Carly Jeffrey comments, It’s now his decision whether to allow or not allow local NHS bosses to close half of the county’s stroke units, including one at Margate hospital which…
…them up as new “joint committees” once the remaining unmerged CCGs had been merged to leave one per ICS, with the resulting loss of local accountability. The joint committees would…
…neither will Boots’ latest ‘product offering’, despite the retailer’s chief pharmacist claiming that it will “[help] relieve pressure on… services already available through the NHS”. The Lowdown has reported extensively…
…landscape and in bi-passing Parliament it is becoming clear that all manner of compromises, temporary patches, accountability workarounds and governance issues will emerge. Without a change in law Clinical Commission…
…it was British governments that created a competitive market in the NHS. They have opened it up to EU competition laws more than any other EU country. It’s been possible…
The last 3 years has shown a major trend of NHS Trusts creating subsidiary companies, known as Subcos or Wholly Owned Companies (WoCs). As trade union negotiators and campaigners have…
…NHS services are generally free at the point of use and funded by taxation, whereas social care services are often means tested with considerable input from the individual. This Q&A…
…simply targeting “health tourists”, and proving that the legislation is inherently racist, discriminatory, and contrary to NHS principles. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has twice refused a call from the Commons…
Routine publication of the first Combined Performance and SitRep data that will show the gathering winter crisis in the NHS has been deftly postponed by NHS England to the DAY…