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Theresa May shouldn’t look to France, Germany or Switzerland for alternative healthcare models. They have problems of their own.
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More people will go into nursing after bursaries are scrapped, but fewer than the NHS needs.
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Thanks to Brexit the NHS will be under-funded and short-staffed. Also, you might not receive free emergency healthcare if you travel to Europe.
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The government used careful wording to pull the wool over our eyes about NHS spending.
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Nobody seems to be questioning the calculations behind the £30 billion NHS funding gap. But there are important consequences if it’s wrong.
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Hospitals in England anticipate a £2.3 billion deficit by the end of the financial year. That won’t leave much in the kitty for the proposed NHS upgrade.
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Jeremy Hunt believes that NHS England could increase its income from EU ‘health tourists’ fivefold without too much effort.
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Capping agency staff rates is not the solution. We need to increase the supply of permanent staff.
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Jeremy Hunt’s solution to cutting deaths in hospitals at the weekend is to increase staff levels. But is it just a fudge?
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David Cameron promised a seven days a week GP service by 2020, but without considering the possible knock-on effects