2/7/2025 3:38:09 PM Updates to the NHS Standard Contract 2025/26 By Emma Watt The NHS Standard Contract is the contractual basis on which Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) contract for all healthcare services other than...
10/2/2024 8:51:36 AM When is a Swiss Army knife not the right tool? By Christopher Frankling Recent whistleblowers have reported an alarming history of patients being injured during surgery at University Hospitals Sussex NHS...
9/10/2024 1:28:43 PM National framework for commissioning care and support: code of practice By Emma Watt The Welsh Government has published a new Code of Practice (the Code) which came into effect on 1 September and applies principles and...
8/15/2024 11:27:01 AM The impact of ambulance delays By Christopher Frankling Receiving urgent medical attention when it is needed can make the difference between life and death or severely reduced outcomes for...
7/29/2024 9:30:30 AM Latest Ockenden enquiry findings published By Gill Peate The Guardian recently covered the Ockenden enquiry, a review of almost 2,000 maternity cases at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS...
5/17/2024 8:14:43 AM Ambitious, under-funded and unfulfilled: ten years of the Care Act 2014 By Emma Watt The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a report analysing the extent to which the Care Act 2014 (the Act) has achieved its...
3/26/2024 9:49:02 AM Who watches the watchdog? By Christopher Frankling A recent BBC article has highlighted an instance where hospital consultants have raised concerns about patient safety, overcrowding and...
6/17/2022 8:28:01 AM How ambulance wait times affect patients By Ann Houghton How long a person waits for an ambulance can be the difference between life and death. Sometimes it doesn't make a difference: it might...
3/23/2022 9:54:06 AM NHS Pension Scheme member contributions changing from October By Doug Mullen The Government has laid regulations adjusting contribution rates for members of the NHS Pension Scheme from 1 October 2022 with further...
11/11/2021 2:38:18 PM Latest NHS data on ambulance response times By Ann Houghton It's trite to say, but it's fundamental - ambulance response times make a big difference. There are target times for different categories...
10/15/2021 8:42:09 AM How to make patients safe, with long waiting times in so many places? By Ann Houghton I should start by being very clear - the doctors, nurses and other medics in GP practices and hospital A&Es are doing their best. I've...
3/30/2021 3:30:31 PM NHS data and Palantir - the right to public consultation By Emma Watt openDemocracy has successfully paused the Government's plans to share NHS patient data with Palantir. As part of the emergency response...