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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
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Purge of top management indicates deep NHS cuts to come

A massive new reorganisation of the NHS has been under way since the end of last year: it took a … Read more

Categories Management Tags Kier Starmer, NHS England, NHS management, NHS reorganisation

Labour drags NHS ‘back to the future’

Karl Marx warned that “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” However, he was referring to similar events, … Read more

Categories Long-term plan, Management, NHS reform Tags management, NHS reform

How can the public scrutinise their ICB?

The 42 Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) across England that are responsible for planning, commissioning, and funding NHS services also have … Read more

Categories Management Tags ICBs, management, NHS management

Doctors warnings ignored as fresh winter crisis looms

As winter approaches, with the days growing shorter, the warnings from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine are growing more … Read more

Categories Underfunded, Winter crisis Tags Royal College of Emergency Medicine, underfunding, winter crisis

Lowdown’s NHS sit rep Autumn 2024 – the state of ICS finances

This is Part 1 of the latest Lowdown overview of the financial state of the NHS, drawing on ICB and … Read more

Categories ICB Watch Tags ICB Watch, integrated care board, integrated care systems

NHS backlog repair bill soars towards £14 billion

When The Lowdown first started in early 2019, the backlog maintenance bill for England’s NHS was estimated at £6 billion. By 2021, it had risen … Read more

Categories Infrastructure problems, Underfunded Tags hospitals, infrastructure funding, infrastructure problems, underfunding

Focus on the ICBs in the East of England

Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes The Integrated Care System (ICS) had submitted a plan to NHS England projecting a balanced budget … Read more

Categories ICB Watch Tags Bedford, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, East of England, Hertfordshire and West Essex, ICB Watch, Luton and Milton Keynes, Mid and South Essex, Norfolk Suffolk and Waveney, Suffolk and North East Essex

London – ICB roundup

London North Central London This ICB only meets quarterly, next in November (so this report is based on May and … Read more

Categories ICB Watch Tags ICB Watch, London, North Central London, North East London, North West London, South East London, South West London

Will Wes Streeting listen to health campaigners?

The views of Irwin Nash on the government’s recently launched NHS consultation Many campaigners will react with despair and disappointment … Read more

Categories Long-term plan, NHS reform Tags NHS consultation, NHS reform

No peace for Streeting as battle over Physician Associates continues

The notorious Labour Party conference bureaucracy may have successfully shunted a Socialist Health Association motion on Physician Associates off the prioritised agenda … Read more

Categories Staffing Tags Labour Party, NHS staffing, physician associates, Wes Streeting
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  • HOME
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    • ICBs aim for £8bn savings, risking NHS staff and delays
    • Enough funding for the NHS?
    • Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
    • Battles rage over physician associates
    • Criticism of the long-term workforce plan begins to emerge
    • Key points of the 2023 long-term workforce plan
    • The damaging effects of underfunding
    • Virtual Wards
    • Patient safety: Warnings from all sides
    • Integrated Care Organisations
    • The views of NHS staff
  • WHY?
    • Why are local NHS leaders running out of funds?
    • Staff Shortages
    • International comparison
  • WHAT’S THE CURE?
    • Ten reasons why the NHS needs longterm rises in funding
    • In defence of the NHS
    • Would European style social health insurance be the answer to the problems of the NHS?
    • What’s so good about the NHS?
    • Can the NHS survive in the long-term?
  • WHAT CAN I DO?
    • Find a local campaign group
    • Tell us your experiences of underfunding
    • Donate
  • ARTICLES
    • The Lowdown – home to campaigning articles on the NHS
    • Restoring the People’s NHS
    • BMJ Commission’s call to action to relaunch the NHS
    • Emergency care summit report
    • Recent reports
    • Delays to treatment
    • Staff shortages
    • Integrated Care Systems
    • Reduction in training
    • Rationing
    • Cuts to services
  • DONATE