Benedict Cooper is a freelance journalist based in the UK, covering travel, politics, social affairs and more. His writing has appeared in the New Statesman, Huffington Post and elsewhere.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?With winter fast approaching the refugee crisis could become a medical disasterAs temperatures drop in eastern Europe, western attitudes to refugees cool. The Paris attacks have hardened many hearts, yet still the migrants arrive, at medical camps and aid agencies.
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Published in: HomeThe attack on Kunduz Trauma CentreMSF is appealing to the world for help. A petition to urge President Obama to consent to a full investigation has been launched, and is gaining traction and international attention.
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Published in: ourNHSNHS agency staff - the market reaps as Hunt sowsTough talk by the Health Secretary on NHS agency costs belies the fact that the problem occured on his watch - and as a result of his government's market policies.
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Published in: ourNHSDoctors - the new political scapegoat?The NHS staff crisis and an over-reliance on locums are a result of political, 'pro-market' decisions - so why are politicians like Margaret Hodge so keen to blame the doctors themselves for the market they find themselves operating in?
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Published in: ourNHSLabour's Andy Burnham moves to strike out "Hospital Closure Clause"Labour confirmed yesterday that it would be staging a last ditch attempt in parliament on Tuesday to strike out the deeply unpopular “Hospital Closure Clause”.
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Published in: ourNHSGovernment brushes aside NHS Free Trade Treaty Concerns
MPs raise concerns about the impact the forthcoming trade treaty, TTIP, will have on the NHS - but Minster Without Portfolio Ken Clarke says it will make no difference.