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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
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infrastructure funding

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

Categories Infrastructure problems, Underfunded Tags hospitals, infrastructure funding, infrastructure problems, underfunding

Labour manifesto pledge to build new hospitals

Almost casually, and with no real coverage in the mainstream national news media, the Labour Party has abandoned its previous … Read more

Categories Funding, Hospitals, Infrastructure problems Tags election 2024, hospitals, infrastructure, infrastructure funding, Labour Party

High risk strategy as NHS backlog bills keep growing

The bill for “backlog maintenance” in England’s crumbling NHS has more than doubled in the past six years to a massive … Read more

Categories Infrastructure problems, Funding Tags building infrastructure, ERIC, funding, infrastructure funding

Further delays expected for promised ‘new hospitals’

The government has cut back the funding for eight promised ‘new hospitals’ once again, according to a report by the … Read more

Categories Hospitals, Infrastructure problems, Long-term plan, Underfunded Tags hospitals, infrastructure funding, infrastructure problems, long-term plan, underfunding

48 new hospitals? Only one by 2025

There is meagre progress in the Johnson government’s repeated promise to build first 40, and more recently 48 “new hospitals” … Read more

Categories Hospitals, Funding, Infrastructure problems, Long-term plan Tags building infrastructure, hospitals, infrastructure funding, underfunding

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

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We are a voluntary organisation, not allied to any political party and funded by supporters from the health professions and the general public. We have been campaigning in support of the NHS since 1989.

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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