The Lowdown survey of 23 ICBs has revealed interesting new information on the extent of local dependence upon private sector…
Big privateers, like Virgin and Operose, may have abandoned their interests in NHS contracts – facing shifts in government policy…
Privatisation of healthcare results in a reduction in quality of care according to a review paper published this week (1…
Proposals put forward by the Labour Party to develop a national network of ‘neighbourhood health centers’- should they win the…
John Hutton signed off thirteen NHS Private Finance Initiative (PFI) building projects as a Labour health minister in 2002 (see…
The latest Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts (2022-23) have updated the published figures on NHS…
Lowdown readers will have seen the widespread outrage about the latest revelations around Horizon and the Post Office, but many…
By John Lister The giant American health corporation Centene has now completed a divestment of all its health care investments…
The latest figures from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) make worrying reading for private hospital bosses, with no sign…
More evidence is emerging on the failure of the private hospital sector to make the expected gains from the chronic…