The second round of strikes in Colchester has at times has seen well over 100 on the picket line. The…
Electing a Labour government with its close links to the trade unions raises many expectations. The King’s Speech commitment to legislate…
East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust seems determined to outsource nonclinical support services at Colchester Hospital, 12 years after…
More evidence is emerging on the failure of the private hospital sector to make the expected gains from the chronic…
Competitive tendering for contracts in the NHS is set to reduce significantly once the new framework for the procurement of…
A barrage of publicity surrounded the publication last week of the long-awaited report of Rishi Sunak’s 17-strong “taskforce” on elective…
Analysis from John Lister The massive 25% leap in NHS spending on private providers in 2020-21 appears to have been…
With no long-term NHS workforce strategy on the horizon, the government’s default policy on slashing elective waiting lists – pushing…
Privatisation of the NHS has been found to correspond to a decline in care quality and “significantly” increased deaths from…
Health commentator Richard Bourne gives his experience of trying to extract information from public bodies and tells how accountability and…