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
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
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
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
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
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
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
£1 billion Midland Metropolitan Hospital to open – 6 years late with less beds
The long-delayed Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) in Smethwick, West Birmingham, is now planned to open on October 6, six … Read more
Darzi rides again
Lord Darzi may be best known as a high-flying surgeon, but he is also quite keen on knocking out reports … Read more
South West investigation shows painful compromises to avoid deficits
According to a Lowdown survey of recent board papers, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) covering the South West of England are … Read more