How can new diagnostics hubs cope with staff shortages?
Nineteen more locations have been announced for Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) by the Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay, which takes … Read more
Infrastructure problems
High risk strategy as NHS backlog bills keep growing
The bill for “backlog maintenance” in England’s crumbling NHS has more than doubled in the past six years to a massive … Read more
Heatwave pushes NHS to ‘tipping point’ as hospitals and ambulance services declare black alert
A spike in Covid absences and the extended heatwave have left NHS hospitals and ambulance services struggling to cope. The … Read more
NAO investigates as ‘new hospitals’ promise now certain to be broken
Amid the turmoil of the change of health secretary and chancellor there is another major question mark over the credibility … Read more
Further delays expected for promised ‘new hospitals’
The government has cut back the funding for eight promised ‘new hospitals’ once again, according to a report by the … 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
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
Johnson’s plan to build 40 hospitals yet to stand-up
From the time he took over as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has been banging on about building new hospitals. He … Read more
Propaganda stepped up as new hospital schemes are stalled
Hospital trust chief executives are being told to exaggerate the scale of any new developments by describing any new unit … Read more