…Baker’s latest letter, demanding an urgent meeting with NHS England to discuss the next steps, reveals they have failed to change a management culture which has led to “a lack…
…the Royal Brompton name and heritage, and both Trusts are committed to maintaining this as part of the naming of the new heart and lung centre.” The Brompton Board claims…
…support – some perhaps for weeks others for many years to come. The pandemic is amplifying a long term trend in rising mental health distress. The latest perspective on that…
…GP referral was missed again (the target has not been met for more than five years) Historic problems In its latest report on waiting times, the King’s Fund thinktank –…
…majority basis.” * The next Lowdown will examine the latest round of new hospital and reconfiguration projects, including the debates over new hospital or hospitals in Lancashire and South Cumbria,…
…employees. In the same month a leaked copy of the government’s White Paper included plans to scrap the much criticised competition rules, which allow commercial companies to bid for a…
…still little evidence that the success regime has delivered any benefit: but STPs have come and gone, and now Integrated Care Systems are the latest panacea for the under-funded, under-staffed…
…the committee concluded, is a comprehensive 10-year plan for social care, however the committee noted that it had called for such a plan from the government previously, as has the…
…for service provision by commercial interests. Consider the issue of handover delays at A&E, for example. With hospitals facing increased demand from those denied care elsewhere within the NHS during…