While many will applaud the government’s decision to set up a rapid review of maternity safety, it is taking place…
The plan for urgent and emergency care services for 2025/26, unveiled in early June by the Department of Health and…
The NHS is widely seen as having received a generous settlement in the recent spending review, compared to the settlements…
For years, governments have failed to meet targets to recruit enough GPs, but now trained doctors are struggling to find…
A newly unveiled NHS Blueprint signals a significant organisational shake-up aimed at reducing operating costs and restructuring functions within local health systems…
More than two months on from the government’s announcement in the spring statement that they would continue with and intensify…
In running hospitals, NHS Trusts pay VAT on goods and services but cannot claim any VAT back. This has always…
The Lowdown has heard that some health workers are being warned to brace themselves for “radical” proposals in the government’s…
The decision by Bath and NE Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) to award a contract for the…
According to headline figures from a report by private health market analysts LaingBuisson, the private medical insurance (PMI) business is booming.…