Caroline Molloy

Caroline Molloy is openDemocracy's UK health and social affairs correspondent, a journalist and speaker. She has written extensively on politics, public services and the welfare state, and has a particular interest in public services and technology.

New law proposed to "stop the NHS becoming simply a memory"

The "NHS Bill 2015" campaign is calling on all General Election candidates to sign up to the new "NHS Reinstatement Bill", and is already attracting cross-party support.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 7 Oct 2014

Vote Yes for the NHS - independence is the best chance to protect Scotland's NHS

The NHS has become the burning issue of the Scottish Independence Referendum. OurNHS takes a close look, and finds in favour of the Yes campaign.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 16 Sep 2014

Charge seriously ill patients for NHS beds, proposes commission

Hidden amidst the aspirations on social care are some nasty precedents which could undermine the whole principle of free NHS care.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 4 Sep 2014

We all already own the NHS - the latest 'mutual' spin is about taking it out of our hands

So-called 'John Lewis style mutuals' have been tried in the NHS - and flopped badly. So they want to give this Trojan horse for privatisation and asset-stripping new legs - and teeth.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 15 Jul 2014

The Blairites were to blame for the NHS's biggest disgrace - why should we listen to them now?

The latest ex-Blair advisor to lambast the NHS for being 'slow' to adopt privatisation is Paul Corrigan. But his past hastiness had a little-noted role in the NHS's darkest episode.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 18 Jun 2014

Labour turn spotlight on GP shortages

Yesterday Miliband pledged a GP appointment for all within 48 hours, today Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham visits inner-city GP practices facing the axe.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 13 May 2014

Three crucial safeguards for medical records proposed by leading voices on care.data

Public health professor Allyson Pollock has called on parliament to pass three crucial amendments in next week's care.data debate to ensure public health, not commercial interest, is at the heart of the new NHS IT system.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 2 May 2014

Shock U-turn as sell-off of George Eliot hospital cancelled

The planned sell-off of George Elliott hospital has been cancelled, hailed as a "victory for common sense" by unions and campaigners.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 27 Mar 2014

Key NHS recommendation to "put patients first" rejected by government advisors

Government advisors today rejected the main recommendation of the QC who investigated failings of care at NHS hospitals - to re-write the NHS Constitution to make clear "patients come first".

By Caroline Molloy

/ 13 Mar 2014

Coalition MPs vote through sweeping hospital closure powers

Attempts by Labour to strike out the controversial Hospital Closure Clause have been defeated by Conservative and Lib Dem MPs.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 11 Mar 2014

Privacy campaigners team up with leading public health professor to fix Hunt's 'complete nonsense' on care.data

Hunt's fix for the troubled 'care.data' project - debated by MPs today - is "complete nonsense" according to medConfidential. They have teamed up with public health professor Allyson Pollock to propose an alternative fix to the troubled care.data project.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 11 Mar 2014

Campaigning Lewisham GP to stand in Euro elections for new National Health party

London GP Louise Irvine, who led the successful 'Save Lewisham Hospital' campaign, is standing for European parliament for the National Health Action Party in a bid to stop privatisation and NHS cuts.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 23 Jan 2014