The recent reforms to the NHS in England are some of the biggest in history. You could hardly have missed the debate, but working out what it means for people using health services can be a little more difficult. That’s more than can be covered in one blog – but one of the biggest changes has been shifting decision making about what health and social care money gets spent on (i.e. commissioning) to a local level…
If you have a few moments, I would like to take you back in time to May of 2010.
An austere voice announces another party political broadcast. Activists push leaflets through our doors and we watch the UK’s first televised election debates. There is a lingering smell of an expenses scandal and an economic downturn that shows no sign of ending. There is talk of renewal, change, fairness and hope.
David Cameron…
Following the shocking failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, the Government has promised to put ‘the experience of patients at the centre of what the NHS does and the way in which its success is judged.’ But what does this really mean? And what do you think is a good patient experience?
At Macmillan, people with cancer often tell us how important it is to have a good experience during their treatment and…
Today we’re launching our new report Making the case for free social care at the end of life. As the title suggests, this report lays out our evidence for why social care services are so vital for those in the last weeks of their life.
Vikki, who helped care for her dad, Adrian, at the end of his life told us
’We really needed some support with the practical side of life. Adrian struggled with even the most…
As the policy team have started blogging more on the Community, we wanted to introduce ourselves, and tell you a bit more about what we do...
So what do we do?
We look at the problems facing people affected by cancer, and identify what Government, the NHS or other organisations could do to resolve these problems.
Sometimes this means demanding a change in the law. Sometimes we want the Government to change…
