Javid’s ‘new’ ideas short on funding
Javid’s lengthy (8,600 word, 16-page) speech on “reforms” on March 8 was laden with waffle, two feeble jokes, and centred on half … Read more
Funding
NHS now paying for prolonged squeeze on its funding
New figures from the King’s Fund, calculating the progress of funding for the NHS and social care since the banking crash … Read more
More than 100 trusts bid for ‘massively oversubscribed’ New Hospitals programme
HSJ reports that nearly two thirds of NHS trusts in England have submitted bids to the government’s ‘massively oversubscribed’ hospital … Read more
48 new hospitals? Only one by 2025
There is meagre progress in the Johnson government’s repeated promise to build first 40, and more recently 48 “new hospitals” … Read more
Campaign calls for £20bn to start rebuilding of NHS
A powerful new alliance of campaigners and trade unions has launched the SOSNHS campaign, demanding an immediate injection of another £20 billion … Read more
SOS NHS – fighting to rebuild and expand NHS capacity
A powerful new link-up between Health Campaigns Together, NHS Support Federation, Keep Our NHS Public and the health unions is … Read more
When ‘record’ spending is nowhere near enough
There are, according to the famous phrase “Lies, damn lies and statistics”, and the public is fed a diet of … Read more
NHS given impossible ‘guidance’
“The floggings will continue until morale improves.” That’s clearly the way management is viewed in today’s crisis-ridden NHS. It seems … Read more
Invest in publicly run services to secure health and social care
For the first time more than 50% of NHS patients referred for hip and knee replacement are being treated in … Read more
NHS hospitals still using out-of-date MRI and CT scanners
A report by Channel 4 Dispatches programme says that NHS hospitals are still using body-scanning equipment long past its recommended … Read more