Tag: NHS restructure

Revealed: Boris Johnson’s controversial policy chief leading secretive NHS task force

Post author By docjon1415
Post date November 21, 2020

Munira Mirza heading up group meeting ‘daily or weekly’ to plan ‘radical NHS shakeup’. Open Democracy 19.11.20 Boris Johnson’s government has for the first time confirmed the existence of a prime ministerial task force which is reportedly planning a “radical shake-up of the NHS”. Freedom of Information disclosures to openDemocracy show the new “No.10 Health and […]

Tags borisjohnson, government, Hunt, Lansley, nhs, NHS privatisation, NHS restructure, policy, Privatisation, reorganisation, secrets

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Coronavirus: how will an overstretched NHS cope?

Post author By Dr Tom Riddington
Post date February 14, 2020

Wuhan Novel Coronavirus (CoVid-19) has claimed over 1,300 lives and infected 60,000 worldwide so far, with no sign of slowing down. The NHS has become an increasingly fragmented service supplied by multiple providers, which is at risk of failing to deliver the co-ordinated, effective response that Coronavirus requires. The last potential pandemic the NHS responded […]

Tags beds, coronavirus, COVID-19, Cygnet, emergency powers, funding, government failure, NHS restructure, staffing crisis, underfunding