…in public borrowing, offers a potential £30bn windfall to Hunt, in the process undermining Treasury claims that there’s no spare cash available. Along with the latest boost in tax revenues…
…and leave whole communities with no options.’ A small light in the darkness, however, was the beginning of an inquiry by the Health and Social Care Committee in the Commons…
A special correspondent looks at the weaknesses and strengths of the latest Labour Party policy statement on the NHS. We welcome alternative views and comments. The aspirations set out in…
…Among the more tragic examples were 3,615 deaths of waiting list patients at London’s Royal Free Hospital, with 2,888 in Morecambe Bay hospitals and 2,039 in Leeds. The figures, which…
…hopes of “efficiency savings”. Looking back over the way the total projected deficit has fluctuated in the past year, the HSJ notes: “The latest forecast for 2023-24 is for a…
…latest in reports into the culture at the NMC, where claims of bullying, racism, incompetence and a dysfunctional workplace failing patients and professionals, have been under scrutiny for well over…
Contracts in the area of community healthcare can be very complicated, involving many different organisations and different areas of care. The contracts can fail on many levels, including failure of…
…communicate to increase the patient’s vigilance. There’s a balance to be struck between being informative and encouraging without causing unnecessary anxiety.” Cancer Research UK Do we have ‘immunity debt’…
…and aims to provide an insight into future potential health problems. Matt Hancock, Health and Social Care Secretary, told the commons health select committee that he believes that such large-scale…