As headlines continue about the collapsing NHS and the ‘third-world conditions’ in Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments, with inability to access GPs and other non-emergency facilities blamed for a significant […]
In little-remarked news shared last weekend by the Guardian and elaborated on by the National CAN network, it has been revealed that plans announced by the government will result in […]
Jeremy Hunt, the worst Health Secretary in history, has been derided in the independent news today after a Bristol hospital trust had to delete all trace of his visit when […]
There are occasional moments when you wonder what surreal landscape exists in the mind of a Tory. It can be glimpsed through the policies they inflict on the rest of […]
The terrible events at the Grenfell Tower block this morning continue, with confirmed fatalities and injuries as well as reports that a number of people are still missing: Ahmed Chellat […]
I wrote some weeks ago that the government was going to use Mid Staffs as a template in entirely the wrong way. The unquestioned problems with poor care in 3 […]
The knives are out for NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson. In spite of the conclusion of the Francis Report on events at Stafford hospital and public backing from both […]
Update 31/1/13: Lewisham A&E will ‘only’ be downgraded to a small facility rather than closed, but Hunt plans to reduce other services at Lewisham to things like knee and hip […]
I started last night’s post ‘Another day in the life of an NHS nurse‘ by saying that while I didn’t know what, nominal-Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s recent posturing was a […]