It was widely reported as a ‘generous’ settlement for the NHS in the spending review, compared to other departments such…
Nearly one million patients in England waited over a month for their scan results in 2024, marking a 28% increase…
For years, governments have failed to meet targets to recruit enough GPs, but now trained doctors are struggling to find…
The care of the thousands of people with dementia is being compromised by a shortage of staff in both adult…
A newly unveiled NHS Blueprint signals a significant organisational shake-up aimed at reducing operating costs and restructuring functions within local health systems…
More than two months on from the government’s announcement in the spring statement that they would continue with and intensify…
Social care providers will no longer be able to recruit staff from abroad via the health and care worker visa…
At the start of the year, Lowdown was critical of the self-congratulatory tone of a Wes Streeting speech to Labour…