A-
A+

Login or Register

“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

About Stephen Watkins

Stephen Watkins is Director of Public Health for Stockport, and active in the BMA and Transport & Health Study Group. He writes here in a personal capacity.

Articles by Stephen Watkins

This week’s front page editor

Clare Sambrook, investigative journalist, co-edits Shine a Light.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Constitutional conventions: best practice

Does an "ageing population" make it harder to afford our NHS? A look behind the rhetoric

Stephen Watkins 30 November 2016

Jeremy Hunt claims the "ageing population" poses a challenge "as serious as global warming". New UKIP leader Paul Nuttall says the "ageing population" will force us to see the NHS as merely a "monolithic hangover from days gone by". OurNHS thought it was time to examine such claims - and finds they distort a much more interesting reality...