The Government has drawn up a list of NHS trusts it believes should be outsourcing services to private health care providers to reduce waiting lists. Waiting lists have been growing due to Government cuts and […]
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 […]
oveoveeNational KONP and NHS News Scrap ICPs & Support the NHS Bill: Rally & Petition at Parliament & DoH Thank you to the over a hundred supporters who turned out on Friday 26 October to […]
Mark Thomas’ new one man show on the NHS at 70 at London’s Arcola Theatre, is based on a series of interviews with leading experts and activists. Mark explores our NHS to see where we […]
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 […]
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 […]
NHS England is consulting on the contract for a new model of health and social care provision that threatens the break-up of the NHS into units run by less accountable ‘Integrated Care Providers’ – or […]
National KONP and NHS News Hunt replaced by Hancock as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care May’s panicked cabinet reshuffle on 9 July has finally rid our NHS of Jeremy Hunt who, after […]
The battle to prevent nearly 900 staff at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Trust being outsourced to a private limited company (“WWL Solutions”) has been won. The Trust, like many others exploring similar plans across […]
Virgin Care is now one of the largest healthcare providers in the UK. Over the last five years Richard Branson’s company have been awarded almost £2 billion worth of NHS contracts. They now hold at […]