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…
This article began as a light-hearted attempt to mock a clumsily-worded or ill-conceived target that has recently been set for…
Jim Mackey’s September 19 circular to local health chiefs claims England’s NHS has been “continuing to improve waiting times in…
What is it? The phrases ‘delayed discharge’ from the hospital and ‘patients that no longer meet criteria to reside’ are frequently used in relation to hospital problems. Both refer to patients who are well enough to leave the hospital but have not yet been discharged. How big is the problem? 3 Key points The latest
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According to headline figures from a report by private health market analysts LaingBuisson, the private medical insurance (PMI) business is booming.…
Over the past few years, drug shortages have become a regular reality in the NHS and a significant problem for…
The latest raft of performance figures have shown that the NHS is still mired in a chronic capacity problem and…
Press reports of the wafer-thin reduction in the NHS waiting list in England were divided, with some reports buying the…