The Lowdown has, for some time, been asking questions about how plans to make savings have affected staff and services during 2025/6.…
As ministers weigh up the options for using private capital to build some of the new “neighbourhood health centres” and…
News reports trumpeting the reduction of England’s waiting list back to below 7.4 million (a reduction of 1.2%) were largely…
After months of pressure from ministers to aggressively reduce deficits while simultaneously addressing the waiting list, NHS leaders are now…
As winter has set in, ITV reports have been predictably focused on the proliferation of “corridor care” in England’s NHS.…
Back in January 2023, as the traditional winter crisis gripped the NHS, worsened by the additional post-COVID backlog of waiting…
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has argued that to free up beds to speed the flow of patients…
News of plans to save money by cutting staff in NHS trusts and foundation trusts began to emerge in the…
Last month a report from Age UK, ‘The Longest Wait,’ highlighted the extraordinary growth of delays in treatment for older…
Trust Total backlog deficit (£m) Biggest issue(s) Imperial College Healthcare 902 St Mary’s £296m; Charing Cross £425m; Hammersmith Hospital £132m…