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…
Health secretary Wes Streeting has said some patients' experience of the NHS this winter makes him feel "ashamed," and he had seen patients left crying and distressed and stuck in corridors as hospitals struggle to cope. But his comments are less convincing coming as they did the day after Keir Starmer made a big speech
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John Lister and Paul Evans offer an overview of the NHS’s state of play six months after the general election…
Wes Streeting’s new package of “reforms” seems set to deepen inequalities in health and access to health care. It includes…