Now Labour is in, press for action to rescue the NHS
With 412 Labour MPs and a huge majority in the House of Commons, Keir Starmer’s Labour government clearly now has … Read more
NHS Funding
Main manifestos all lead to NHS decline, warns Nuffield Trust
The publication of the manifestos of the three major parties has been followed by a barrage of useful information on … Read more
10 reasons why sustained NHS funding rises are unavoidable?
1. Healthcare costs are rising with need The key idea of the NHS is to share healthcare costs fairly across … Read more
NHS now paying for prolonged squeeze on its funding
New figures from the King’s Fund, calculating the progress of funding for the NHS and social care since the banking crash … Read more
Pressure on Sunak to see reality of NHS finances
The new government £5bn funding for the NHS announced on Monday, will only give the NHS half of what NHS … Read more
Urgent action needed for post-pandemic recovery
A new analysis shows that the NHS will be unable to get to grips with post-pandemic health challenges or make … Read more
CCGs deficits revealed, prompting fears of a fresh financial squeeze
As the remaining 135 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) throughout England begin to hold virtual meetings in public and publish Governing Body papers … Read more
Government’s NHS funding pledge ‘less generous than first appears’
Health Foundation anaylsis reveals that improving NHS standards will require £6 billion more funding than the Government is currently committed … Read more
Vertex will make $21bn from cystic fibrosis drug
The US company, Vertex, is claiming that it must price its cystic fibrosis drug, Orkambi, at a high level to … Read more
NHS figures give Boris a ‘reality check’
New health announcements for England include funding for new buildings, sorting out doctors’ pension tax issues and a new artificial … Read more