Just weeks ahead of the promised publication of a new 10-year Plan for the NHS in England even those closest…
It is only a small increase, 20,000 more added to a waiting list that had fallen for months in a…
Legal loopholes let Trust bosses push through privatisation – An introduction by John Lister, followed by Andy Benson’s account of…
At the start of the year, Lowdown was critical of the self-congratulatory tone of a Wes Streeting speech to Labour…
Last week’s shock announcement of the big top-down reorganisation of the NHS, with the decision to scrap NHS England (announced…
A massive new reorganisation of the NHS has been under way since the end of last year: it took a…
By Irwin Nash and John Lister Hundreds of non-clinical support staff are being forced out of NHS employment by East…
Karl Marx warned that “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” However, he was referring to similar events,…
John Lister comments on the government’s 2025 mandate to NHS England and NHS England’s delayed 2025/26 Priorities and Operational Planning…
Donald Trump’s second term as US president has already begun to attract accusations of damage to scientific research and efforts…