16th October 2025

£21 billion still to pay on PFI hospital contracts
Existing PFI contracts lock 69 NHS trusts into paying more than £21.1 billion to private companies over the next two decades. So why is Streeting considering using private finance to pay for the proposed neighbourhood clinics?

Will we get the £122m back from PPE Medpro?
PPE Medpro made a £39 million profit on the contract for the gowns that were never used, but now PPE Medpro is in administration. This article suggests it will be difficult to get our money back.

Call for law for crimes against health workers
There were 175 health worker killings in conflict in 2016, rising to 932 in 2024. Now he Royal College of Nursing and British Medical Association have called for action from the UK government to fully back international criminal court prosecutions.

A&E crisis: ‘a national emergency’
Society for Acute Medicine “The 15% rise in 12-hour waits in emergency departments is a stark warning that urgent and emergency care across the UK is in a state of national emergency. Nearly 1,500 people every day, often frail and clinically vulnerable, are being left in overcrowded, unsafe environments for far too long.”