New figures published earlier this month show the extent to which some Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have increased their use…
After months of dispute, the government has decided to bring an end to the farce of NHS Trusts forming wholly…
University Hospital Dorset (UHD) NHS Foundation Trust based in Bournemouth and Poole has launched a tender seeking a private healthcare…
In late August the release of a report by US senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on the destruction of hospitals in…
The government’s recently unveiled 10-Year Health Plan wants to set up to 300 “neighbourhood health hubs.” – local one-stop centres…
The selection process for a provider of primary care services for the Whitehawk surgery in East Brighton “was neither transparent…
In an attempt to rein in the private providers of ophthalmology services, NHS England has just launched a consultation to…
In a controversial move, the Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (STWICB) has announced the termination of its contract…
Labour’s delayed and much vaunted Ten Year Plan for the NHS, Fit for the Future, has 150-plus pages rammed full…
Nearly one million patients in England waited over a month for their scan results in 2024, marking a 28% increase…
Legal loopholes let Trust bosses push through privatisation – An introduction by John Lister, followed by Andy Benson’s account of…
Forty years of failure – Private sector contracting and its impact on the NHS, by Dr John Lister, offers a…
The scale of the government’s structural overhaul of the NHS is proving to be far greater than initially thought, with…
Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) strapped for cash continue to see time and money disappear on lengthy procurement processes open to…
By Irwin Nash and John Lister Hundreds of non-clinical support staff are being forced out of NHS employment by East…
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