8th October 2024

Breaching care homes are privately run
Over recent decades there has been a growth of private for-profit provision; yet public and third-sector providers consistently outperform for-profit providers on quality measures by industry regulators. Public and third-sector adult care homes and children’s homes show higher regulatory inspections ratings.

“Offer GPs a contract like consultants”
A trust chief executive has said GPs should be brought into the NHS by offering them a contract similar to hospital consultants who are employed by their hospital trust. Currently a GP surgery is a stand-alone entity with one of three types of contract.

What are Labour’s “unthinkable” NHS reforms?
This article suggests some, for example changing GP employment as above, raising prescription charges, it even says “using the private sector” but it admits it doesn’t have the capacity (which is correct so why suggest it?) None of these will make much difference ….Or we could even fund our health service to the extent that similar european countries do!