Downing St stance on the NHS pay struggle: credible or cynical?
Ministerial messaging on the inflationary threat of ‘unaffordable’ wage demands by low-paid NHS staff doesn’t ring true, according to expert … Read more
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NHS to face unprecedented funding squeeze to 2025
HSJ reports that the NHS in England is set to face a multiyear funding squeeze for the first time since … Read more
A perfect storm: an impossible climate for NHS providers’ finances?
The NHS in England is currently halfway through the most austere decade in its history. In the 2015 comprehensive spending … Read more
Annual public health funding cut of 4% branded ‘short-sighted’
Public health spending will be cut by 4% a year in real terms, as part of the government’s spending review. … Read more
The outlook for public spending on the NHS
It is remarkable that over the current parliament, while total spending by government departments on public services has been cut … Read more