Winter crisis starts early, as Trust chiefs urged to lobby Tory MPs
It’s not even winter yet, but the NHS is already in a major beds crisis and bracing for the worst … Read more
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Can we afford cuts to health spending?
As Rishi Sunak considers a tightening of public sector spending, evidence of the cost of ill health to the nation’s … Read more
Will Hunt steer the NHS to towards more austerity?
With the current occupant of Number 11 Downing Street set to unveil a ‘fiscal event’ at the end of this … Read more
Cap on care costs could be delayed
The introduction of the cap on care costs, part of a reform of adult social care promised by both Liz … Read more
Now NHS faces £20bn-plus budget gap
The Lowdown is running out of vocabulary to sum up the situation confronting the NHS, as each revelation on the … Read more
Labour vow to train thousands more NHS staff
In front of delighted delegates, the Labour Party has profiled its response to the perilous workforce crisis in the NHS … Read more
Latest policy ideas on social care: up to the challenge?
The social care system in England is in a state of crisis. The sector is struggling to recruit and retain … Read more
NHS faces ‘double whammy’ as energy crisis bites
Health service leaders are pressing for extra government support, as the NHS faces up to the two-pronged impact of a … Read more
Worst-ever crisis set to get worse
The elephant in the room during much of the interminable and vacuous “debates” between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak competing … Read more
New money insufficient to stop deficits and cuts
NHS England has belatedly come up with a promise of more money, which it claims would cover some of the … Read more