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  • 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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Boris Johnson

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

Categories Hospitals, Infrastructure problems Tags Boris Johnson, hospitals, infrastructure, NAO

Scientists dismayed at lack of extra Covid rules in England

The Guardian reports that scientists have reacted with dismay to Boris Johnson’s decision not to impose fresh restrictions to curb … Read more

Categories Coronavirus, Hospitals Tags Boris Johnson, coronavirus, hospitals, restrictions

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

Categories Funding, Infrastructure problems Tags Boris Johnson, funding, infrastructure funding, infrastructure problems, spending promises

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

Categories Funding, Infrastructure problems Tags Boris Johnson, building infrastructure, funding, hospitals

Government forces NHS England to cover part of 3% staff pay rise

Health service chiefs say that the government forcing NHS England to cover at least part of the 3% pay rise … Read more

Categories pay Tags Boris Johnson, NHS England, NHS pay, NHS Pay Review Body, Treasury

Matt Hancock should be sacked for lying, says Dominic Cummings

Dominic Cummings giving evidence to the Joint science and technology and health and social care committee meeting said Matt Hancock … Read more

Categories Coronavirus Tags Boris Johnson, coronavirus, deaths, Dominic Cummings, Matt Hancock, pandemic, pandemic response, PPE

Urgent plan needed to end NHS staff shortages now

Unions and other groups representing most of the NHS’s 1.4 million-strong workforce, including the Royal College of Nursing, British Medical … Read more

Categories Funding, Long-term plan, Staffing Tags Boris Johnson, NHS pay, NHS staffing, understaffed

NHS bosses accuse Boris Johnson of ‘structural discrimination’ against mental health

In an interview with the Observer, Saffron Cordery, the deputy chief executive of NHS providers, launched a scathing attack on … Read more

Categories Funding, Mental Health Tags Boris Johnson, hospitals, mental health, mental health hospitals, NHS Providers

Is Johnson pondering a NHS power grab?

The Guardian July 10 report suggesting Boris Johnson is planning a “radical shake-up of NHS in a bid to regain more … Read more

Categories Long-term plan Tags Boris Johnson, long-term plan, NHS reform

Boris Johnson Accused Of ‘Re-Writing History’ Over Covid-19 Care Home Deaths

The Prime Minister has been accused of being “cowardly” after he said “too many” care homes failed to follow procedures … Read more

Categories Coronavirus, Safety, Social Care Tags Boris Johnson, care homes, coronavirus, safety, social care
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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