As the country broke up for the Easter break, the Commons public accounts committee issued a worried report about the financial sustainability of the health service; highlighting deteriorating local finances and the ongoing staffing crisis...
As the latest Brexit deadline came and went, the Health Foundation published a report showing the scale of capital to revenue transfers in the cash-strapped NHS and the impact this is having on maintenance, investment...
The NHS’ new financial year started with NHS England and NHS Improvement announcing that had “come together to act as a single organisation.” Scotland’s Conservative health spokesman suggested that hospitals should install sleep pods to...
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock took a break from Brexit turmoil to give an interview to Conservative Home, in which he claimed the Conservatives were the original party of the NHS and the...
As Brexit came ever closer, the Department of Health and Social Care moved to stop trusts disclosing their preparation plans. The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust published a paper on NHS staffing that warned...
With all eyes on the latest Brexit chaos in Parliament, it was a quiet week in the NHS and health IT. Even so, a wrangle broke out over whether the NHS should abandon its headline...
Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to a ten-year low, a think-tank study of the British Social Attitudes survey has revealed. However, the NHS has been putting together proposals for legislation to support the...
The NHS Assembly came a step closer with the announcement of co-chairs. Reaction started to come in to the announcement of NHSX, as health and social care secretary Matt Hancock banned another ‘outdated’ technology –...
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock pushed ahead with the creation of NHSX, a cross DHSC / NHS England and NHS Improvement body to lead on digital policy and some digital programmes. As he...
The long-awaited Topol Review on the impact of technology on the NHS workforce was published. The controversial GP at Hand virtual GP service, which uses Babylon Health technology, was cleared to expand from London to...
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