Compassion isn’t the property of Labour or the Conservatives, but when both parties embrace it does it mean anything at all?

It's not hard to bring more equality into each other’s lives. Here are seven concrete ideas and experiments.

You hear a lot of bad things about the NHS, much of which from the Tories, the gutter press and those with a vested...

Jeremy Hunt's claim that cruelty by NHS staff has become 'normal' is a politically motivated insult to the nurses...

Proposals to crimalise NHS staff for 'wilful neglect' will be ineffective at best, and may actually make our health...

Legally binding ratios of nurses to patients are essential to improving patient care, according to a wealth of...

A doctor who listens, who cares, who knows what to do. That's what patients want and need.

Veganism is often seen as a vain attempt to dismantle market demand for animal products, one block of tofu at a...

Channel 4's 'exclusive' that the NHS is 'failing' compared to the US system doesn't stand up to scrutiny or even...

Is compassion being crowded out of the NHS by the language and values of consumer capitalism?

Roger Taylor's book has a welcome emphasis on quality and culture but lacks political context - and reads too much into data.

Dorothy Johnson-Speight is the Executive Director of Mother's in Charge, a Philadelphia-based charity made up of...

In this special preview clip from her upcoming interview, Dorothy Johnson-Speight speaks bravely and poignantly...

Do nurses take pride in their jobs? How many doctors take bribes to keep their mouths shut? A retired professor of...