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New York’s governor unleashed a blistering takedown of Magas everywhere and it’s eye-opening to hear a high-up speak so honestly

New York’s governor unleashed a blistering takedown of Magas everywhere and it’s eye-opening to hear a high-up speak so honestly

Pushing back on the Maga movement presents a real conundrum. The far-right operate in such a grotesque space, it’s hard to meet where they’re at without getting sullied in the process. New York Governor Kathy Hochul finally broke. She unleashed a torrent of insults at the state of the Republican party and the Maga influence […] The post New York’s governor unleashed a blistering takedown of Magas everywhere and it’s eye-opening to hear a high-up speak so honestly appeared first on The Poke .

Who’s to blame for the NHS’s blame culture? | Letters

Who’s to blame for the NHS’s blame culture? | Letters

Dr David Zigmond, Dr Richard Sloan, Dr Eric Watts and Dr Ian Freeman respond to an article by the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt’s article ( Here’s the direct effect of our NHS blame culture: babies die. Tragedy after tragedy, it can’t go on, 9 October ) will be welcome to many, especially those healthcare professionals who have had to endure the intimidating mistrust and adversarial working culture he describes. What is missing from his account is the seminal role of government’s NHS reforms in creating these problems. In particular, the creation, then proliferation, of commercialised and competing autarkic NHS trusts and outside providers over many years. This has generated a growing culture of corporate defensiveness and reputation anxiety. Within such conditions, practitioners then adapt to behave much like employees in large commercial organisations – they must show compliance, “loyalty”, conformity and seamless performance, albeit speciously. Continue reading...

Charity staff shouldn’t face this abhorrent abuse | Letter

Charity staff shouldn’t face this abhorrent abuse | Letter

Mark Simms says the Charity Commission will support trustees in efforts to keep themselves, their staff and volunteers safe from harm Charities’ struggles to protect their staff and deliver their work in the face of unwarranted attacks and hatred are profoundly worrying ( UK charities say toxic immigration rhetoric leading to threats against staff, 13 October ). Charities have championed the welfare of those who are vulnerable and ostracised, for centuries. That endeavour is vital not just to our civil society, but to our self-respect as a civilised nation. The Charity Commission will defend and protect the right – and indeed the responsibility – of charities to deliver on their lawful purposes. Over recent weeks, I have met with a wide range of charities, including a group of charities working with refugees and migrants, to hear about the challenges they are facing. Continue reading...

Don’t give in to big pharma on drug pricing | Letters

Don’t give in to big pharma on drug pricing | Letters

Drug manufacturers may lament the UK’s drug prices, writes Simon Dixon , but the NHS should celebrate them While the chief executive of Eli Lilly may lament the UK’s drug prices ( UK is ‘worst country in Europe’ for drug prices, says Mounjaro maker, 24 September ), the NHS should celebrate them. The system put in place for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of new drugs is respected the world over and is successful in applying the principle that funding a new product should not damage the NHS as a whole. This principle of cost-effectiveness has led to widespread price reductions for the NHS that has allowed the service as a whole to benefit. The chief executive of Eli Lilly links the recent pausing or cancelling of pharmaceutical industry investments in the UK to drug pricing here, when these are down to the drug companies’ desperation to kowtow to Donald Trump. Continue reading...