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.

We must catch everyone in the coronavirus safety net

I am lucky, but millions are not. Our government must guarantee a liveable income for everyone – now. It will save lives.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 24 Mar 2020

We must catch everyone in the coronavirus safety net

How to fix the UK's safety net: a four-point plan

Offering more debt isn’t good enough. It’s time to guarantee incomes for all, look after renters and protect the self-employed and low paid.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 19 Mar 2020

How to fix the UK's safety net: a four-point plan

The entire UK may come to regret Sunak’s inadequate coronavirus budget

Vaccinating only part of the economy does little to improve collective resilience and protect public health.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 11 Mar 2020

The entire UK may come to regret Sunak’s inadequate coronavirus budget

Will Big Tech save the NHS – or eat it alive?

Technophile politicians and tech companies are making big promises. But the broader impact of the digital transformation of our health and public services has been too little examined.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 3 Mar 2020

Will Big Tech save the NHS – or eat it alive?

8 reasons why Northern Ireland must stay on the news agenda

The British media forgot about Northern Ireland until Brexit (phase 1) made them notice it again. It would be a disastrous mistake to forget about it again, now Brexit is supposedly “done”.

By Caroline Molloy and Adam Ramsay

/ 1 Feb 2020

8 reasons why Northern Ireland must stay on the news agenda

Revealed: A fifth of new Tory MPs have worked as lobbyists

New MPs include lobbyists for banks, private healthcare and arms manufacturers

By Caroline Molloy, Adam Ramsay and Tamasin Cave

/ 21 Dec 2019

Revealed: A fifth of new Tory MPs have worked as lobbyists

Tories target Northern voters with NHS message all about blaming migrants

A shocking leaflet sent out in Tory/Labour battlegrounds has “racist undertones”. NHS workers and experts call it out as “bullshit” aimed at distracting people from the real reasons the NHS is struggling.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 12 Dec 2019

Tories target Northern voters with NHS message all about blaming migrants

As a pediatrician, this is the most important parenting advice I can give

We have the power to change things, right now. We have the opportunity to give the best to our children.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 11 Dec 2019

As a pediatrician, this is the most important parenting advice I can give

Dramatic gender gap revealed between Labour and Tory candidates

New openDemocracy research shows women ‘three times as likely’ to be selected for Labour target seats than for Tory ones, while Tories disproportionately field women in ‘no hope’ races.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 10 Dec 2019

Dramatic gender gap revealed between Labour and Tory candidates

The NHS is opening up to US business - the reassurances are demonstrably false

British officials dodged invitations to exclude the NHS from a US-UK trade deal. Not surprising, given how much public money already goes to the US healthcare industry.

By Caroline Molloy

/ 8 Dec 2019