Doctors warnings ignored as fresh winter crisis looms
As winter approaches, with the days growing shorter, the warnings from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine are growing more … Read more
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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
Tough choices for NHS saddled with local deficits
Lord Darzi has delivered a stark report on the NHS’s unprecedented problems. The Prime Minister responded with a commitment to producing a … Read more
Funding needed sooner not later: London mental health cuts
One of London’s largest mental health trusts, East London Foundation Trust, is attempting to cut spending by £29m – and … Read more
Management consultancy still booming as NHS faces cuts
In her first speech to the Commons as Chancellor, Rachel Reeves committed to “reining in” consultancy spending in government departments. Both Labour … Read more
Urgent review of mental health services requested by NHS England
An urgent review of services for people with severe mental health issues, such as psychosis and paranoid schizophrenia, has been … Read more
Workforce shortages and budget crisis push the NHS to the limit
Survey of 19 Integrated Care Boards (part 2 of 2), Key points: (West Midlands, South East and South West of the … Read more
ICBs tight-lipped on deficits and consequences
Survey of Integrated Care Boards, Key points: (East of England, London, East Midlands, North East and Yorkshire and North West … Read more
NHS faces biggest actual cut in spending since 1970s – IFS
With an election looming, on past form NHS chiefs might have been expected to hold back on driving through ‘unpalatable’ … Read more
Empty apologies – as Primary Care chiefs press on with plans
The scale and weight of GP antagonism towards plans in North West London to roll out a system of “same … Read more