Press Summary – 21st November
NHS chiefs demand more money for NHS ahead of Autumn budget 21 November 2017 Our post Fund Our NHS! gives an overview of the many and varying sources that have called on Philip Hammond to […]
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FUND OUR NHS!
Join us at PA’s pre-budget rally at Downing St – 6pm Tuesday 21 November On Wednesday 22 November, Philip Hammond will announce the Autumn Budget. He faces a growing chorus from across the political spectrum […]
Escalating pressures on GP family doctors
General Practice crisis – ‘situation critical’ on Hunt’s watch Threats from private GP companies masquerading under the NHS logo, claims that ‘apps’ are better than seeing your GP, and now selected patients encouraged to transfer to new […]
Appeal to fund Judicial Review vs Jeremy Hunt and ACO imposition
Notice of intention to seek judicial review served on Hunt Co -author of the NHS Reinstatement Bill (with Peter Roderick) Professor Allyson Pollock, Dr Colin Hutchinson, Professor Sue Richards and Dr Graham Winyard, have written to […]
Docs Not Cops – ‘Protect access to NHS on basis of need’
Our thanks to Docs Not Cops for this guest post on their work and recent concession won from the Department of Health. Docs Not Cops is a group of NHS staff and patients that work to combat […]
Press Summary – 27th October
27th October There was outcry amongst campaigners, press and politicians following the disclosure of Southend University Hospital Trust’s plans to trial an ‘Airbnb’ style plan of sending discharged patients to private spare rooms. These plans […]
Trust disowns scheme putting patients in ‘Airbnb style’ local homes – for now!
The plan to discharge inpatients to care of local residents with spare rooms at £50 a day has been put on hold following an outcry from campaigners, press and politicians. The HSJ today (26 October) […]
NHS start charging migrants and visitors under new Government rules
A variety of news outlets have reported the change in rules that have recently come into force in the NHS; that migrants and visitors to the UK will now be made to pay upfront to […]
Smokers and the overweight banned from non-urgent surgery in Hertfordshire
[Jeremy Hunt’s Tate & Lyle lanyard after speech on obesity – Conservative Party Conf.] On the 12th October Herts Valleys and East & North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) announced a number of distressing decisions […]