East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust seems determined to outsource nonclinical support services at Colchester Hospital, 12 years after…
A bizarre experiment is being acted out in North West London. Its Integrated Care Board, covering the third largest population…
(adapted from an article for Labour Outlook) Wes Streeting has been winding up health workers, campaigners and Labour activists once…
Doctors were shocked to discover the latest cash-saving wheeze from NHS England to axe the dedicated mental health support for…
But while hospital beds clog up with thousands of patients who cannot be discharged for lack of services to support…
The business press and private sector spin doctors are doing their best to talk up the growth of the private…
Private health bosses have again been pumping out press releases to give the impression that private hospitals and insurers across…
In the run-up to the election, The Lowdown is inviting a range of NHS commentators, staff and campaigners to give…
Many people may have been unaware of the existence of the British Medical Journal’s Commission on the Future of the…
New regulations will reduce some forms of outsourcing in the NHS, but there are significant gaps which a UNISON campaign…