A 15 year contract worth around £900 million for pathology services across much of Essex has been awarded to a…
The new Labour government will need to make major decisions on how the current situation in the NHS, in particular…
East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust seems determined to outsource nonclinical support services at Colchester Hospital, 12 years after…
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…