Michael White
Michael White writes about politics for The Guardian.
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Obituary: Frank Dobson
Michael White on Frank Dobson, former health secretary, who has died at the age of 79.
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Je ne regrette rien – well, not a great deal anyway...
After a 40-year association with HSJ, some final thoughts on health, history and my place in the ‘grey tsunami’
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Time for the near-invisible Hunt to shape up or ship out
The public are suspicious of sustainability and transformation plans but some positive news shines through anyway
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Trade deals with Trump could give the NHS a heart attack
Labour must come to terms with the gains of the Blair years, while the Tories must be wary of the dangers of Uncle Sam
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What's Trump got to do with our healthcare system? Plenty
Brexit and the US election result remind us that rising demand and falling revenues can’t continue - and that we must all face up to responsibility
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Hunt’s good intentions fall foul of the immigration dog whistle
Attempts to discuss the expansion of medical training crashed into scepticism of how this could happen post-Brexit
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Now is the (earlier than usual) winter of our discontent
As talk hots up of old-school NHS disasters, thankfully Hodge’s memoirs and Labour’s woes provide distractions
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Time to look at the new cards after PM May's big shuffle
Michael White tries to look on the bright side of Boris, Brexit and the new prime minister’s line-up
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Have we really 'had enough of experts'?
Facts-fatigue pushes the Brexit debate onto immigration – but think hard about the impact on the NHS
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Sugar is a more bitter pill to swallow than the Brexit debate
Every step forward taken by food manufacturers in the so-called war on obesity is countered by half a step backwards
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Sweet drinks tax has a sour aftertaste for the chancellor
Osborne’s latest headline-grabber shows a politician truly cannot win
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Cameron is not stupid or cynical but his experience fails him on the NHS
David Cameron suffers from a gap in imagination which fails his vision for the NHS
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The truth about the doctors' dispute
Public opinion has so far has been sympathetic to junior doctors, but these shallow sentiments could easily switch
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Michael White: Osborne’s ‘magic sofa’ does not sit comfortably
The chancellor found cash for the NHS down the back of the settee, but cuts to social care may come back to haunt him
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Why we need politicians who will regulate the revolving door between public and private sectors
Big money’s values in the NHS
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Michael White: Hysteria versus complacency is the new political dividing line
Unpicking the hyperbole of conference season
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Michael White: It won't be smooth sailing ahead for Hunt
He must take on some unpopular causes