The Americanisation of the NHS is already in full swing.

This election may well turn out to be a pivotal moment for the NHS after which privatisation will either become accepted and accelerated or

It saddens me how often writing around birth fails to look at the economic and political context in which we work. Yet that context so often determines what we see and write about. It influences the ideas that underpin research, books and comments on social media platforms. I used to think there was some sort of ban on the word 'capitalism' in writing around birth, yet the longer, if woollier word 'neoliberalism' has entered our narrative. Now I don’t think we suffer from ave