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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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Matt Hancock

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

England’s chief nurse was ‘dropped’ from No 10 press conference after voicing Dominic Cummings criticism

The Independent reports that England’s chief nursing officer has confirmed she was “dropped” from a No 10 coronavirus press briefing in … Read more

Categories Coronavirus Tags coronavirus, Matt Hancock

Legal challenge for UK ministers for refusal to order PPE inquiry

The Guardian reports that a high court legal challenge against the government has begun after they refused to order an … Read more

Categories Coronavirus, Safety, Staffing Tags coronavirus, Doctors Association, legal challenge, Matt Hancock, NHS staff, PPE, safety, social care

Chief statistician warns that Government’s use of testing figures ‘falls well short’ of normal standards

In a letter to health secretary, Matt Hancock, the UK Statistics Authority chair Sir David Norgrove says that the government’s … Read more

Categories Coronavirus Tags coronavirus, diagnostics, Matt Hancock, testing

Hancock complacent as care home crisis continues

After a week of belatedly showing some apparent concern at the high levels of deaths in care homes from Covid-19, Matt Hancock … Read more

Categories Coronavirus, Safety, Social Care Tags care homes, coronavirus, Matt Hancock, patient safety, safety

Minister admits, UK likely to miss 100,000 coronavirus tests target

The cabinet minister, Robert Buckland, admits that the UK government is likely to miss its target of carrying out 100,000 … Read more

Categories Coronavirus Tags coronavirus, diagnostics, Matt Hancock, testing

£60,000 cannot make up for loss, say grieving NHS families

The families of NHS and social care workers who died after contracting coronavirus in the course of their duties will … Read more

Categories Coronavirus, Safety, Social Care, Staffing Tags coronavirus, Matt Hancock, NHS staff, PPE, safety, social care, social care staff

Testing for Covid-19 – an unresolved fiasco

Matt Hancock’s sudden conversion on April 23 to the cause of mass tracing of contacts of people infected by Covid-19 and commitment … Read more

Categories Coronavirus, Safety, Social Care Tags coronavirus, Matt Hancock, NHS staff, safety, testing

IFS says that A&E target that could be scrapped by Tories has has helped save 15,000 lives a year

A new study has led to warnings to ministers to think twice before scrapping the A&E waiting-time target. The new … Read more

Categories Quality of care, Safety, Treatment delays Tags A&E, hospitals, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Matt Hancock, quality of care, safety, targets

‘Bullied’ doctors at Matt Hancock’s local hospital say he won’t talk to them

The Guardian reports that the health secretary Matt Hancock has repeatedly failed to respond to concerns that his local hospital … Read more

Categories Safety, Quality of care Tags hospitals, Matt Hancock, patient safety
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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