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Neil Tester

Honesty needs to stay the best NHS policy

Wes Streeting says the NHS is broken. Listening to people is key to fixing it.

Jul 7

Wes Streeting MP holds a Healthwatch Redbridge annual report document. Next to the image is his tweet, which says: “It is now the policy of the Government that our NHS is broken. It will be the mission of my department, every member of this government, and the 1.4 million people who work in the NHS, to turn our health service around. That work starts now.”

Jul 7

Neil Tester

The King is dead, long live the incoming monarch

What does the country need from the incoming NHS chief executive?

Jul 18, 2021

The King is dead, long live the incoming monarch

Jul 18, 2021

Neil Tester

Budget or no Budget, here’s where the Treasury needs to act

Despite the Chancellor’s last-minute decision to postpone the Budget and the continuing uncertainty about what will happen next with the…

Sep 25, 2020

Red HM Treasury sign against a white tiled wall.

Sep 25, 2020

Neil Tester

Loneliness and long-term conditions

Here’s what I told today’s meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Loneliness.

Jun 25, 2020

Jun 25, 2020

Neil Tester

Time to stay out of the comfort zone

I’ve thought hard over the past few days about whether and how I should say my piece in the important conversation about white privilege…

Jun 6, 2020

Jun 6, 2020

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5 things I’m promising myself I’ll do online during the Covid-19 crisis

I’ve been thinking about what I’ve seen online over the past couple of weeks, and about what I ought to say and do on social media.

Mar 29, 2020

5 things I’m promising myself I’ll do online during the Covid-19 crisis

Mar 29, 2020

Neil Tester

Get ready for when we can make lemonade

We have to make long-term use of what Covid-19 will throw at us

Mar 8, 2020

Glass of still lemonade with slice of lemon.

Mar 8, 2020

Neil Tester

Oh, the knee-bone’s connected to delayed discharge, social care, physical inactivity, social…

Two news stories caught my eye on this winter Sunday and got me thinking about the links between some of our most important and…

Feb 23, 2020

X-ray image of two human knees, one with replacement implant.

Feb 23, 2020

Neil Tester

Turning the telescope around

Promising approaches for people living with multiple conditions

Feb 4, 2020

Telescope silhouetted against night sky.

Feb 4, 2020

Neil Tester

Three reasons why I’m proud of ‘The Multiple Conditions Guidebook’

The Taskforce on Multiple Conditions, a partnership between The Richmond Group of Charities, the Royal College of General Practitioners…

Nov 19, 2019

Detail from front cover of The Multiple Conditions Guidebook

Nov 19, 2019

Neil Tester

Neil Tester

Chair, Healthwatch Hertfordshire. Former Director of The Richmond Group of Charities. Previously at Healthwatch England. Twitter: @NTtweeting

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