Labour’s 10-year plan, published in July (seriously weakened by a lack of funding and an effective implementation strategy), promised to…
NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey seems confused. On September 19 he sent out a boisterous, upbeat circular to chief executives…
University Hospital Dorset (UHD) NHS Foundation Trust based in Bournemouth and Poole has launched a tender seeking a private healthcare…
Jim Mackey’s September 19 circular to local health chiefs claims England’s NHS has been “continuing to improve waiting times in…
While many will applaud the government’s decision to set up a rapid review of maternity safety, it is taking place…
Last week’s shock announcement of the big top-down reorganisation of the NHS, with the decision to scrap NHS England (announced…
Wes Streeting may have sneaked out his announcement during Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony on January 20, hoping attention would be…
As winter approaches, with the days growing shorter, the warnings from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine are growing more…
When The Lowdown first started in early 2019, the backlog maintenance bill for England’s NHS was estimated at £6 billion. By 2021, it…
The notorious Labour Party conference bureaucracy may have successfully shunted a Socialist Health Association motion on Physician Associates off the…