Polls

• How will history judge Andrew Lansley?
  7 September 2012
• Is it time to move to local pay and conditions arrangements in the NHS?
  The South West Consortium of NHS Trusts is leading the campaign for an end to national pay and conditions, claiming it could save 6000 NHS jobs in the south west alone...

  30 August 2012
• Should NHS trusts look to raise money by providing services in other countries?
  The government is urging NHS trusts to sell their services abroad. It could raise extra funds in the age of austerity but campaigners worry it will distract trusts from their local priorities...

  22 August 2012
• Do you support Tony Nicklinson's right to die?
  The high court doesn't think lack of a life is an excuse for ending one. What do you think? (Two possible answers. No fudge.)

  17 August 2012
• Can you reduce emergency admissions everywhere?
  The King's Fund claims that the NHS could save £500m in emergency admissions. But the figure assumes all trusts perform as well as the top 25% at keeping the elderly out of hospital...

  10 August 2012
• How's your Olympic legacy coming on?
  Here's a simple test of the impact of the Games on the nation's health: what steps have you taken in the past week to improve your fitness?

  3 August 2012
• Is 'five a day' a flop?
  Only three in 10 Britons eat five portions of fruit and vegetables each day. Does that make the nine year-old "five a day" campaign a failure?

  27 July 2012
• Should couch potatoes be left to get on with it?
  According to research in the Lancet, inactivity is a killer on the scale of smoking and obesity. What do you think?

  20 July 2012
• What do you think of the proposed social care reforms?
  The draft social care bill promises to implement the recommendations of the Dilnot Commission, but critics are disappointed that a decision on funding has been deferred.

  13 July 2012
• Are paediatric cardiac services being rationalised or rationed?
  Three hospitals will no longer offer children's heart surgery after a review concluded that the service should be provided over fewer sites. What's your view?

  6 July 2012
• Is financial failure a good enough reason to close a hospital?
  29 June 2012
• Whose job is it to build support for change?
  In a speech this week the NHS Confederation's chief executive, Mike Farrar, blamed politicians for the lack of public support for vital service change. Is he right?

  22 June 2012
• Should the NHS provide fat reduction surgery free of charge?
  A mother and daughter who had weight reduction surgery on the NHS are now seeking further treatment to remove excess skin. Should these procedures be provided by the NHS?

  15 June 2012
• The NHS is proposing to use the Net Promoter Score as a measure of patient satisfaction. Genius or folly?
  The scoring system is old hat for big corporates where it produces very black and white results. Is the NHS ready for such candour?

  8 June 2012
• Is the chancellor's u-turn on the "pasty tax" a setback for public health or a victory for common sense?
  1 June 2012
• Who should hold CCGs to account?
  The LMC Conference this week voted that GPs should have the power to sack CCG boards. Who do you believe should be in charge?

  25 May 2012
• Do you believe the 50p minimum charge per unit for alcohol introduced in Scotland will reduce alcohol related harm?
  18 May 2012
• Is rationing of care unavoidable or unacceptable?
  11 May 2012
• Does it matter if a hospital makes a profit if services to patients improve?
  Thinking about Hinchingbrooke, for example...

  4 May 2012
• Should patients be able to access their records online?
  Online access to patient records is technically possible in many parts of the country but services haven't gone live because doctors are not keen, arguing that the risks outweigh the benefits

  27 April 2012