20 February 2012 - BBC Makes Good Use of PR Stock Photo
14 July 2011 - Nick Triggle excuses predicted NHS reform problems
5 April 2011 - Attempts to make the NHS sound socialist and therefore, scary

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For the BBC, the NHS Privatisation Debate is Over
Graham Bell, 6 December 2011

The BBC News website's reporting about changes to the NHS now, more than ever, ignores the voice of the overwhelming majority of UK citizens who do not want to see moves towards privatisation of the NHS. On the 5th December, reporting on David Cameron's speech about the "NHS-Industry" partnership plainly regurgitates...

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BBC Reporting: Redefining Privatisation
Graham Bell, 17 November 2011

Opinion on privatisation is divided – viewed by some as a mechanism to help big business at the expense of the taxpayer, and by others as the introduction of competition and a process of freeing public services from state control (often cited in the media as inefficient and expensive). Whatever the...

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Nick Triggle, the NHS, and the Privatisation Debate
Graham Bell, 27 July 2011

The public outcry surrounding the News of the World phone hacking scandal provided an opportunity for those in power to implement the changes that have been in the making since the release of Andrew Lansley's White Paper, 'Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS', in July 2010. On 11th July David Cameron...

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Neither Major UK Party can be Trusted with the NHS
Graham Bell, 3 April 2011

Good news came yesterday for the campaign to save the NHS, as David Cameron proposed safeguards to prevent private firms from cherry-picking the profitable services within. The changes being implemented on the body were seen by most as benefiting only the corporate in the UK, and not as being in the...

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