
SPICE takes the heat out of merging health and social care
FOR YEARS SCOTLAND HAS PURSUED the merger of health and social care as a structural reform. The aim has been

FOR YEARS SCOTLAND HAS PURSUED the merger of health and social care as a structural reform. The aim has been

IN THE REFORM UK HAMILTON CONSTITUENCY OFFICE in May 2025, one person was lunching on a Pot Noodle and another

NO POLITICIAN FOR A GENERATION has been able to answer the question: how do you solve a problem like the

GOVERNANCE OF NHS SCOTLAND has long been centralised, with the Scottish Government exercising considerable influence over Health Boards. Currently, the

ONE OF THE REASONS I was attracted to Malcolm Offord becoming leader of Reform UK Scotland, was that he not

WHEN I WAS A STUDENT, I had a Voltaire quote pinned above my desk: “Those who can make you believe

UNDER REFORM UK, the NHS in Scotland will remain free at the point of need and will be fully funded

FOR TWENTY YEARS, we have been told that Scotland could be like Denmark, Norway, or Finland –if only we were

FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Scotland has endured high spending and declining outcomes under successive governments in Holyrood. Despite record government expenditure,

THERE’S A MOMENT in Chewin’ the Fat when the Big Man fixes someone with a stare that says more than