Electing a Labour government with its close links to the trade unions raises many expectations. The King’s Speech commitment to legislate…
Over 200 jobs are at risk in a massive reorganisation of a major Commissioning Support Unit that delivers services for…
In just over a year of publication, most issues of The Lowdown have carried reports on the continued inroads being made…
1,000 low paid porters, cleaners and catering staff working in hospitals managed by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust are to…
The listeria sandwich scandal prompted even Health Secretary Matt Hancock to call publicly for NHS managers to end their dependence…
The Thatcher government began the drive to contract out ancillary services in NHS hospitals in the mid 1980s, devising more…
A former hospital boss and NHS England director has been appointed the chief executive of the UK arm of international…
Capita failed to deliver over 47,000 cervical cancer screening letters to patients – an issue it knew about two months…
A number of support services in the NHS are outsourced to private companies, this includes hospital maintenance and a large…
One of the most serious affects of outsourcing in the NHS that has been observed is a decline in quality…