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Articles by Samantha Wathen

Don’t ask migrants to pay – the NHS was set up to serve us all

12 February 2019 Samantha Wathen 1

“The whole agitation has a nasty taste. Instead of rejoicing at the opportunity to practise a civilised principle, Conservatives have tried to exploit the most disreputable emotions in this among many other attempts to discredit […]

The winter crisis is one of this government’s own making

21 December 2018 Samantha Wathen 0

Is the winter crisis a new phenomenon? A winter crisis in the NHS may not be an entirely new phenomenon, but the severity of it is. 2012-13 saw the first reports of a winter crisis, […]

Ministers refuse to rule out more mass operation cancellations or ringfence the £240m funding for social care

20 December 2018 Samantha Wathen 0

The Department of Health and Social Care will not ringfence £240m social care funding, nor guarantee mass surgical cancellations will not happen again this winter. At a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts yesterday […]

Hancock risks breaching ministerial code, backs Babylon and rejects science

30 November 2018 Samantha Wathen 0

The last couple of weeks have not been easy for health secretary Matt Hancock. Last week he included trainees and part time workers in the figures for GP recruitment in an attempt to dress them […]

Budget 2018 – Plenty of spin but no more money for the NHS

2 November 2018 Samantha Wathen 2

Chancellor Philip Hammond’s latest budget on 29 October was predictably disappointing for our NHS, with no new funding promised. Despite claims from Hammond that the NHS was, ‘A precious institution that [had] been nurtured for most […]

‘Accountable’ or ‘Integrated’ care organisations – change the name but it still spells unaccountable, disintegration of our NHS

24 October 2018 Samantha Wathen 0

We are all quite rightly concerned about the increasing privatisation and fragmentation of the NHS in England happening under our noses. It is an affront to a publicly funded system that private companies may swoop […]

A booking system for A&E? It’s called Accident and Emergency for a reason

4 October 2018 Samantha Wathen 1

Another winter crisis now seems inevitable and the 4-hour A&E target has already been scrapped by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt. The latest desperate (and yes madcap) idea from this government in place of proper […]

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance ignored: NHS England rationing plan is not Nice at all

28 September 2018 Samantha Wathen 1

NHS England proposals to withdraw 17 NHS clinical procedures contradict existing guidance from NICE, the recognised authority advising clinicians on the current state of research evidence. “Clinicians should read NICE guidance for themselves rather than […]

The NHS Staff Mental Health Crisis

19 September 2018 Samantha Wathen 0

The NHS crisis is bad for the health of its staff, it’s high time this government cared for its carers Doctors, nurses and other NHS staff are viewed by many in society as almost superhuman, […]

The Government is taking valued NHS volunteers for a ride

21 August 2018 Samantha Wathen 0

Covering up for government mismanagement? No one volunteered for that   Volunteers have always fulfilled an essential role within our healthcare system. Ten years before the NHS began in 1938 the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) […]

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