…but explicitly retains the split between purchaser (commissioner) and provider. We have become so accustomed to the existence of NHS Trusts, and the separation of commissioners from providers within the…
…was a 40% reduction in the number of chargeable prescriptions dispensed. When the Tories went on to impose charges for eye tests, the rate of testing plummeted from 25 per…
…raise tax income. Rather than raise a combination of capital gains tax, corporation tax, or tax private wealth, financial speculation or tax-dodging corporations, this tax hike hits the poorest. Tax…
…will NOT have sustainable capacity to run as a coherent and comprehensive public service. Despite all the rhetoric about “integration” it will have to rely on profit-seeking private companies. The…
…an above inflationary pay award and a solution for punitive pension tax rules. Continued free Covid testing for NHS staff and members of the public who have contact with the…
Comment by writer and campaigner John Lister One of the stock, unconvincing answers to those who have challenged the lack of local accountability in the new system of 42 “Integrated…
…assurance she is “completely committed” to current Government promises for NHS spending, despite her plans for tax cuts. In a televised Sun debate, Truss even appeared to accept the government’s…
…to the Health Secretary’s announcement, Dr Farah Jameel, chair of the BMA’s GP committee for England, said: “She could solve this better with meaningful dialogue and constructive engagement with GPs…
…many people are ending up in hospital. David Fothergill, chairman of the LGA community wellbeing board told CommunityCare: “A decade of consistent underfunding of social care and underinvestment in community…