NHS England is currently holding a consultation on the rollout of a new system of health and social care provision known as Integrated Care Provider (ICP) contracts. Originally named Accountable Care Organisations (ACO), the government was forced into a rebranding exercise after the late Professor Stephen Hawking, and a team of academics, took them – and NHS England - to …
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NHS Providers has today released a report entitled ‘Steeling Ourselves for Winter 2018/19’ detailing the pressures facing NHS Trusts as they head into winter. The report makes it unequivocally clear that the NHS believes Trusts are in a worse position to cope with a forthcoming winter crisis than they have been in previous years – and that this is a …
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Integrated Care Providers (ICPs) pose a serious risk to the future of the NHS as a tax funded, publicly accountable, universal system of healthcare. We must act now to draw attention to what is happening and to support 999 Call for the NHS in their forthcoming appeal. For those of you who don’t know, ICPs are a new contract and …
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Today marks the one-year anniversary of NHS England’s three-year PrEP Impact Trial. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis – also known as PrEP – is an effective treatment for reducing the transmission of HIV. As part of the impact trial NHS England originally opened up 10,000 places to gay or bisexual men to access the drug. However, the first 10 months of the trial …
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In 2017 we set up a ‘progressive alliance on the ground’ to challenge Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, in his safe Tory seat in South West Surrey. Our candidate was Dr. Louise Irvine (NHA). Why was it ‘on the ground’ and not supported by some party headquarters? What did we learn from our experience? And how might we …
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The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock MP, has announced the government will be allocating an extra £240m into the adult social care system. The government claims the extra funds will ease winter pressures and pay for one of the following: more than 71,500 home care packages to help patients get out of hospital quicker 86,500 …
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The case for a People’s Vote and the reversal of Brexit couldn’t be clearer writes Dr Alex Ashman, Leader of the National Health Action Party, and Dr Louise Irvine, Secretary to the National Health Action Party The recently published, ‘The Ideal U.S.-U.K. Free Trade Agreement’, written in partnership by the Cato Institute - an American neoliberal think-tank - and arch …
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Recently published statistics by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) has revealed that the number of NHS Consultant led operations in England has fallen by 84,000 in 2018 between the months of January and July. The statistics also reveal that the decrease has been accompanied by a sharp increase in those waiting for planned surgery, and that the number of …
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Recently released figures from the NHS’ register of land ownership reveal the health service has seen a 72% increase in the number of plots it has put up for sale. 2017 saw 418 NHS owned plots placed on the market whilst this year has seen a staggering rise to 718. The selloff of NHS land is a result of the …
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Today the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, announced of intention to bring the NHS’ IT system "into the 21st Century". Writing in the Telegraph (paywall), and speaking on BBC Radio 4, the Minister claimed the government would be aiming for the NHS’ IT system to become capable of total interoperability in the future. According to the Minister, a total system of interoperability …
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