Hundreds of NHS anaesthetists unable to get jobs
This year sees 350 trainee anaesthetists were unable to get posts for the next stage of anaesthetics training (higher specialist training ST4) … Read more
Quarter of million children denied mental health care
News about NHS children’s mental health services hit a new low point this month, with research by The House publication finding a … Read more
Ambulance strikes are about more than pay
No amount of PR from NHS England and the DHSC can hide the fact that the industrial disputes hitting the … Read more
Steve Barclay urged to accept Acas role in dispute with junior doctors
The NHS Confederation has written to Steve Barclay and the British Medical Association (BMA), the main doctors’ union, asking them to … Read more
Sunak seeks powers to boost flagging private sector
According to a recent report in the (£paywalled) Times, Rishi Sunak’s so-called “elective recovery task force,” steered no doubt by its private sector … Read more
The Kings Fund: The rise and decline of the NHS in England 2000–20
A paper from the Kings Fund former Chief Executive Chris Ham analyses how a major public service was allowed to … Read more
Tory ‘neglect’ blamed for 3.6m abandoned calls to NHS 111 in England
An analysis by the House of Commons Library, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, has found that patients contacting NHS 111 … Read more
“Tooth decay the leading cause of hospital admissions for five-to-nine-year-olds”
Over 35% of five year old children in areas of England with high levels of deprivation have had tooth decay, … Read more
Emergency Care Summit – the Lowdown reports
Just over ten years after the Francis Report revealed the full extent of the appalling systems failure that had taken … Read more
GPs angered by new imposition of new contract
NHS England has enraged GPs by imposing a new contract, which includes more stipulations around access, but no extra funding. GP leaders … Read more