Jos Bell

Jos Bell is a social economist and researcher who has a wide public sector background, working at national level in the fields of family & community services, the NHS & public health. She writes on health and disability issues.

Admiral Jeremy is not so admirable

Just how did we end up with this most unsuitable health secretary?

By Jos Bell

/ 10 Mar 2016

Jeremy Hunt faces a formidable opponent in new shadow Health Secretary Heidi Alexander

Corbyn's shadow cabinet appointment to the key NHS portfolio has already earned her NHS spurs - and will be a reminder to Hunt of his defeat by Lewisham campaigners.

By Jos Bell

/ 17 Sep 2015

NHS protest camp and a new Jarrow march - whatever it takes to save our hospitals

Late summer brings a surge of protest against plans to close down swathes of hospital provision, even as its revealed a growing lack of beds means patients are waiting hours in ambulances.

By Jos Bell

/ 12 Aug 2014

Tory links of health agencies exposed as Hunt lines up next NHS sell-off in England

Whilst understaffed wards and surgeries turn to well-connected private sector agencies to fill the gaps created by Cameron's health 'reforms', the NHS's own in-house recruitment agency is to be sold off, it has emerged.

By Jos Bell

/ 27 Mar 2014

Don't close our hospitals on the quiet, protesters tell Health Secretary

From Yorkshire to London, hospitals are under threat - and the government is trying to make them far easier to close on the quiet.

By Jos Bell

/ 22 Feb 2014

Get your Clause off our hospitals

The House of Lords has blown a hole in local people's right to have a say if their hospital is closed - all eyes are now on the Commons.

By Jos Bell

/ 25 Oct 2013

Fast-track hospital closures tagged onto Care Bill

MPs are gearing up for a furore as the government attempts to introduce a new law to fast-track hospital closures across the country, against the will of local populations.

By Jos Bell

/ 17 Oct 2013

Has Jeremy Hunt acted outside the law? - Part 2

Day two and three of the court challenge to the decision to close swathes of Lewisham Hospital.

By Jos Bell

/ 9 Jul 2013

Has Jeremy Hunt acted outside the law?

The first day of a significant High Court challenge - has Jeremy Hunt acted outside the law in closing swathes of Lewisham Hospital?

By Jos Bell

/ 4 Jul 2013

London's hospital campaigners march on Downing Street

A&E departments across London are already overstretched - but nearly half of them are now threatened with closures, and undermined by privatisation. This Saturday, hospital campaigners from across London join up to march on Downing Street.

By Jos Bell

/ 16 May 2013