muddled mess that exposes patients to increased risk and lands frontline health professionals with … Continue reading →

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]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/03/11/evan-harris-reacts-to-the-nhs-vote-at-spring-conference-2012/feed/ 3 http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/26/liberal-democrats-should-continue-to-debate-whether-to-support-the-health-and-social-care-bill/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/26/liberal-democrats-should-continue-to-debate-whether-to-support-the-health-and-social-care-bill/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:59 +0000 prateekbuch http://socialliberal.net/?p=1390 Despite the welcome and significant changes to the Health & Social Care Bill that Lib Dem parliamentarians have secured, there remain serious concerns both within the party, Parliament and the medical profession about the impact and timing of the reforms. As … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/26/liberal-democrats-should-continue-to-debate-whether-to-support-the-health-and-social-care-bill/feed/ 6 http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/10/1381/ http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/10/1381/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:50:59 +0000 Lord Smith of Clifton http://socialliberal.net/?p=1381 (Preamble: Trevor Smith joined the Liberal Party in 1955 when it had five MPs; he fears he may die with the LibDems having the same number!) The Lib Dems are in a very serious state, possibly facing meltdown of the … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2012/01/10/1381/feed/ 18 http://socialliberal.net/2009/08/18/a-positive-alternative-to-labours-nationalist-health-service/ http://socialliberal.net/2009/08/18/a-positive-alternative-to-labours-nationalist-health-service/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:38:13 +0000 James Graham http://socialliberal.net/?p=294 Yesterday, Health Secretary Andy Burnham wrote an article for the Guardian aiming to set out the clear blue water between Labour and the Conservatives on the National Health Service. In doing so, he inadvertantly demonstrated quite how vapid Labour’s vision … Continue reading →

]]> http://socialliberal.net/2009/08/18/a-positive-alternative-to-labours-nationalist-health-service/feed/ 7 http://socialliberal.net/2009/08/12/we-love-the-nhs/ http://socialliberal.net/2009/08/12/we-love-the-nhs/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:36:42 +0000 James Graham http://socialliberal.net/?p=267 The debate in the us about healthcare seems to be getting increasingly insane, with Obama being compared to Hitler, Sarah Palin spreading lies about “death panels” and assorted nonsense. A repeat of the debate in the early 1990s when the … Continue reading →

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