The budget has confirmed cuts in funding for NHS buildings and equipment to help pay for defence, as inflation erodes…
According to the Times, a joint letter from the Prime Minister and his Chancellor to Health Secretary Yvette Cooper confirms…
The Lowdown has, for some time, been asking questions about how plans to make savings have affected staff and services during 2025/6.…
This article began as a light-hearted attempt to mock a clumsily-worded or ill-conceived target that has recently been set for…
Government claims last December that they were on track to save a colossal £17 billion from NHS “efficiencies” over the…
As ministers weigh up the options for using private capital to build some of the new “neighbourhood health centres” and…
After months of pressure from ministers to aggressively reduce deficits while simultaneously addressing the waiting list, NHS leaders are now…
Social care systems in three regions of England are being deprived of millions of pounds as private companies extract large…
Care minister Stephen Kinnock has joined Wes Streeting in cranking up hostility to GPs who have pointed out that the…
A programme that successfully reduced NHS medicine costs and improved patient safety has been forced to close due to a…