According to the Times, a joint letter from the Prime Minister and his Chancellor to Health Secretary Yvette Cooper confirms…
By Guy Collis – UNISON Policy Officer The government’s Health Bill resumes its Parliamentary journey in the House of Lords…
Book Review: Jatinder Hayre. ‘Noctor, Noctor. A prescription for trouble’ Icon Books Ltd., London 2026. Publication date 24/09/2026 by John…
In the Commons debate on the chronic problem of “corridor care” in the NHS, there was no shortage of words on what the problem is, and how unacceptable it is from the points of view of patients, staff and the wider NHS system, even if there are disagreements on how it was caused and how
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Wes Streeting may have jumped too soon to pose a challenge to Keir Starmer (which polls suggest is futile), but he…
Lowdown investigators have continued their quest to establish how cash savings are being sought, and the implications for services across…
On June 1 patient-led campaign group Just Treatment, and social justice organisation, Global Justice Now (GJN) issued a legal challenge…
By former RUH Bath Hospital governor NICOLA JAMES (This article is an update and a follow-up on our May 12 Lowdown article More NHS…
This article began as a light-hearted attempt to mock a clumsily-worded or ill-conceived target that has recently been set for…
It’s hard to know how NHS management and staff are supposed to interpret the hugely confusing barrage of statements and…