Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy

Industry-patient ties The pharmaceutical industry’s financial ties to patient organisations have long been discussed, predominately from a critical standpoint but with some advocates. Patient organisations are often registered charities, many of which may have limited funds, making conflicts of interests...

Empowerment has become a buzzword: both over-used and poorly understood. There are varying definitions, from a Machiavellian focus on getting what you want to a frustratingly intangible discourse about states of mind and psychological constructs. At their heart, however, all...

The media have been more active recently in reporting the backlog which is building up in the NHS in operations, imaging and other tests for cancer and other serious illnesses. This has been one of the difficult consequences for the...