After the breast surgeon was sentenced to 15 years for performing unnecessary operations on cancer patients, Colin Leys considers what the inevitable inquiry could mean for private hospitals.
Read MoreThis report warns that the introduction of greater use of for profit providers of healthcare services as a result of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act is likely to substantially increase the amount of healthcare fraud in the NHS.
Read MoreThis report reviews the changes proposed for ‘Transforming Services Together’ in Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest as part of the North East London STP – assessing the impact on East London’s patients and whether the plan is likely to work.
Read MoreColin Leys looks at the likely ramifications of the NHS funding gap.
Read MoreHow an argument between the chair of HSCIC (now NHS Digital) and the Home Office / DoH called into question the HSCIC’s trustworthiness as guardian of the personal details of every NHS patient in England.
Read MoreThis report looks at how the market in social care services in England provides the best available example for policy makers of what happens to the quality of care and the terms and conditions of the care workforce when competitive pressures are used to bring about a reduction in the cost of care to the taxpayer.
Read MoreWill CQC ratings really tell patients how well a service is doing?
Read MoreThis analysis asks how far the new Sustainability and Transformation Plans being drawn up by ‘local health economies’ or ‘footprints’ can be expected to overcome the impending financial crisis of the NHS. It also draws attention to the apparent lack of a legislative basis for the planning process, and a corresponding lack of transparency and accountability.
Read MoreColin Leys welcomes the launch of CHPI.
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